this post was submitted on 30 Sep 2023
284 points (97.3% liked)

Science

16748 readers
36 users here now

Subscribe to see new publications and popular science coverage of current research on your homepage

founded 6 years ago
MODERATORS
[email protected]
284
We are just getting started’: the plastic-eating bacteria that could change the world (www.theguardian.com)
submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
41 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

When a microbe was found munching on a plastic bottle in a rubbish dump, it promised a recycling revolution. Now scientists are attempting to turbocharge those powers in a bid to solve our waste crisis. But will it work?

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] -2 points 2 years ago

Making a nuclear bomb is much easier than keeping people from using it once it's made.

Natural science is difficult, but getting people to do the right thing is almost impossible.