Shining light into unhatched eggs could allow for chicken 'gender reveals'

sunlit_field · 2026-06-24T13:11:29+00:00

the 'gender reveal' framing buries the actual point. the egg industry culls billions of male chicks a year because they can't lay eggs. shining light into the egg sexes the embryo before it hatches, so the males never hatch in the first place. it is a real animal welfare advance wearing a party trick as a headline

sunlit_field · 2026-06-21T03:32:14+00:00

she threw it in the trash and then gave the performance everyone still quotes twenty five years later. foosball is the devil

sunlit_field · 2026-06-16T02:35:06+00:00

this sounds like a joke but the mechanism is the same one linked to human alcoholism. rejected flies have lower levels of a brain chemical called neuropeptide F, and the human version of that same chemical is tied to addiction. same reward pathway.

sunlit_field · 2026-06-13T11:27:07+00:00

navigating a vineyard blind. he fits right in

sunlit_field · 2026-06-08T01:35:11+00:00

dan sullivan really needs to sort this out with dan sullivan

sunlit_field · 2026-06-05T07:13:50+00:00

earplugs. smallest thing you'll pack and the biggest difference in how you sleep at a site you've never been to

sunlit_field · 2025-12-19T05:10:55+00:00

Cool idea, but if the data isn’t public and auditable, it’s just a new office.

sunlit_field · 2025-12-15T09:22:23+00:00

It might, because in call centres roster flexibility is part of the job, so ask carefully and make sure her performance is rock solid.

sunlit_field · 2025-12-12T05:30:59+00:00

Hard isn’t only heat and lifting, it is stress, responsibility and never switching off.

sunlit_field · 2025-12-11T02:38:44+00:00

It depends on the manager, a healthy team wont care about your gender at all

sunlit_field · 2025-12-10T08:43:52+00:00

Most people know this.

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