Rhoeri@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 days agoMicroplastics discovered in caddisfly casings from the 1970s suggest long-term contaminationphys.orgexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up1122arrow-down11
arrow-up1121arrow-down1external-linkMicroplastics discovered in caddisfly casings from the 1970s suggest long-term contaminationphys.orgRhoeri@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 days agomessage-square10fedilink
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·20 days agoMade me wonder “what would it mean if we found micro plastics in the bones of a 1500 year old mummy or something?”
minus-squareRhoeri@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·20 days agoOkay, now that is the beginning of some good SciFi in the least!
minus-squareTaiatari@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·20 days agoIn the first instance, we’d probably presume it to be a contamination.
minus-squareRhoeri@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·20 days agoBut then we find out that they had Lego.
minus-squaregoldteeth@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·20 days agowell duh, that’s how they built the pyramids
Made me wonder “what would it mean if we found micro plastics in the bones of a 1500 year old mummy or something?”
Okay, now that is the beginning of some good SciFi in the least!
In the first instance, we’d probably presume it to be a contamination.
But then we find out that they had Lego.
well duh, that’s how they built the pyramids