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What is the current price of carbon credits in the ETS? I am from the USA / am dumb, so don’t know how to find it Also good read for everyone: https://www.gatesnotes.com/Energy/Int…

Yeah that was hilarious. Also: > Many of my friends who are founders of their own companies tell me how they exhibited the entrepreneurial spirit as a kid… But that wasn’t me. Lite…

Wow, thank you for this!! This is really fascinating. Do you have a better link to the project specifically and/or the engineering system? I could not find any photos. The only thi…

Oops, thanks

Unfortunately don’t have time to check out the paper, but vaguely I am aware that methyl groups are like an accessory that can be attached or detached (by the cell, normally) to an…

Oh dear, I hate to jump in but “whom” is the correct usage here. Grandparent is echoing great-great-grandparent, and since one pays her , one pays whom > if you can replace it with…

> They’re called “plants.” Incidentally, CRISPR + plants is one of the most promising solutions to climate change: https://www.ted.com/talks/joanne_chory_how_supercharged_plan...

There exist dumb rich people who drink unpasteurized milk, and then get diarrhea or worse. It seems unimaginative of you to suppose that meat that comes from a live animal will alw…

Obviously not great, therefore doing less of it holistically is useful. You do realize most of that soy goes to feeding livestock...

Probably not good for individuals. I am a germophobe and my immune system is a lot weaker than my friends who share drinks, eat stuff off the floor, eat street food, kiss random st…

Slightly off topic, but I do love the translucent terminal on the Mac. It is very cool

> But again, what should we do with very strong, very stupid men? There used to be an abundance of jobs for them, some of which paid well. Nowadays there are no jobs for them. Last…

You do realize the rise in attacks on Asian Americans are not simply anecdotes from the media but shows up in the statistics and police reports?

> The "private company can do whatever it wants" crowd will not show up for this one because it doesn't suit their politics The wedding cake crowd or the violent threats one?

Nobody is disputing that fossil fuels and their chemical derivatives provide utility

But you don’t need to violate any conservation laws. Just use the sun to power photosynthesis. Energy is abundant and untapped It’s a bit of a head scratcher to suppose we had enou…

37) If you find something “Open”, make sure to Close it /s

"We compiled data on 250+ US public companies involved in corporate securities frauds identified in 1,000+ Securities and Exchange Commission filings over 2005–2013; we randomly se…

Cause the collar isn’t the only thing that’s white

Agree, that sounds phony. He was probably a really quiet intern, as interns are It’s not like he was running around the office with a flamethrower and calling his manager pedo guy

I mean that’s for the free market to take care of. If fewer people want to haul your garbage then the price for garbage hauling will go up. Higher demand for labor means workers ha…

I’m probably preaching to the choir, but yup that inherent uncertainty seems to distinguish biology from the other sciences. There is a huge stochasticity & serendipity in everythi…