Post 2631076 by Almafeta@niu.moe
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 (DIR) Post #2631075 by Almafeta@niu.moe
       2019-01-04T11:36:31Z
       
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       Now imagine this +50% growing period and +50% growing speed being applied to, say, bamboo...https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/01/re-engineering-photosynthesis-gives-plants-a-40-growth-boost/
       
 (DIR) Post #2631076 by Almafeta@niu.moe
       2019-01-04T11:42:34Z
       
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       it's basically turning the hardiness / productivity switch ALL the way to productivity, for fun and profit.which means it's also its own built-in kill switch, if it gets crossbred into a neighboring population by accident the offspring will be picked off a lot faster than the natively hardy strains
       
 (DIR) Post #2654854 by Almafeta@niu.moe
       2019-01-05T02:32:03Z
       
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       @Technowix "You made the bones out of calcium.""Yep!""The metal that burns in water and creates hydrogen.""Yep!""In an organism based on water.""Yep!""Whose carbon-based chemistry is poisoned by hydrogen.""...yep?""Couldn't you have done what the seashells did?""Oh, we DO do that, sir!""Oh?""Yep!  But that just means that the bones will absolutely shatter if hit parallel to the shearing plane.""...god I hate interns."