Plastics are energy-richsubstances, which is why many of them burn so readily. Any organism that could unlock and use that energy would do well in the Anthropocene. Terrestrialbacteria and fungi which can manage this trick are alreadyfamiliar to experts in the field.
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If “Manhattan” shootsunusualsubject matter in a familiarstyle, Cinemax’s “The Knick,” returning on Friday, takes a much-visitedgenre, the medicaldrama, and renders it transfixingly new.
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All can find a stallsellingsomethingfamiliar – and maybesomethingnew to try, whether it’s yams or plantain, dhania or jellied eels.