It really is amazing what you can do with statistics and a large enough data set. I can’t wait for what this brings the community in a few years!

Check out the audio file in this article linked from the original post. Very cool. https://www.openculture.com/2013/10/what-ancient-greek-music-sounded-like.html

Interesting! Most of my yeast comes from White Labs. I haven’t tried it myself, but have seen some commercial beers treated to reduce gluten and would guess it’s the same enzyme. It would probably work for me though my wife is much more sensitive.

The Battle for Wesnoth is my all-time favorite FOSS. Can’t understate it.

I’m not sure about this particular paper, but usually you can compare the number of mutations in a common protein and use that to estimate how long ago a common ancestor existed. As an example here is a graph of the number of mutations in mitochondrial DNA for the protein Cytochrome C. The more mutations you accumulate in a genome the larger amount of time since they split from a common ancestor.

Neutral Mutations in Cytochrome C

I suppose it is the original recycling program haha

Ah yes, we have a necromancer in our midst 😎

One more for Bitwarden. You can even run your own local server and avoid using the cloud.

I joined mander.xyz because it has a central theme around the natural sciences. It could possibly include STEM content as well; there is an ongoing discussion about it. The admin(s) are present and very responsive.

For anyone with a love of science and/or nature I recommend it highly as a home instance of Lemmy.

“Like all blowups on Reddit, this one will pass,” the CEO wrote.

This is true. By sheer population most Redditors never left. But I’d say a core percentage responsible for actually making content has moved on and won’t be back.

It’s interesting that larger wings improve thermoregulation in both hot and cold climates. Nice find!

I think extending to STEM is a good take on it. That would keep it at least academically focused and make it easy to say “communities about horror fiction authors aren’t what we’re going for”, etc. My only concern would be an explosion of extremely niche communities that never really take off, potentially diluting broader communities. However, that’s more an issue with the Fediverse in general and could be unavoidable growing pains.

I love being able to browse local and only get topics in the sciences field. It gives Mander a unique feel and I think that tone is worth preserving. I have subbed to communities on other instances that are definitely not science-based and can easily catch up on them by filtering subscribed.

That’s awesome! We had an Elderberry sprout in the backyard after a hurricane knocked down enough trees to increase the sunlight in that area.

Last year it finally fruited and we were so excited; the birds ate them all before we even had a taste. This year I bought a bird net cover 😎

Well said. I usually don’t get farther with my students than the 3D models of enzymes changing shape and the reactions involving Pi. That’s just the reality of non-grad level classes. But it’s one of those things you can follow down the rabbit hole very easily.

This may be the Cajun in me talking, but throwing some hot peppers in there makes for a great time.

It’s getting better! All the time! This was just posted yesterday.

I know this is an old post, but it’s extremely cool.

As expected, it’s pretty limited. I mainly use Briess Sorghum Extract Syrup as a base and add ingredients from there. As brew bases go it’s pretty mild, so it takes a bit of supplemental grain steeps to add color.

Our 3 hour drive to a spot in rural Tennessee the day before turned into a 10 hour drive back.

That’s exactly what I was worried about. We’re going to camp overnight in Hot Springs and enjoy ourselves.

It’s not quite the same, but this site has a map of light pollution which you can use to find the least polluted areas around you. https://www.lightpollutionmap.info