A small, straight twig, held steady between the spokes of a rotating bicycle wheel as it speeds up, slows down, speeds up, slows down, falls still, and then is set to spinning again. The last gasps of an aerosol can, shaken and sprayed by a determined hand, liquid and air shunted out together through a [...]
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Tags: entomology, the animal kingdom
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故曰:知彼知己,百戰不殆。不知彼而知己,一勝一負。不知彼,不知己,每戰必殆。 So it is said that if you know your enemies and know yourself, you can win a hundred battles without a single loss. If you only know yourself, but not your opponent, you may win or may lose. If you know neither yourself nor your enemy, you will always endanger yourself. —Sun Yat Sen, [...]
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Tags: "first world problems", "not really a science essay", the animal kingdom
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