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Zpaa4
TIL: About a company that is genetically engineering poplar trees (already fast-growing, asexually spreading trees) to reduce their energy needs by adding metabolic genes from pumpkins and algae. The engineered trees grow 1.5x than controls. They've planted 600 trees in Oregon and plan to do more.
v1nk4
TIL the world's first self-replicating synthetic organism also contains brainteasers written into its genetic code. Hidden inside its DNA are the names of its creators and famous quotes by James Joyce, Robert Oppenheimer, and Richard Feynman. There is also a URL address for those who crack the code.
oaBo
TIL Scientists conected a paralyzed woman’s brain to basic tablet so she could google about gardening