sohkamyung a day ago Off-topic: when I initially saw the headline, I thought it was about people farming termites. :-)
gnabgib a day ago Paper https://www.science.org/content/article/how-fungus-farming-t... (3 points, 1 month ago) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45389736
kragen a day ago Spreading your own poop on weeds to keep them from growing, but without killing them, doesn't actually strike me as "surprisingly human-like". genuineresponse a day ago People compose and mulch their waste to control weeds regularly. Burying weeds under decaying master (including poop) is super common. watwut a day ago Humans done that before artificial fertilizants - to make stuff grow. Concept is the same. kragen a day ago No, concept is the opposite.
genuineresponse a day ago People compose and mulch their waste to control weeds regularly. Burying weeds under decaying master (including poop) is super common.
watwut a day ago Humans done that before artificial fertilizants - to make stuff grow. Concept is the same. kragen a day ago No, concept is the opposite.
Off-topic: when I initially saw the headline, I thought it was about people farming termites. :-)
Paper https://www.science.org/content/article/how-fungus-farming-t... (3 points, 1 month ago) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45389736
Spreading your own poop on weeds to keep them from growing, but without killing them, doesn't actually strike me as "surprisingly human-like".
People compose and mulch their waste to control weeds regularly. Burying weeds under decaying master (including poop) is super common.
Humans done that before artificial fertilizants - to make stuff grow. Concept is the same.
No, concept is the opposite.