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Why the Green Cheese Turned White | The cheesemakers didn’t mind that their prized product was changing color, but they were curious about the cause.

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Submitted ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨silence7@slrpnk.net⁩ to ⁨nyt_gift_articles@sopuli.xyz⁩

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/science/why-the-green-cheese-turned-white.html?unlocked_article_code=1.sk8.BEl3.IvzoBZamSqC8

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  • Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Tl;dr: the bacteria that used to give a green color evolved to no longer be green, since it lives in a dark cave. The energy saved by not producing Melanin let’s the white bacteria out compete the green ones

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