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[ad_1] I often think I am unfamiliar with the world and its mottled interfaces, but thanks to the linear reliability of the sentence, I know exactly where I am, where I stand. If it makes sense, I read more myself than myself. I’m the kind of person who comes early to lunch with two or …
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[ad_1] As long as there is marine life, there is also sea snow – an endless drizzle of death and waste that sinks from the surface to the depths of the sea. Snow starts out as granules that coalesce into dense, lumpy flakes that slowly sink to the bottom and are dragged further down past …
[ad_1] In July 2015, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft gave humanity its only chance. Pluto close-up. Spacecraft found dwarf planetfar from a featureless and cold sphere flamboyant world with epic impact craters, methane ice and nitrogen snow. Two of its mountains, Wright Mons and Piccard Mons, were suspected to be volcanoes. But instead of spewing molten …
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[ad_1] cheetahs fastest animals on landget in at speed more than 60 miles per hour. By comparison, salamanders run at a much more measured pace. While cheetahs are exponentially larger and stronger than salamanders, another big difference between the two is how they move – their gait. When chasing prey, cheetahs move with an asymmetrical …
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[ad_1] It’s a moon… and an ice ball filled with water? With a large crater carved from its surface, Saturn’s 250-mile-wide moon Mimas bears more than a passing resemblance to the Death Star from “Star Wars.” (When the Millennium Falcon first encounters the Death Star, Obi-Wan Kenobi ominously says: “This is not the moon. It’s …
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[ad_1] The Republic of Mauritius has seen demand drop in the absence of tourists, but prices are stable as many homeowners are willing to wait. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] Welcome back bookworms. According to my research – and if any entomologist is reading it, please vocalize with correction in the comments – “worm” may be a less appropriate term for a paper-eating creature than a silverfish, biscuit beetle, or even cockroach. From now on, I will personally describe it as a book bug. …
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[ad_1] Mr. Bergstrom said prices for high-end properties in his area have increased 25 to 30 percent year over year, averaging between $2 million and $3 million. “I’m selling some of the most expensive homes in Chile and that hasn’t stopped,” he said. “The problem is that small towns have no room left to grow …
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[ad_1] North Pole. Atlantic. Long ago, the two oceans existed in harmony with the warm, salty Atlantic waters flowing gently into the Arctic. The layered nature of the Arctic – sea ice at the top, cool fresh water in the middle, and warm, salty water at the bottom – helped maintain the boundary between the …
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[ad_1] The average-sized worm slithers across the seafloor like a small armored tank. The worm’s overlapping scales protect its hindquarters from predators, while its hairy appendages help it burrow through mud. This is good life for an earthworm, said Katrine Worsaae, a marine zoologist at the University of Copenhagen. “Worms love mud,” said Dr. Worsaae …
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[ad_1] By the time the audience entered the Park Avenue Armory Tuesday night, Bill T. Jones was already there, a lone figure on a vast dance floor. Elevated seating all over the Drill Hall overlooked the mouth of the scene, in which Jones stepped and moved resolutely, as if deep in thought of movement. Actually …
[ad_1] Tropical Storm Peter formed in the Atlantic Ocean in the eastern Caribbean on Sunday, forecasters have announced the 16th named storm of the 2021 season. as of 9 a.m. East On Sunday, the storm was about 470 miles east of the northern Leeward Islands and is expected to pass “far north of the Lesser …
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