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2022-02-25 @ 11.32.41 ∈ In English

Largest bacterium ever discovered has an unexpectedly complex cell

Its threadlike single cell is visible to the naked eye, growing up to 2 centimeters—as long as a peanut—and 5000 times bigger than many other microbes.

2022-02-22 @ 18.25.53 ∈ In English

Altruism in birds? Magpies have outwitted scientists by helping each other remove tracking devices

It was the first time a bird has removed a tracking device, and the second time a bird species showed cooperative ‘rescue’ behaviour.

2022-02-22 @ 12.40.09 ∈ In English

(Today’s the day.)

Bet 601

02011-02022 (11 years): The original URL for this prediction (www.longbets.org/601) will no longer be available in eleven years.

2022-02-18 @ 18.24.36 ∈ In English

Photographer Captures ‘Space Photos’ in Parking Lot Gasoline Puddles

Finnish photographer Juha Tanhua captures “space photos” by shooting gasoline and oil puddles found in parking lots after it rains.

2022-02-15 @ 18.25.35 ∈ In English

Just 14 cases: Guinea worm disease nears eradication

A scourge that once infected millions of the world’s poorest people is close to being wiped out in humans — but infections in animals complicates the picture.

2022-02-15 @ 12.17.36 ∈ In English

Comprehensive synthesis of the technological, ecological and political critique of blockchainism

I've just read one of the most lucid, wide-ranging, cross-disciplinary critiques of cryptocurrency and blockchain I've yet to encounter.

2022-02-05 @ 18.20.35 ∈ In English

Quad Finn on Twitter

Alder (A99) swims with a dead fish balanced on his head. Back in 1987, a K Pod orca started swimming everywhere with a dead salmon carefully balanced on the top of her head, and it soon became a popular Southern Resident fad as other orcas quickly started mimicking her behavior. https://t.co/K5UsX3s…

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