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Title: This is why you wear a dust mask Post by: Prospero on April 14, 2009, 10:38:32 AM Man grows 5 centimeter tree branch in his lung (http://io9.com/5210651/man-grows-5-centimeter-tree-branch-in-his-lung) :ye_gods: :ye_gods: :ye_gods:
Who knew lungs were such a great growing medium? Title: Re: This is why you wear a dust mask Post by: Delmania on April 14, 2009, 10:51:18 AM When I first read the title, I thought it said "Man grows a 5 centipede in his lung." There's an interesting thought.
Title: Re: This is why you wear a dust mask Post by: lac on April 14, 2009, 01:01:39 PM Unless that's an imperial ruler it looks like it's about 2.5 centimeter long.
The odds of him somehow inhaling that thing seem to be a tad larger than him growing that in there. Title: Re: This is why you wear a dust mask Post by: Hindenburg on April 14, 2009, 02:01:48 PM When I first read the title, I thought it said "Man grows a 5 centipede in his lung." There's an interesting thought. You've no idea what you've invoked by mentioning centipedes, have you?Title: Re: This is why you wear a dust mask Post by: FatuousTwat on April 14, 2009, 02:21:01 PM (http://dl-client.getdropbox.com/u/99701/Centipedes.jpg)
Title: Re: This is why you wear a dust mask Post by: Mandrel on April 14, 2009, 02:45:13 PM Unless that's an imperial ruler it looks like it's about 2.5 centimeter long. Look at the left part of the lung tissue, it goes all the way through.The odds of him somehow inhaling that thing seem to be a tad larger than him growing that in there. Title: Re: This is why you wear a dust mask Post by: Delmania on April 14, 2009, 05:07:16 PM When I first read the title, I thought it said "Man grows a 5 centipede in his lung." There's an interesting thought. You've no idea what you've invoked by mentioning centipedes, have you?Well I am familiar with that rather..disturbing.. meme, it didn't cross my mind. Somehow the thought of a centipede growing in someone's lungs prevents all other thoughts. Title: Re: This is why you wear a dust mask Post by: K9 on April 15, 2009, 07:15:31 AM Why is all the serious business happening in Russia this past month?
Title: Re: This is why you wear a dust mask Post by: Engels on April 15, 2009, 07:24:36 AM Between this and the raping hairdresser, I'm gonna guess loose editorial standards.
Title: Re: This is why you wear a dust mask Post by: justdave on April 16, 2009, 12:14:48 AM No, Russia is just the Weekly World News of real life.
Title: Re: This is why you wear a dust mask Post by: apocrypha on April 16, 2009, 01:43:02 AM Yeah this story is bollocks. There's no roots on the thing in that picture. Plus, inside lungs? No light. No light, no photosynthesis. No photosynthesis, no growth of fir tree.
And this story was on the BBC website yesterday. My opinion of journalism gets lower every day. :oh_i_see: Title: Re: This is why you wear a dust mask Post by: gryeyes on April 16, 2009, 01:56:06 AM Never did that experiment as a child where you grow corn in a lightness environment? Im not sure if this is real but that plant thing does not look green.
Title: Re: This is why you wear a dust mask Post by: Cyrrex on April 16, 2009, 06:32:48 AM Never did that experiment as a child where you grow corn in a lightness environment? No, because I had G.I. Joes and didn't grow up on a farm in bumfuck Iowa. :awesome_for_real: Title: Re: This is why you wear a dust mask Post by: Samwise on April 16, 2009, 07:19:19 AM Given adequate nutrients plants can grow quite a bit without (and in search of) sunlight.
Title: Re: This is why you wear a dust mask Post by: gryeyes on April 16, 2009, 07:33:45 AM No, because I had G.I. Joes and didn't grow up on a farm in bumfuck Iowa. :awesome_for_real: Seattle? :vv: Cmon never did that in middle school. Grow the corn in different conditions and chart the results. For some reason it grows faster initially without light. But its completely yellow and then it dies. Title: Re: This is why you wear a dust mask Post by: Samwise on April 16, 2009, 08:35:00 AM I would surmise it's because the seeds are built to start growing in lightless conditions (e.g. under soil or in a pile of poop or in the shadow of the parent plant), and then grow up and out as quickly as possible so they can find the light. Once they find light, they can start photosynthesizing and storing energy.
Title: Re: This is why you wear a dust mask Post by: Sky on April 16, 2009, 09:25:10 AM Yes, lift up a pile of leaves and look at the failing plants growing under there. Don't you people do yardwork?
That said, the photo looks like a cutting, not a growth. No root system, clean cut on the stem. Title: Re: This is why you wear a dust mask Post by: apocrypha on April 16, 2009, 09:29:54 AM OK, I'll concede the no-light thing, but:
That said, the photo looks like a cutting, not a growth. No root system, clean cut on the stem. Yeah! Don't interrupt my raging hatred of the media, biatches! :why_so_serious: |