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1. Ars Technica (arstechnica@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 02-Sep-2023 04:24:04 JST Ars Technica

   Fungi could be the answer to breaking down plastic junk

   Enzymes that break down a polymer in wood can also handle polyethylene.

   https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/09/fungi-could-be-the-answer-to-breaking-down-plastic-junk/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

   • June Casagrande (junecasagrande@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 02-Sep-2023 06:52:23 JST June Casagrande

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     @arstechnica What could possibly go wrong?

   • Seamus (wisqerbee@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 02-Sep-2023 09:54:44 JST Seamus

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     @arstechnica Fungus rules!

   • Kazuh 🌱 (4nemokazuha@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 02-Sep-2023 10:34:02 JST Kazuh 🌱

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     @arstechnica it’s a cool little fungi for eating plastic in landfills but imagine it eating plastic in well, anything. Would be mildly a disaster

   • pang pang trululu trululu (kiki_mwai_mwai@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 02-Sep-2023 17:23:22 JST pang pang trululu trululu

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     @arstechnica yeah that's like the tenth time this is announced

   • Sir David Nielsen (davidnielsen@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 02-Sep-2023 20:28:57 JST Sir David Nielsen

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     • Lisa Melton

     @arstechnica @lisamelton as being delicious, they can make vegan bacon, vegan leather, insulation material and an alternative to wheat flour, is there anything fungi can’t do?