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2024-05-25 @ 10.08.14 ∈ In English
Meet the Finnish biotech startup bringing a long-lost mycoprotein to your plate | TechCrunch
The best known mycoprotein is probably Quorn, a meat substitute that’s fast approaching its 40th birthday. But Finnish biotech startup Enifer is cooking up something even older: Its proprietary single-cell fungus-based protein, branded Pekilo, was originally developed in the 1960s and ’70s — by, of all things, the local paper industry.
2024-05-23 @ 6.32.40 ∈ In English
Community science volunteers can set scientific world abuzz with new bumble bee sightings
Community science volunteers—laypeople with an interest in bees and conservation—significantly contribute to the scientific knowledge of native bumble bees across Canada and the United States, finds a new study by York University.
2024-05-21 @ 20.30.31 ∈ In English
2024-05-21 @ 18.08.05 ∈ In English
Biologists discover caterpillars are able to sense electrostatic fields generated by predators
[The researchers tested specimens of cinnabar moth, the scarce vapourer moth and the European peacock butterfly] for the ability to sense and react to an artificially generated electrostatic field that matched the output of that generated by a wasp. [All] three species responded very clearly to an electrostatic charge—some flailed their bodies, others coiled in a defensive posture.
2024-05-12 @ 16.54.16 ∈ In English
2024-05-10 @ 12.15.32 ∈ In English
The Curious Case of Bird Fleas Infesting a Home
Upon visiting the home, we found an abandoned bird’s nest behind a fire alarm bell in the front entryway of the residence. […] A total of 31 fleas were recovered by flagging from the front entryway of the residence, 20 were collected by the resident from indoors, and 387 were removed from the abandoned bird nest.
2024-05-07 @ 17.52.24 ∈ In English
Hackers discover how to reprogram NES Tetris from within the game
[When a] jump routine gets interrupted by a crash, [the RAM] will be holding data representing the buttons being pushed on [extra] controllers. This gives players a potential way to control precisely where the game code goes after the crash is triggered.
