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I've wondered this too. It seems like there is a solid argument that they could act as a harmful invasive species and damage or destroy ecosystems which they are introduced to. The…

There is reason to consider this a possibility, since many molecules may be potentially harmful when inhaled as vapor, with unknown health effects (ie vitamin E acetate), but under…

Why do you find eusociality abhorrent?

Very cool that you worked in that lab! Did you say I love you back when putting him to bed?

I think you have a slight misunderstanding about the great filter. If we found only microorganisms on the other plant that should indicate that the filter is behind us, life having…

From one media manipulator to another: when you pay the premium price for a long-standing hacker news account, it's usually more convincing to let people find the comment history f…

Probably not the same thing that guy was walking about, but this is a cool project going on at University of Washington - it's made for biological science workflows but it's really…

Grass fed organic meat will solve all of our problems right? Except for the fact that it is too expensive for most to afford, meaning only the upper class can eat the stuff and fee…

However, even supposing these congestions are important to human wellbeing, the argument still fails to be compelling because it understates the development of psychological knowle…