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Friction is the force that initiates life in sea squirts
Earth.com ^ | Chrissy Sexton

Posted on 01/10/2024 2:25:35 PM PST by Lazamataz

In the vast depths of the ocean, scientists have made an amazing discovery in a seemingly unassuming creature: the sea squirt.

Researchers from the Institute of Science and Technology Austria have uncovered how sea squirt oocytes (immature egg cells) utilize friction within their interior compartments to trigger developmental changes after conception. This revelation opens a new chapter in our understanding of the forces that shape life.

(Excerpt) Read more at earth.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: cryptobiology; godsgravesglyphs; seasquirt
I only posted this because it was a really weird headline.
1 posted on 01/10/2024 2:25:35 PM PST by Lazamataz
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To: Lazamataz

It is the type of topic that brings men and women together.


2 posted on 01/10/2024 2:28:04 PM PST by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: Lazamataz
Yes, friction and squirts in the same headline is a rarity...
3 posted on 01/10/2024 2:30:24 PM PST by Slicksadick (We accept the love we think we deserve.)
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To: Lazamataz

Squirts? (insert Beevis and Butthead laugh here...)


4 posted on 01/10/2024 2:31:23 PM PST by llevrok (“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” ― George Orwell)
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To: Lazamataz

For mature audiences.


5 posted on 01/10/2024 2:32:15 PM PST by Jyotishi (Seeking the truth, a fact at a time.)
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To: Lazamataz

The most interesting headline I’ve read all day.
Wide open to interpretation.


6 posted on 01/10/2024 2:32:27 PM PST by lee martell
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To: Lazamataz

we all know what’s coming next! too much friction.


7 posted on 01/10/2024 2:46:32 PM PST by Qwapisking ("IF the Second goes first the First goes second" L.Star )
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To: Lazamataz

8 posted on 01/10/2024 2:47:31 PM PST by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: Lazamataz

Yea, it stripped my gears for a moment with the infinite double-entendre possibilities.


9 posted on 01/10/2024 3:06:15 PM PST by Eastern Shore Virginian (Yea, I sometimes gild the lily.)
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To: Lazamataz

They’re cute. Are they tasty?


10 posted on 01/10/2024 3:19:51 PM PST by moovova ("The NEXT election is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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To: Lazamataz; Larry Lucido; SaveFerris

“Is anyone here a marine biologist?”


11 posted on 01/10/2024 3:46:47 PM PST by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: Lazamataz

Basically all life..................


12 posted on 01/10/2024 4:08:39 PM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: gundog

In High school I was going to be a marine biologist.

I wound up being a Marine.

Damn lying bastard recruiters!.............


13 posted on 01/10/2024 4:10:05 PM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Lazamataz

I’ve attempted to initiate life through friction a time or two in my day...


14 posted on 01/10/2024 4:18:44 PM PST by Boogieman
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To: Boogieman

Ha!


15 posted on 01/10/2024 4:25:10 PM PST by Lazamataz (Laz 2005: "First, we beat the Soviet Union. Then we became them.")
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To: Lazamataz

Friction and squirts make a lot of lives...


16 posted on 01/10/2024 4:48:44 PM PST by Adder (End fascism...defeat all Democrats.)
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17 posted on 01/15/2024 10:53:36 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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