Right- that's really just a version of a worm pick. I use similar tools (including a mouth pipette... remember kids, in chemistry: don't pipette by mouth, in biology: oops I think I just inhaled something!) working with tardigrade. If it was steampunk there would be some sort of goggles, leather, gears, and a tincture of laudunum.
____tom____ 4 hours ago||
They mention this event has only happened handful of times.
This seems unsupported. More likely is it's happened a large number of times, but has only established a lineage a handful of times.
fyltr 2 hours ago|
principle of sparcity. for mutations, we assume it only happened once considering how highly unlikely it is to happen. it is what helps us determine how species are related. if notable differences are detected, like in that case or for example in the case of wings (bird wings vs bat wings), we do an exception.
GTP 7 hours ago||
I have an idea on how life could originate in a motel room :D
nate 4 hours ago||
I came here looking for this :) like someone has to be making this joke right. Or another direction of making the connection that there must be some life growing from the filth in a motel room
You have been blocked from The New York Times because we suspect that you're a robot.
wtf is happening to internet these days...
H1Supreme 3 hours ago||
I've seen a big uptick in "prove you're a human" screens recently. Our ISP had issues the other day, and I suspect I was assigned a new IP (I've had previous ones for years). I've been attributing it to that. But, now I'm wondering if it's something else.
chaostheory 3 hours ago||
I guess their ad platform for LLMs didn’t pan out?
alpineman 6 hours ago||
All they needed was a blue UV light
sva_ 5 hours ago||
I don't know what I should've expected, but I am a bit disappointed that they in fact did not find these organisms in the motel room.
m3kw9 7 hours ago|
I thought they use built up gunk from years in the bathroom to discover new species, so they choose a cheap motel.