▲ 744 ▼ Scientists found the missing nutrients bees need — Colonies grew 15-fold (www.sciencedaily.com) submitted 1 year ago by Sludgehammer@lemmy.world to c/science@lemmy.world 114 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] ameancow@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (5 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] trailee@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 year ago (4 children) As I wrote in response to the not really view, I’m deeply pessimistic about the future, and the hope that I appreciate here is only for slightly extending agricultural yields so that I can keep eating cheap food for a few more years. Overall, we’re all fucked. I guess I’m not allowed to celebrate one bright spot in the enclosing darkness, thanks. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [+] ameancow@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (3 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] trailee@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) There’s nothing bad whatsoever about a breakthrough discovery allowing for essentially nutritionally-complete synthetic pollen. It’s all positive, full stop. The negatives you want to emphasize are that it doesn’t also solve other related problems. I never said that it did, only that it was the most uplifting science story in a long time. I read the whole dammed article, not just the headline, and I was very happy to have it get into a lot of details. Feel free to have your middling reaction without celebration. I’m excited to have a positive science story I can discuss with my kids, and I’m sticking to that. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment load more comments (1 reply) [–] Artisian@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago Source on positive headlines decreasing care and activism? I see the opposite. Everyone believes systems can no longer solve any problems, and have checked out. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] trailee@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 year ago (4 children) As I wrote in response to the not really view, I’m deeply pessimistic about the future, and the hope that I appreciate here is only for slightly extending agricultural yields so that I can keep eating cheap food for a few more years. Overall, we’re all fucked. I guess I’m not allowed to celebrate one bright spot in the enclosing darkness, thanks. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [+] ameancow@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (3 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] trailee@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) There’s nothing bad whatsoever about a breakthrough discovery allowing for essentially nutritionally-complete synthetic pollen. It’s all positive, full stop. The negatives you want to emphasize are that it doesn’t also solve other related problems. I never said that it did, only that it was the most uplifting science story in a long time. I read the whole dammed article, not just the headline, and I was very happy to have it get into a lot of details. Feel free to have your middling reaction without celebration. I’m excited to have a positive science story I can discuss with my kids, and I’m sticking to that. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment load more comments (1 reply) [–] Artisian@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago Source on positive headlines decreasing care and activism? I see the opposite. Everyone believes systems can no longer solve any problems, and have checked out. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] ameancow@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (3 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] trailee@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) There’s nothing bad whatsoever about a breakthrough discovery allowing for essentially nutritionally-complete synthetic pollen. It’s all positive, full stop. The negatives you want to emphasize are that it doesn’t also solve other related problems. I never said that it did, only that it was the most uplifting science story in a long time. I read the whole dammed article, not just the headline, and I was very happy to have it get into a lot of details. Feel free to have your middling reaction without celebration. I’m excited to have a positive science story I can discuss with my kids, and I’m sticking to that. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment load more comments (1 reply) [–] Artisian@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago Source on positive headlines decreasing care and activism? I see the opposite. Everyone believes systems can no longer solve any problems, and have checked out. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] trailee@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) There’s nothing bad whatsoever about a breakthrough discovery allowing for essentially nutritionally-complete synthetic pollen. It’s all positive, full stop. The negatives you want to emphasize are that it doesn’t also solve other related problems. I never said that it did, only that it was the most uplifting science story in a long time. I read the whole dammed article, not just the headline, and I was very happy to have it get into a lot of details. Feel free to have your middling reaction without celebration. I’m excited to have a positive science story I can discuss with my kids, and I’m sticking to that. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment load more comments (1 reply)
[–] Artisian@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago Source on positive headlines decreasing care and activism? I see the opposite. Everyone believes systems can no longer solve any problems, and have checked out. permalink fedilink source parent