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mcherm 3 hours ago [-]
Any article on this topic is unsatisfactory if it lacks a color photo.
dao- 3 hours ago [-]
There is a color photo, but the rose isn't actually blue.
sajithdilshan 2 hours ago [-]
Are the scientists color blind? The rose is purple.
whizzter 1 hours ago [-]
Bad translation, see the other top-level comment with the origin link that referes to them as violet-blue.
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jimnotgym 42 minutes ago [-]
Finally! What we have all been waiting for. Phew.
I mean asking us to use different flowers to get our blue colours was just too much.
jfengel 3 minutes ago [-]
Weren't we the ones who breathlessly await any progress on the Riemann hypothesis? A theorem of pure number theory, with no applications.
Breeders pursued it as a challenge. Doing it via genetic engineering probably feels like cheating to them, but the biochemists do it to learn genetic techniques.
From the picture nobody is going to be putting these in a bouquet any time soon. But the accomplishment is neat. And even if it's not. I'm not gonna yuck their yum.
« Damn good news, Gordon! »
I mean asking us to use different flowers to get our blue colours was just too much.
Breeders pursued it as a challenge. Doing it via genetic engineering probably feels like cheating to them, but the biochemists do it to learn genetic techniques.
From the picture nobody is going to be putting these in a bouquet any time soon. But the accomplishment is neat. And even if it's not. I'm not gonna yuck their yum.