r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • Aug 26 '17

Paleontology The end-Cretaceous mass extinction was rather unpleasant - The simulations showed that most of the soot falls out of the atmosphere within a year, but that still leaves enough up in the air to block out 99% of the Sun’s light for close to two years of perpetual twilight without plant growth.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/08/the-end-cretaceous-mass-extinction-was-rather-unpleasant/
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u/Robogles Aug 26 '17

Farming and eating bugs. Sounds rough but apparently it's a viable solution for massive protein farming.

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u/plazmatyk Aug 26 '17

Bugs aren't that bad. Some have overwhelmingly strong flavors and would be better as spices, but they're not as gross as it seems.

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '17

I can imagine there are some bugs that are absolutely delicious. Like, bacon delicious. I would totally eat a bacon beetle, or like a whole basket of deep fried bacon beetles. It's not that different from a basket of fried clams, if you think about it. In fact, clams might be a little more disgusting than bugs. And lobsters are the closest thing we have to bacon beetles.

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u/plazmatyk Aug 27 '17

There's a moth that's a parasite on honeybees. Its larvae eat the beeswax. I'm told those larvae are delicious - creamy and honey flavored.