Thermal paper is cheaper than buying A size sheets and ink, and judging by the going price, we print with angel's tears/rhodium/dragon blood.

If I had no home and no family, sure, I'd run 2 hours a day, but I have responsibilities and a commute that itself is 2 hours round trip.

This is why I don't have pets.

It's just a transmission from HQ.

The whole area is sand and silt on top of Russia's largest gas field. Gas has bubbles and can explode. I am not surprised that it is bubbling up.

I stopped at "sando." What the QQQQQQQQQQQQQQQ is a "sando," pray, tell?

If you think they were serious, look into the history of the Torah. If you want to see some seriously dedicated people. If a scroll were to be flawed, it was buried in a cemetery.

I never referred to rapid evolution. I meant growth in size of population vis a vis reproduction.

Reminds me of Fahrenheit 451.

The article is indeed about the kind they discovered in the ocean - the Sargasso Sea. The landfill type was the only other bacteria previously observed to digest plastics. Why else would the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution have been investigating it?

The plastics I am using are not immersed in sea water.

Right, and when the food supply dwindles, the population dies off proportionally.

Didn't they find bacteria thriving on the plastic back in 2011?

Having worked as a lead designer in the precast concrete industry, the zipper sound would probably be from the rebar ties failing, which is just twisted wire. These used to all be done by hand, and some still are, but for the sake of speed, ergonomics, and the prevention of repetitive motion injuries, rebar tie guns…

Seriously, the best explanation is global warming? A simple search reveals the the main geologic configuration of the Yamal Peninsula is clay, silt, and mud. Couple that with the fact that it is also the location of the Russian Federation's largest natural gas reserves, and it stands to reason that is was just a sort…

I'm sorry that My comment will appear on this particular post, but the question has to be asked. What is it with Gizmodo writers using the word "terrifying" in what feels like every other headline?

Tempura paint? I'd love to have a taste at a good sushi joint ;D

It reminds me of this image. I imagine they could easily add pedals and make the passengers generate electricity for the plane their precious mobile devices.