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Bill Gates has donated $40 million to Scottish researchers trying to create a cow that can thrive in hotter conditions, such as those in Africa:
Tweaking genes could be one way of increasing the hardiness of some livestock breeds. By isolating desirable genetics traits from European and African cow breeds, geneticists hope to design a cow that produces high quantities of milk and is also able to withstand exceptionally high temperatures.
An Edinburgh-based nonprofit, GALVmed (Global Alliance for Livestock Veterinary Medicines) just received $40 million from Bill Gates to conduct genetic research with this aim in mind. "You can have a cow that is four times as productive with the same survivability," Gates told the Times.
The philanthropist told the BBC that he was investing in the nonprofit's research because "there is great [...] understanding here of both animal diseases and how we can treat it, and how we enhance the genetics so that you can get, say the same type of milk or egg productivity that we have in the U.K."
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(Score: 2) by acid andy on Thursday February 01 2018, @11:59PM (8 children)
Then, sometime later:
GALVmed ScanMoo
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Because this bovinian was not properly shut down,
one or more of your udders may have errors on it.
To avoid seeing this message again, always shut down
your cow by gently singing it a lullaby in a spacious,
air conditioned barn.
Or move back to a colder country already and take your
poor, twisted Frankenmoos with you!
If a cat has kittens, does a rat have rittens, a bat bittens and a mat mittens?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 02 2018, @12:03AM (3 children)
Frankenmoos r ppl 2
eat mor chikin
(Score: 2) by acid andy on Friday February 02 2018, @12:06AM (2 children)
Chikins r ppl 2
eat more Soylent
If a cat has kittens, does a rat have rittens, a bat bittens and a mat mittens?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 02 2018, @02:08AM (1 child)
Soylent r ppl.
I guess we all starve.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 02 2018, @02:11AM
All the headers in this web format ruin the beauty of a nice cascade.
In case you don't understand, try this page: https://kb.iu.edu/d/afhb [iu.edu]
(Score: 1) by tftp on Friday February 02 2018, @12:28AM (1 child)
(Score: 2) by acid andy on Friday February 02 2018, @12:33AM
That's true. I don't remember Win95 boxes having too many natural predators. Maybe the odd one got carried off by a golden eagle. Or dropped from a great height by a disgruntled sys admin.
If a cat has kittens, does a rat have rittens, a bat bittens and a mat mittens?
(Score: 4, Insightful) by Gaaark on Friday February 02 2018, @12:34AM (1 child)
Frankenmoos
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--- Please remind me if I haven't been civil to you: I'm channeling MDC. ---Gaaark 2.0 ---
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 02 2018, @10:59AM
For the uninitiated https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowsay [wikipedia.org]
Also, apt-get --help|grep Cow
and then apt-get moo