In 2010, the RIKEN institute in Japan created mutant cherry blossom trees by firing ion beams at them in a particle accelerator....
In 2010, the RIKEN institute in Japan created mutant cherry blossom trees by firing ion beams at them in a particle accelerator. The mutated trees now bloom four times a year and produce more flowers.
a wise use of science powers
ok so i’m not saying this is the most japanese thing ever, but I’m not saying it’s not
“we have a ray gun that creates mutants” anime level 8/10
“we used it to make super cherry blossoms” japan level 10/10
“so are they like firebreathing carnivorous flowers or” “no they just make more flowers, more often” aesthetic level 11/10
“well done, this is exactly what we hoped would happen when we paid a zillion dollars to build a particle accelerator” —the project backers
Particle physics is fucking magic Some wizards took a magic box into the woods and fucked up some trees. I love this shit
“ok so should we mutate like a super army or-” “no. this sakura tree.” “but why” “hanami four times a year instead of once. imagine”
more chances for senpai to notice you
Friendly reminder that the US increased a lot of crops’ productivity in the postwar era through exposure to radiation from nuclear reactors, that’s where the 1950s image of giant glowing vegetables and even The Simpsons’ 1999 “tomacco” come from.
Friendly reminder this didn’t actually infuse them with strange energy or any mad science-type stuff, it just raised the mutation rate of seeds that were then planted in test plots and observed and crossbred back into production strains in the same Mendelian way as always
