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From Hollywood to horticulture: Cate Blanchett on a mission to save seeds

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwy7ekl4yl8o
74•RickJWagner•3mo ago

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smartbit•3mo ago
Highly recommended documentary Seeds of Time (2013) [0] on Dr. Cary Fowler at the FAO responsible for building the Spitsbergen/Svalbard Global Seed Vault [1]

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seeds_of_Time_(film)

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svalbard_Global_Seed_Vault

a_bonobo•3mo ago
I'd also recommend reading up on the Vavilov collection in St. Petersburg: an incredible history.

https://www.sciencehistory.org/stories/magazine/the-tragedy-...

wiz21c•3mo ago
Why do we build a valut ? Because we destroy the seeds. So why not spend time avoiding destroying the seeds ?
efdee•3mo ago
The people destroying the seeds are not the ones building the vaults.
flanked-evergl•3mo ago
Who is destroying the seeds?!
flanked-evergl•3mo ago
Who is destroying the seeds?!
ProllyInfamous•3mo ago
Collectively, much like traffic, we all are.
flanked-evergl•3mo ago
Not even almost have I ever destroyed a seed, other than the times it was part of the food I consumed.

But I guess if they want to really keep some peanut seeds in a vault because I keep eating them then I guess that makes sense, to them.

tagami•3mo ago
https://www.croptrust.org/news-events/in-the-media/priceless...
vanderZwan•3mo ago
After hearing her opinion on leaf blowers, namely, that "they need to be eradicated from the earth"[0], this feels significantly less surprising

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKmFlnoJ3OU

Show HN: Minecraft Creeper meets 90s Tamagotchi

https://github.com/danielbrendel/krepagotchi-game
1•foxiel•1m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Termiteam – Control center for multiple AI agent terminals

https://github.com/NetanelBaruch/termiteam
1•Netanelbaruch•2m ago•0 comments

The only U.S. particle collider shuts down

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/particle-collider-shuts-down-brookhaven
1•rolph•4m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: Why do purchased B2B email lists still have such poor deliverability?

1•solarisos•5m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Remotion directory (videos and prompts)

https://www.remotion.directory/
1•rokbenko•7m ago•0 comments

Portable C Compiler

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_C_Compiler
2•guerrilla•9m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Kokki – A "Dual-Core" System Prompt to Reduce LLM Hallucinations

1•Ginsabo•9m ago•0 comments

Software Engineering Transformation 2026

https://mfranc.com/blog/ai-2026/
1•michal-franc•11m ago•0 comments

Microsoft purges Win11 printer drivers, devices on borrowed time

https://www.tomshardware.com/peripherals/printers/microsoft-stops-distrubitng-legacy-v3-and-v4-pr...
2•rolph•11m ago•0 comments

Lunch with the FT: Tarek Mansour

https://www.ft.com/content/a4cebf4c-c26c-48bb-82c8-5701d8256282
2•hhs•14m ago•0 comments

Old Mexico and her lost provinces (1883)

https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/77881/pg77881-images.html
1•petethomas•18m ago•0 comments

'AI' is a dick move, redux

https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/notes/2026/note-on-debating-llm-fans/
3•cratermoon•19m ago•0 comments

The source code was the moat. But not anymore

https://philipotoole.com/the-source-code-was-the-moat-no-longer/
1•otoolep•19m ago•0 comments

Does anyone else feel like their inbox has become their job?

1•cfata•19m ago•0 comments

An AI model that can read and diagnose a brain MRI in seconds

https://www.michiganmedicine.org/health-lab/ai-model-can-read-and-diagnose-brain-mri-seconds
2•hhs•22m ago•0 comments

Dev with 5 of experience switched to Rails, what should I be careful about?

1•vampiregrey•25m ago•0 comments

AlphaFace: High Fidelity and Real-Time Face Swapper Robust to Facial Pose

https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.16429
1•PaulHoule•26m ago•0 comments

Scientists discover “levitating” time crystals that you can hold in your hand

https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2026/february/scientists-discover--levitating--t...
2•hhs•28m ago•0 comments

Rammstein – Deutschland (C64 Cover, Real SID, 8-bit – 2019) [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VReIuv1GFo
1•erickhill•28m ago•0 comments

Tell HN: Yet Another Round of Zendesk Spam

2•Philpax•28m ago•0 comments

Postgres Message Queue (PGMQ)

https://github.com/pgmq/pgmq
1•Lwrless•32m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Django-rclone: Database and media backups for Django, powered by rclone

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2•cui•35m ago•1 comments

NY lawmakers proposed statewide data center moratorium

https://www.niagara-gazette.com/news/local_news/ny-lawmakers-proposed-statewide-data-center-morat...
1•geox•36m ago•0 comments

OpenClaw AI chatbots are running amok – these scientists are listening in

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00370-w
3•EA-3167•37m ago•0 comments

Show HN: AI agent forgets user preferences every session. This fixes it

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6•fliellerjulian•39m ago•0 comments

Introduce the Vouch/Denouncement Contribution Model

https://github.com/ghostty-org/ghostty/pull/10559
2•DustinEchoes•41m ago•0 comments

Show HN: SSHcode – Always-On Claude Code/OpenCode over Tailscale and Hetzner

https://github.com/sultanvaliyev/sshcode
1•sultanvaliyev•41m ago•0 comments

Microsoft appointed a quality czar. He has no direct reports and no budget

https://jpcaparas.medium.com/microsoft-appointed-a-quality-czar-he-has-no-direct-reports-and-no-b...
3•RickJWagner•43m ago•0 comments

Multi-agent coordination on Claude Code: 8 production pain points and patterns

https://gist.github.com/sigalovskinick/6cc1cef061f76b7edd198e0ebc863397
1•nikolasi•43m ago•0 comments

Washington Post CEO Will Lewis Steps Down After Stormy Tenure

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/technology/washington-post-will-lewis.html
15•jbegley•44m ago•3 comments