An ultra-sensitive on-off switch helps axolotls regrow limbs
This is a prime example of why biodiversity is so important, and in my opinion, why protecting it should be a top priority for all hackers.<p>Genetic information is code - code that has been written over millions of years. Nature is full of such wonderful programs and hacks. We don't yet know how to write even the simplest one, or even know about most of them. Yet, we're turning a blind eye to the current destruction of biodiversity and not thinking twice about it.<p>I don't understand why the Hacker News community isn't more interested in biodiversity loss, or why articles about climate change and biodiversity loss are not welcome here.<p>We're in the sixth mass extinction event, defined as a 75% loss of species, primarily caused so far by animal agriculture or, more precisely, by our food preferences. This situation is soon to be worsened by climate change.<p>But when someone mentions veganism around here, all those hackers flag his post to oblivion.<p>What makes all those javascript frameworks so important, and the code created by nature unimportant?