resipsaloquitur@lemmy.cafe to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 19 days agoScientists find yeast in frozen mummy's guts, use it to make breadwww.cbsnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square36linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: news@lemmings.world
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkScientists find yeast in frozen mummy's guts, use it to make breadwww.cbsnews.comresipsaloquitur@lemmy.cafe to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 19 days agomessage-square36linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: news@lemmings.world
minus-squareSibbo@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·19 days ago The scientists then reproduced the gut yeast in a fridge. So they didn’t actually destroy any part of the mummy, they just used batteries sourced from the mummy that they multiplied anyways for further study.
minus-squareJeeBaiChow@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·19 days agoYes, but isnt it pOssible that those batteries may have come from an extra-terrestrial source, as some ancient astronaut theorists believe?
minus-squareDrusas@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up0·19 days agoYeast is a fungus, but otherwise right. It’s an interesting article. Also kind of horrifying.
So they didn’t actually destroy any part of the mummy, they just used batteries sourced from the mummy that they multiplied anyways for further study.
Yes, but isnt it pOssible that those batteries may have come from an extra-terrestrial source, as some ancient astronaut theorists believe?
Stargate. Next question.
Yeast is a fungus, but otherwise right.
It’s an interesting article. Also kind of horrifying.