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2026-01-30 @ 11.56.48 ∈ In English
Tropical feedback loop: Butterfly mimicry patterns evolve faster near the equator
[If] one of your competitors was an Olympian speed runner, you'd quickly conclude that your time would be best spent chasing after some of the slower players. If there were multiple Olympian [runners, by wearing the same uniform they could implicitly tell] you not to bother trying to catch any of them.
2026-01-27 @ 18.39.41 ∈ In English
Harvestmen arachnids apparently use fluorescent patterns for species recognition
Five closely related species show species-specific, strongly fluorescent structures on their backs that become especially visible under ultraviolet light. The results suggest that these patterns serve for species recognition—particularly at dusk and in moonlight.
2026-01-25 @ 12.00.20 ∈ In English
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2026-01-12 @ 19.00.08 ∈ In English
Putting solar panels on land used for biofuels would produce enough electricity for all cars and trucks to go electric
People rightly question the impact of solar or wind farms on landscapes, but rarely consider the land use of existing biofuel crops, which do very little to decarbonize our energy supplies.
2025-12-29 @ 16.04.35 ∈ In English
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Personal risk tolerance has sweeping implications for how societies evolve
[When] wealth buffers are low and the stakes are high, that increases the degree to which risk tolerance is passed down from one generation to the next, so a distaste for risk—and therefore change—is likely to persist long-term.
