Singaporean company Shiok Meats aims to grow artificial shrimp to combat the negative environmental effects associated with farmed shrimp. An anonymous reader shares an excerpt from The Economist: For a long time, beef has been a target of environmentalists because of cattle farming’s contribution to global warming. But what about humble shrimp and prawns? They may seem, well, shrimpy when compared…
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People Are Killing Puppy Clones That Don’t Come Out ‘Perfect’
An anonymous reader shares a months-old report, which is getting some attention this week: Many clones are born with defects and genetic disorders, and since those imperfections aren’t what their buyer is spending tens of thousands of dollars on, they end up discarded. That’s the price. Neonatal complications for cloned animals abound: Poor placenta and fetal development in the womb lead…
Dark Waters: Mark Ruffalo stars in epic fight with chemicals giant
After cows start dying and people get sick, a corporate lawyer in the film Dark Waters decides to switch sides and take on chemicals Goliath DuPont Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24532700-200-dark-waters-mark-ruffalo-stars-in-epic-fight-with-chemicals-giant/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Dark Waters review: A lawyer’s epic fight with a chemicals giant
After cows start dying and people get sick, a corporate lawyer in the film Dark Waters decides to switch sides and take on chemicals Goliath DuPont Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24532700-200-dark-waters-review-a-lawyers-epic-fight-with-a-chemicals-giant/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Can Solar Power Compete With Coal? In India, It’s Gaining Ground
Electricity from sunlight costs less, a hopeful sign for developing nations building out their power grids. From a report: In a dusty northwest India desert dotted with cows and the occasional camel, a solar-power plant is producing some of the world’s cheapest energy. Built in 2018 by India’s Acme Solar Holdings, it can generate 200 megawatts of electricity, enough to power…
What Fossils Will Modern-Day Civilization Leave Behind?
sciencehabit writes: Millions of years from now, advanced humans — or perhaps visiting aliens — may dig up the remnants of today’s civilizations. What are they likely to find, and how will they interpret our relationship with the creatures around us? A new study reveals that archaeologists will need to rely on bones, not any of our former technology. “If you…
For Tech-Weary Midwest Farmers, 40-Year-Old Tractors Now a Hot Commodity
An anonymous reader quotes a report from StarTribune: Kris Folland grows corn, wheat and soybeans and raises cattle on 2,000 acres near Halma in the northwest corner of Minnesota, so his operation is far from small. But when he last bought a new tractor, he opted for an old one — a 1979 John Deere 4440. He retrofitted it with automatic…
Russian farmers are giving cows VR headsets
A rather bizarre experiment in Russia has seen dairy cows being equipped with virtual reality headsets. It might seem like an out-of-season April Fool… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/332460/russian-farmers-are-giving-cows-vr-headsets…
The Placenta ‘Invades’ the Uterus in the Same Way Cancer Invades the Body
The way human pregnancy works may make us more prone to malignant cancer than cows or horses. Source: https://www.livescience.com/both-cancer-and-the-human-placenta-invade-tissue.html
Cows Wearing VR Headsets Might Produce Better Milk
Moscow-area farmers are strapping modified VR headsets to cows to try and improve their milk production. Engadget reports: The project subjected cattle to a simulated summer field with colors tuned for the animals’ eyes, giving them a decidedly more pleasing landscape than a plain, confining farm. And yes, the headsets were adapted to the “structural features” of cows’ heads so that…