[HN Gopher] Lichens in cemetaries and a scientist who studies them
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Lichens in cemetaries and a scientist who studies them
Author : diodorus
Score : 18 points
Date : 2024-10-27 04:38 UTC (4 days ago)
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| dn3500 wrote:
| Original headline: A Cemetery's Immortal Residents and the
| Scientist Who Studies Them
| ilamont wrote:
| There's a subculture of people who clean strangers' gravestones,
| which often involves removing lichen. They are very particular
| about the tools and chemicals used during the cleaning. Some also
| reset broken stones.
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| You can see some before/after photos on Twitter
| (https://twitter.com/search?q=clean%20gravestones&src=typed_q...)
| as well as fast-motion videos on TikTok and Instagram. A few
| people research public records to share more information about
| the stones they are cleaning.
| rhaps0dy wrote:
| For a second I read liches, and was puzzled that they existed.
| solardev wrote:
| Me too, especially today!
| Lance_ET_Compte wrote:
| The last paragraphs of this article are brilliant...
|
| > "It's not going to cure cancer, it's not going to bring world
| peace, two things that we desperately need right now," she says.
|
| "But I would argue that there is great value in understanding the
| world [and] how biodiversity works so that we can preserve it,
| which is an integral component of human health," says Pringle.
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| She adds: "It's not clear to me that the best way to repair the
| world isn't sitting and watching lichens grow in a cemetery and
| telling the world about it."
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