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2024-11-20 @ 13.47.24 ∈ In English

A bit of bling helps insects dazzle their predators, high-speed camera study shows
It turns out that jumping spiders are worse at tracking and attacking shiny targets than matte targets or those that match the background. [Their] attacks were the equivalent of two target widths further away from shiny targets.
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2024-11-15 @ 16.33.24 ∈ In English

(From 2019; TIL)

This Asian Moth Is Probably Nature’s Ultimate Camouflage Master
Macrocilix maia is an Asian moth with a disgusting scene painted on its wings - realistic flies feasting on fresh bird droppings.
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2024-11-11 @ 18.14.05 ∈ In English

Firefighter’s Raw POV
The brave men + women of the Third Fire Company of Ñuñoa went to work to put out the flames engulfing a burning house in Santiago, Chile. With a GoPro filming, the firefighting team arrived on scene, rolled out the hose, + sprung into action, as seen in fireman Joseth Abel Espinosa's POV.
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2024-11-11 @ 17.51.05 ∈ In English

(From January)

Magpies swoop bald men more often, eight-year-old's viral survey finds
The field in this case was the Blue Mountains Grammar School – Mr Swoopsalot's territory. "I watched the people he swooped and I recorded it," Emma said. "Then I got everything I recorded and I figured out that they [the people Mr Swoopsalot swooped] were male, they were tall, and that they had thin or receding hair."
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2024-11-11 @ 13.36.26 ∈ In English

We don’t need to use what we make | Derek Sivers
For many years, I was a touring musician, performing live on stage every week. But I didn’t like attending concerts. I liked making music more than listening to music. I felt I must be in the wrong line of work, creating something that I don’t consume. […] I now feel reconciled that this is not a problem or a sign that we’re in the wrong line of work.
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2024-11-11 @ 13.34.11 ∈ In English

Respecting children’s philosophical wisdom
But what if children were just as capable as adults of contributing meaningfully to social discussions on important issues like ecological justice? This is the argument put forth by Natalie M. Fletcher, Associate Professor in UdeM's Department of Philosophy and Scientific Coordinator at the Institut Philosophie Citoyenneté Jeunesse.
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2024-11-11 @ 13.30.19 ∈ In English

How gophers brought Mount St. Helens back to life in one day
When Mount St. Helens erupted in 1980, lava incinerated anything living for miles around. As an experiment, scientists later dropped gophers onto parts of the scorched mountain for only 24 hours. The benefits from that single day were undeniable—and still visible 40 years later.
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2024-11-10 @ 8.30.40 ∈ Earworm

Disney’s “Pinocchio” - When You Wish Upon a Star
From: Pinocchio (1940)
By: Walt Disney Pictures
Sung by: Cliff Edwards
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2024-11-09 @ 17.35.40 ∈ In English

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Bad News: The Ocean Is Full of Spiders*
*Sea spiders are not actually arachnids, although they certainly look the part. They’re weird guys, and the specifics of their strangeness may actually help us to better understand how all invertebrate groups evolved.
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2024-11-08 @ 20.06.03 ∈ In English

Sticky paper on bumpers reveals scale of bee deaths due to car collisions
A team in Utah has found that bee deaths due to collisions with automobiles in the western parts of the United States may be in the tens of millions every day.