This is the most uplifting science article I’ve read in a while. The process they describe in the article sounds long and involved with many dependent steps. Great work!

[–] plyth@feddit.org 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Until you realize that wild bees and insects won't receive that food but the cause of their detriment won't be adjusted because we now have enough bees to pollinate the fruits on the farms.

[–] trailee@sh.itjust.works 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I do love native plants and I will deeply mourn the mass extinction of the Anthropocene. You’re not wrong.

But I was choosing the bright side here. It’s a lovely contrast to the destruction of NASA, the NSF, and all the trickle down effects in the science world. This bee work is delightfully from the UK and will be harder to cancel. It will help agriculture keep up with exponential human growth amid climate change and water overuse for slightly longer than it would last otherwise. I’m deeply pessimistic, but the bee thing is a little hopeful, ok?

[–] plyth@feddit.org 4 points 7 months ago

very ok

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[–] trailee@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

As I wrote in response to the not really view, I’m deeply pessimistic about the future, and the hope that I appreciate here is only for slightly extending agricultural yields so that I can keep eating cheap food for a few more years. Overall, we’re all fucked. I guess I’m not allowed to celebrate one bright spot in the enclosing darkness, thanks.

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[–] trailee@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

There’s nothing bad whatsoever about a breakthrough discovery allowing for essentially nutritionally-complete synthetic pollen. It’s all positive, full stop. The negatives you want to emphasize are that it doesn’t also solve other related problems. I never said that it did, only that it was the most uplifting science story in a long time. I read the whole dammed article, not just the headline, and I was very happy to have it get into a lot of details.

Feel free to have your middling reaction without celebration. I’m excited to have a positive science story I can discuss with my kids, and I’m sticking to that.

[–] Artisian@lemmy.world 0 points 7 months ago

Source on positive headlines decreasing care and activism?

I see the opposite. Everyone believes systems can no longer solve any problems, and have checked out.