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Scientists Discover “Mortality Timer” Inside Our Cells (scitechdaily.com)
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[–] metaStatic@kbin.earth 41 points 3 days ago (1 children)

"has planned obsolescence gone too far?"

[–] sweetviolentblush@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 days ago

first laugh of the year, thanks for it

[–] plinky@hexbear.net 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

another one :khaled:

seems kinda plausible, but yeast is only superficially close to humans, being single celled, rapidly dividing and stuff

[–] halykthered@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I was single celled at one point.

[–] plinky@hexbear.net 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

And that single cell was as silly as yeast, no differentiation, no friends nearby to speak to, to tell you to divide or not. yeast also divides asymmetrically to age

[–] halykthered@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 days ago

I like to imagine all the other sperms, shouting encouragement at the very least.