GentriFriedRice

@GentriFriedRice@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A lack of sex held back life's diversity for millions of years, fossil study finds⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I think that’s a little backwards. Evolution is all about filling niches. The article seems to state Ediacaran diversity was driven by phenotypic (environment-induced) variation caused by ecological stressors. They claim sexual reproduction seems to be a product of environmental factors which drove the diversification.

  It’s thought that the Ediacaran had fewer viable niches than the Cambrian, it’s just really not understood why that is. We don’t really see anything near that explosion in diversity again until the land-colonization of the Devonian which is kind of the same explosion driven by unoccupied niche phenomena

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Depluralize⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Few flew over the asylum nest seems too poignant

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yours doesn’t roll over?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Currency⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Planet money had great episode on this topic if you’re interested npr.org/…/-price-of-gold-periodic-table-elements

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Costco changed the bag to plastic!!⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Maize was domesticated 9000 years ago by humans there is no “original corn”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Costco changed the bag to plastic!!⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Thousands of year older than 1716 if you count domestication of species like bananas

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Special sampling opportunity⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Barbados dollars

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What has he done to deserve this?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Having two sets of wrenches and sockets is absolute worst. Especially when it seems like 10mm does 80% of the work but is missing 100% of the time

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's sort of apt by mistake, but it's still stupid⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Then you’ll love the List of tautological place names

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Don't let your dreams be memes ✨️⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago⁩:

  Not op but I grow pollinator gardens in my community garden which typically attracts bees, hummingbirds etc.; check with your local nursery because there should be a native plant seed mix you can buy.

  You may be a little late in the season (assuming northern hemisphere) for most seed mixes because I’ve mostly seen suggested sowing in fall or late spring

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨(Re)Caption this.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago⁩:

  Perfect caption already exists mander.xyz/post/12422557