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The precise biology behind the Venus Flytrap’s stunningly fast activation has been figured out, finally. CC-licensed photo by Mark Freeth on Flickr. You can sign up to receive each day’s Start Up post by email. You’ll need to click a …...
“All Things Work Together for Good” By: Mauro Russo The Lord carries out his plans through our lives without ever cancelling our will or our freedom. Starting from this truth, the words of the Apostle Paul ring out as an absolute...
humans are really not built for first principles analytical thinking. even smart people find it incredibly exhausting.
Back in 2010, I wrote a blog post, Thinking about Time-Travel, prompted by a question raised on Twitter – ‘What advice would you give to your sixteen year-old Self?’ The advice I wrote then was: “Don’t bother with uni. And take English...
A week or so ago, I posted about my currently ongoing fitness challenge where the goal was to go down from the almost 90kg I was weighing to below the oldest measurement I had on record, which was an 85.3kg. Side note: that’s the oldest...
Sign in the window of a convenience store, Reykjavík, 2004(Tobacco advertising is prohibited in Iceland) Kristín Commenting: Don't you just love our sense of humour...
Seth Pick. Songs prep the brains of finches yet to hatch for a hot world Exposure to parents’ “heat calls” makes finch young more resilient…
For some reason I felt off yesterday. I was tired, maybe it was nothing more than that. But then I slept surprisingly well. When I pull a shirt over my head today (to take it off, not because I have some “pulling shirts over my head”...
Nau maiYesterday we took a day of rest in Music City. It was another day that began waking up in the carpark of a forgettable hotel with a confusing naming convention, this particular one taking the name Hampton Inn & Suites...