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  • wia@lemmy.catoScience Memes@mander.xyzGrass is Greener
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    8 days ago

    Biologist here, the body itself isn’t what grows the “greener grass”. It’s just the start of a long biological process that will lead to ecological growth.

    A tree isn’t going to feed directly off of the body. But the decay process will provide nutrients to the tree. We’re talking about insects and fungus at various levels of the process here. You can look up things like the Trophic Levels and Nutrient Cycles for more details on this whole process.

    TLDR would be that the corpse floods the area with nutrients and maybe even kills off the plants with over abundance of nitrogen, but then fungus and bugs move in, then bigger bugs and small animals, and so on and then better plant systems. It’s kind of neat.



  • wia@lemmy.catoScience Memes@mander.xyzviruses
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    1 month ago

    Wildlife biologist here, and I have to concur with just about all of this.

    I think we generally look at a viruses and consider them alive but just barely. While prions are not because they (proteins) are what is considered one of the building blocks for life. Self replication being one of the major criteria we’d look for. We look at a very macro level of life but our education and work has a strong overlap down here a well.

    This is such a well written post! Gets the point id like to make across in a much better way than I could



  • Looks fun. Always feels like they never let the Jedi really flex, and this might be it. You only ever see the Jedi really go in other media like games, comics, and the animated things.

    It was fun seeing Vader do his thing in Obi Wan. I hope Disney is learning as they go and don’t just cancel shows. Andor was brilliant so there is no reason the rest of the shows can’t get there too


  • I’m honestly kind of confused. Elementary school arrests are very high, but in my mind I just assumed they were zero… Why wouldn’t they be zero?! These are little children. I’m honestly curious what extreme circumstances could lead to needing to arrest a child?

    I’m Canadian, and I remember fights in elementary, and even some combative kids fighting teachers or the principle trying to break them up. I don’t recall a single police officer ever being called.

    Maybe I’m just naive, but I’m legitimately baffled by this.








  • wia@lemmy.catoAutism@lemmy.worldI'm Monotropic, Now What?
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    6 months ago

    I always hate these type of tests. Maybe cus I have some weird problem, but I could take this test every day and score weirdly differently. Heck even in the same day. I always feel like I should just answer it all down the middle cus I can apply it depending on my circumstances.

    It’s like those job surveys crappy jobs have. Like yeah I have a great personality, when it’s a good day and people are nice, otherwise no my personality is real bad when people are mean and I didn’t get sleep. What answer do you want from me lol. I eventually learned they want one of either extreme on these questions when i landed a manager job way back when. So silly. Just let me interview people.

    Anyway I got a 190 today. Maybe I’ll do it again in a day or two and see what it is then.


  • wia@lemmy.catoScience Memes@mander.xyzPortal Paradox
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    6 months ago

    I just assume as soon as one touches the other they fizzle out. I guess the top of the box gets cut a bit.

    It’s like folding space. They basically occupy the same location. Its just two “sides” of a 2D plane. The portal can’t go into itself.

    Worst case if it can it’s like bottle so they just flip positions and the whole thing reverses and the box just comes right out and the colors swap.

    Nothing crazy.



  • wia@lemmy.catoAutism@lemmy.worldSpotify wrapped results.
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    7 months ago

    Sweet results!

    Mine never make much sense because I “segregate my genres”

    My funk, international, weird stuff is all records. My chillstep, lofi vibes are mainly lofi girl and other long run YouTubes. My Spotify is mostly driving music and ends up very poppy and sing alongable.

    Otherwise my Spotify would be a mess. The DJ is already super confused with my habits and always thinks it’s Monday…



  • wia@lemmy.catoScience Memes@mander.xyzbro pls
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    8 months ago

    This is exactly what I was thinking. Can make it as big as you want and no need to dig out the earth. Just a few “acceleration rings” and then the detector. I guess if it were feasible right now we’d be doing that though.