“Back from extinction” by whom, do you suppose?
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And also on the subject of attempting to correct misinformation…
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Under certain circumstances, the targeted correction of faulty sections in the genome can trigger new genetic defects.
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“We mucked about with an incredibly complex and incompletely understood system and got unanticipated results” is not at all unexpected. This could be said of any of our medical interventions. That is what risk/benefit analysis is all about. This is not my field, and I cannot comment on the degree of risk, but I am not shocked that it is there.
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Quite. And what can be done with state of the art right now is a bit like a medieval blacksmith tinkering with a watch that has 100+ complications.
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Countdown to a new admin trying to reverse the decision?
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Nah. The shit doesn’t work and it isn’t homeopathic. He’d have to be bribed.
Wait. No, it’s totally going to be back.
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It is strange that Trump has never gotten into pharmaceuticals.
Trump brand Ivermectin or colloidal silver would have been big sellers.
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yuuuge
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Apparently an adult ctenophore can revert to a larval stage when experiencing extreme stress.
Lucky them.
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Tardigrades in the marine plastisphere: New hitchhikers surfing plastics - ScienceDirect
It seems tardigrades are immune to stuff that did not even exist until recently. Tough cookies indeed.
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Not sure if there’s a better thread for this, let me know 
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A larger organism (possibly):
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A similar (but natural) phenomenon I believe I witnessed on the big island of Hawai’i. Caveat: a lot of this is based on memories.
Kilauea Iki (“little Kilauea”) is a smaller crater right next to the main Kilauea caldera, that last erupted in 1959. Lava fountains from the eruption covered and destroyed a nearby forest. This is a current photo, but I remember it looking somewhat like it did in the early years after the eruption (but black instead of brown, not yet covered with dirt). It shows a section of Volcano National Park called “Devastation Trail” which is available for hiking. (This is probably not the same area I recall).
My family lived near Honolulu in the early 1960’s, and visited the volcano. We hiked the Devastation Trail. On a section of the walk, we saw the remains of trees, stripped of their bark (probably in a different section of the trail than this photo). Other than that there, there was no other life.
My wife, a friend, and I visited the Big Island in 1996, and hike the same trail. In 30 years the stripped trees remained, but other vegetation was growing from the lava.
I imagine first soil blew in by the winds, and then drifting seeds took root.
Anyway, this is what I remember.
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I’m sure couple with other papers about how vaping in general leads to inflammation it can paint a broader picture that it is quite unhealthy
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