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From /weblog/science
Not ‘if’, but ‘when’: city planners need to design for flooding. These examples show the way - https://www.zmescience.com[..]or-flooding-these-examples-show-the-way/ Rumble in the concrete jungle: what history teaches us about urban defense - https://www.zmescience.com/science/urban-defense-feature/ Garbology: How to spot patterns in people's waste - https://www.bbc.com[..]gy-how-to-spot-patterns-in-peoples-waste The decline of the city grid - https://www.economist.com[..]/2022/12/20/the-decline-of-the-city-grid What does a structural engineer do, according to experts - https://www.zmescience.com[..]e-post/what-does-structural-engineer-do/ Plumbing discovery reveals the rise and fall of the Roman Empire - https://arstechnica.com[..]s-the-rise-and-fall-of-the-roman-empire/ This Texas building has self-cooling walls - https://www.fastcompany.com[..]mselves-cold-so-you-dont-need-as-much-ac The Mayans mastered water management. What can we learn from them? - https://www.zmescience.com[..]-we-learn-an-important-lesson-from-them/ How Toronto transformed a highway underpass into a vibrant public space - https://www.fastcompany.com[..]ay-underpass-into-a-vibrant-public-space 9 lesser known architectural wonders we lost to time - https://www.zmescience.com[..]n-architectural-wonders-we-lost-to-time/ Rechargeable concrete batteries could make buildings double as energy storage - https://www.zmescience.com[..]science/rechargeable-concrete-batteries/ How a lizard tail inspired a new building system that sheds parts to escape catastrophic collapse - https://www.zmescience.com[..]s-parts-to-escape-catastrophic-collapse/ How do you build tunnels and bridges underwater? A geotechnical engineer explains - https://www.zmescience.com[..]gineer-explains-the-construction-tricks/ Cities that converted empty office buildings into housing face these important questions - https://www.fastcompany.com[..]mpty-offices-housing-important-questions What the Middle East can tell us about surviving in a hotter, drier future - https://www.fastcompany.com[..]ll-us-about-surviving-in-a-hotter-future Not too hot, not too cold. What’s the ideal room temperature? - https://www.zmescience.com[..]o-cold-whats-the-ideal-room-temperature/
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Sat Dec 28 22:27:39 GMT 2024
From /weblog/science/plant
【Gene 愛聊科學】食蟲植物讓獵物滑進瓶口的密技，成為對抗貽貝附著的無毒塗料：SLIPS - https://www.inside.com.tw/2017/08/23/slips plants - http://list25.com[..]ique-plants-you-have-ever-seen/?view=all dangerous-plants - http://list25.com[..]us-plants-that-could-seriously-hurt-you/ Amber - http://www.zmescience.com/science/long-process-amber-creation Rock - http://www.zmescience.com[..]her/feature-post/rock-cycle-geoloby-abc/ What is the Wilson Cycle, builder and slayer of supercontinents? - http://www.zmescience.com/science/what-is-wilson-cycle/ clouds - http://www.zmescience.com/science/types-of-clouds/ What is THC: the main psychoactive ingredient in marijuana - http://www.zmescience.com/science/what-is-thc-433/ different-types-plants-world - https://www.zmescience.com[..]nce/biology/different-types-plants-world Sugar - https://www.zmescience.com[..]her/feature-post/sugar-history-00432432/ 淺談水龍捲 - https://thestandnews.com[..]%BA%E8%AB%87%E6%B0%B4%E9%BE%8D%E6%8D%B2/ The science behind why leaves change color in autumn - https://www.zmescience.com/ecology/autumn-leaves-color-432432/ 螞蟻與植物竟然共同演化，原來為了… - https://thestandnews.com[..]96-%E5%8E%9F%E4%BE%86%E7%82%BA%E4%BA%86/ https://www.zmescience.com[..]e/gingko-biloba-immortal-lifespan-05264/ https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ 受盡威脅，也要幫這些台灣植物活下去：走訪福山植物園 - https://theinitium.com[..]00605-culture-botanical-garden-taiwan-1/ https://www.zmescience.com[..]her/feature-post/why-is-the-ocean-salty/ The rare plants that ‘bleed’ nickel - https://www.bbc.com[..]ia-the-plants-that-mine-poisonous-metals Deepest Dive Ever Under Antarctica Reveals a Shockingly Vibrant World - https://www.nationalgeographic.com[..]-frozen-beauty-exotic-creatures-penguins As the Antarctic Peninsula heats up, the rules of life there are being ripped apart. Alarmed scientists aren’t sure what all the change means for the future. - https://www.nationalgeographic.com[..]ula-ice-melt-krill-penguin-leopard-seal/ why-leaves-fall-down-and-why-it-happens-during-autumn - https://www.zmescience.com[..]l-down-and-why-it-happens-during-autumn/ http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/ What is gympie-gympie: the poisonous plant whose painful sting can last for years and drive people to suicide - https://www.zmescience.com/science/what-is-gympie-gympie/ 許多植物已被細菌“天然轉基因” - https://www.zmescience.com[..]ts-have-been-naturally-gmod-by-bacteria/ Here are the world’s most favorite fruits — judging by production figures, at least - https://www.zmescience.com[..]ence/worlds-most-produced-fruit-feature/ How the cauliflower got its mesmerizing fractals - https://www.zmescience.com[..]auliflower-got-its-mesmerizing-fractals/ This natural chemical could keep fruits and vegetables fresh for longer - https://www.zmescience.com[..]mistry/natural-chemical-fruits-25112021/ The hidden beauty of the plants that feed the world - https://www.nationalgeographic.com[..]hat-feed-the-world-see-microscope-images The desert’s ‘skin’ is disappearing—tiny lab-grown plants could save it - https://www.nationalgeographic.com[..]sert-ecosystem-can-now-be-saved-in-a-lab As wildfires increase in Himalayan pine forests, can restoring oaks help? - https://www.nationalgeographic.com[..]s-to-himalayas-curb-climate-driven-fires What a huge lily pad can teach us about building design - https://www.nationalgeographic.com[..]y-pad-can-teach-us-about-building-design British botanist is first westerner to see Rafflesia banaoana, one of the rarest and largest ‘monster flowers’ in the world - https://www.zmescience.com[..]nd-largest-monster-flowers-in-the-world/ Why you should embrace stinging nettles - https://www.bbc.com[..]-why-you-should-embrace-stinging-nettles Pando, a huge aspen grove in Utah, is a single organism that’s lived for millennia. Unchecked grazing is destroying it. - https://www.nationalgeographic.com[..]thing-on-earth-is-being-nibbled-to-death They are a variety known as Luyuan 502 and are China's second most widely grown type of wheat. The plants were bred from seeds that were flown into orbit 200 miles (340km) above the Earth's surface. Here, in the unique low gravity environment and outside the protective magnetic shield of our planet, they picked up subtle changes to DNA that gave them new qualities that made them more tolerant to drought and able to better resist certain diseases. - https://www.bbc.com[..]how-china-is-creating-new-foods-in-space Are strawberries berries? Uhm, not really. But bananas are berries, and it gets weirder - https://www.zmescience.com[..]bananas-are-berries-and-it-gets-weirder/ The different types of plants in the world - https://www.zmescience.com[..]ce/biology/different-types-plants-world/ Carrots were originally purple - https://www.zmescience.com/other/purple-carrots-21032011/ The fastest growing plant in the world - https://www.zmescience.com[..]/science/fastest-growing-plant-02022021/ GlobalSeedVault - https://virtualtourcompany.co.uk[..]uk/GlobalSeedVault/index.html#popup_7737 7 potted plants that will remove indoor air pollution from your home, proven by science - https://www.zmescience.com[..]nce/potted-plants-air-quality-home-0423/ Titan Arum: the titan penis flower - https://www.zmescience.com[..]ology/titan-arum-the-titan-penis-flower/ Titan penis flower blooms in one of the oldest botanical gardens in the world - https://www.zmescience.com[..]e-oldest-botanical-gardens-in-the-world/ Leaf galls: How hijacking plant’s hormones can get them to produce weird things - https://www.zmescience.com[..]ology-reference/plants-fungi/leaf-galls/ Why poison ivy is an unlikely climate change winner - https://www.nationalgeographic.com[..]-getting-more-toxic-plant-blindness-cure Plants ‘scream’ under stress. Here is how you can hear them - https://www.zmescience.com[..]/?goal=0_3b5aad2288-0ab16b8714-242734313 This is what plants look like—from the inside out - https://www.nationalgeographic.com[..]ic-trees-photomicrography-robert-bernard Carbon fixation explained: the hidden hero of photosynthesis - https://www.zmescience.com[..]ce/plants-fungi/what-is-carbon-fixation/ Inside the high-tech farm in New Jersey where Instagram’s favorite strawberries grow, Oishii’s luxury strawberries can cost upwards of $15 a package. A new robotic indoor farm could make them more accessible. - https://www.fastcompany.com[..]re-instagrams-favorite-strawberries-grow Urban Streetlights Make Tree Leaves a Tougher To Chew for Insects - https://www.zmescience.com[..]ee-leaves-a-tougher-to-chew-for-insects/ Scientists Revive 1,000-Year-Old Seed, Potentially Resurrecting Mysterious Biblical Tree - https://www.zmescience.com[..]ce/scientists-revive-1000-year-old-seed/ What Did Oranges Used To Look Like? (They Weren’t Always Orange) - https://historyfacts.com[..]-to-look-like-they-werent-always-orange/
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Fri Dec 27 11:31:06 GMT 2024
From /weblog/learning
How habit affecting you - http://stephencfchan.blogspot.com[..]2012/02/poor-study-habit-and-remedy.html How to change habit - http://cn.wsj.com/big5/20120420/trv075618.asp?source=rss How to quit bad habit - http://now.eloqua.com[..]028&elq=2220804c77864d95acba08b4a6f21c23 好奇心,细节 - http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_47841af70102e1yi.html The most interesting things I've learnt about learning - http://jchyip.blogspot.com.au[..]-most-interesting-things-ive-learnt.html The most interesting things I've learned about improvement - http://jchyip.blogspot.com.au[..]t-interesting-things-ive-learned_14.html * Increase your exposure to new and different ideas * Spend as much time learning from your trading as you actually spend trading * Manage yourself, not just your risk and your positions http://traderfeed.blogspot.hk[..]hree-best-practices-of-best-traders.html http://traderfeed.blogspot.com[..]/energy-well-being-and-success-four.html 直覺的奧妙 — Blink - https://thestandnews.com[..]%A6%BA%E7%9A%84%E5%A5%A7%E5%A6%99-blink/ 1) How does the person spend his or her free time? Per Ayn Rand's observation above, what does he or she do for enjoyment? 2) How does the person respond to your successes? Many people are willing to commiserate with you when you're down and elevate themselves in the process. A person of genuine goodwill celebrates your successes and is happy for your happiness. 3) What strong beliefs does the person voice and live through their actions? Character means standing for what you believe in and living your beliefs. Go along and get along might be comfortable, but commitment is what powers effective action in the world. http://traderfeed.blogspot.hk[..]hree-powerful-measures-of-character.html Ask as a habit - https://thestandnews.com[..]%83%E9%80%99%E5%80%8B%E5%95%8F%E9%A1%8C/ practice consistently, stay warm - http://www.zmescience.com[..]brain/halo-starcraft-practice-excellence Wake up early - https://medium.com[..]e-guide-for-waking-up-early-a750c011eb07 This will work, I believe, but really not easy - https://journal.thriveglobal.com[..]e-your-life-in-just-a-month-eed6c90ee6c4 3 Simple Habits to Improve Your Critical Thinking: Question assumptions Reason through logic Diversify thought - https://hbr.org[..]habits-to-improve-your-critical-thinking A cue that triggers your brain to behave automatically A routine that consists of some kind of action A reward that reinforces the loop by giving you a good feeling https://evernote.com[..]ur-productivity-and-how-to-take-it-back/ Their assessment blew Psycho-Cybernetics out of the water, showing that the time it took to form a new habit ranged from 18 to 254 days. - https://www.zmescience.com[..]post/how-long-it-takes-to-break-a-habit/ How to Create a Habit System and Stay Motivated as a Developer - https://www.freecodecamp.org[..]ystem-and-stay-motivated-as-a-developer/ Why ‘daily-ish’ habits can be better than everyday routines - https://www.fastcompany.com[..]its-can-be-better-than-everyday-routines 14 habits that make you more focused than 98% of people - https://iamalexmathers.medium.com[..]e-focused-than-98-of-people-1fd9e40093ff 6 inspiring morning habits of highly successful people - https://www.fastcompany.com[..]rning-habits-of-highly-successful-people Rebecca Solnit: Slow Change Can Be Radical Change - https://lithub.com[..]olnit-slow-change-can-be-radical-change/ The results were striking. Mice that had any form of passive exposure to the sounds learned to categorize them more quickly than those that relied solely on active training. This was true whether the passive exposure was interleaved with active training or occurred entirely before the active training began. - https://www.zmescience.com[..]could-help-you-learn-a-new-skill-faster/ How I Make Learning New Things Feel Easy and Avoid Burnout - https://medium.com[..]feel-easy-and-avoid-burnout-391892b13f93
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From /weblog/science/earth
Plate tectonics: We figured out how to build an atomic bomb before we realized how mountains form - https://www.zmescience.com[..]b-before-we-realized-how-mountains-form/ Divergent boundaries: the tectonic forces that split the earth - https://www.zmescience.com[..]h-dynamics/what-are-divergent-boundarie/ What is the Ring of Fire? Earth’s most volcanically active region - https://www.zmescience.com[..]y/planet-earth/what-is-the-ring-of-fire/ Convergent boundaries: the tectonic forces that shape the Earth - https://www.zmescience.com[..]gy/earth-dynamics/convergent-boundaries/ These Revolutionary Maps Are Revealing Earth’s Geological Secrets = https://www.zmescience.com/science/tectonic-model-beatiful-new/
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Fri Dec 13 08:28:05 GMT 2024
From /weblog/science/earth
蓋亞假說：美麗的神話 - http://thehousenews.com[..]%8E%E9%BA%97%E7%9A%84%E7%A5%9E%E8%A9%B1/ 色彩斑斕的動物 - http://cn.wsj.com/big5/20131203/PHO101146.asp?source=rss 地球上仍存活的最古老生物 - http://cn.wsj.com/big5/20140430/PHO082434.asp?source=rss rare-flowers-that-are-stunning-to-look-at - http://list25.com/25-rare-flowers-that-are-stunning-to-look-at/ earth-facts-that-might-surprise-you - http://list25.com/25-earth-facts-that-might-surprise-you/ north-pole-facts-most-people-are-not-aware-of - http://list25.com[..]s-most-people-are-not-aware-of/?view=all earth-facts-you-probably-have-not-considered - http://list25.com[..]u-probably-have-not-considered/?view=all 25 Interesting Tidbits About Deserts That Will Make You Glad For Rain - http://list25.com[..]at-will-make-you-glad-for-rain/?view=all Antarctica is one of the coldest, most desolate places in the world, and today you're going to learn all about it. - http://www.damncoolpictures.com[..]interesting-facts-that-you-probably.html Types of mountains - http://www.zmescience.com[..]st/main-types-mountains-earths-ups-downs http://www.zmescience.com[..]ology/animals-ecology/animal-speed-limit Earth - http://list25.com/25-shocking-facts-you-never-knew-about-earth/ sinkholes - https://www.zmescience.com[..]other/science-abc/science-abc-sinkholes/ ecosystems - https://www.zmescience.com[..]what-they-are-and-why-they-are-important https://list25.com/25-unbelievable-cloud-formations/ What is soil? Here’s the inside scoop - https://www.zmescience.com/science/what-is-soil-feature/ What causes an Ice Age? A simple explainer - https://www.zmescience.com/ecology/what-causes-ice-age-14092019/ https://www.zmescience.com[..]water-dont-underestimate-the-connection/ https://www.bbc.com[..]108-why-the-world-is-running-out-of-sand Even a little extra CO2 is triggering big changes in forests - https://www.zmescience.com[..]o2-is-triggering-big-changes-in-forests/ Christmas flakes: macro photography reveals unique snowflake design - https://www.zmescience.com[..]/great-pics/christmas-snowflakes-photos/ This is the secret behind biodiversity hotspots - https://www.zmescience.com[..]ience/biodiversity-hotspot-source-35243/ Looking back on Palmyra’s recent history, Wegmann sees it as a source of hope. Tropical islands may seem fragile, but they can turn out to be surprisingly robust. The conservation story of Palmyra should remind us of two things, he says: “One, nature is resilient. And two, we as humans can engineer ourselves out of some of the major problems that we’ve caused.” - https://www.bbc.com[..]w-tropical-islands-got-rid-of-their-rats Rivers can change colors as time passes, and this is linked to ecosystem health - https://www.zmescience.com[..]-and-this-is-linked-to-ecosystem-health/ Photosynthesis could be as old as life itself - https://www.zmescience.com[..]thesis-old-genes-live-evolution-2374523/ climate-tipping-points - https://www.zmescience.com[..]ecology/what-are-climate-tipping-points/ What is natural selection: the driving force of evolution - https://www.zmescience.com/science/what-is-natural-selection/ Simple seaweed could be used to heal human wounds with bio-ink - https://www.zmescience.com[..]dicine/seaweed-healing-virtues-10042021/ They spent 28 days under the sea—and found another Earth - https://www.nationalgeographic.com[..]-the-sea-and-found-another-earth-feature Earth's magnetic field flips much more frequently than we thought - https://www.nationalgeographic.com[..]ld-flipped-more-times-scientists-thought Soils from Antarctica seem to contain no life—something that's never been found - https://www.nationalgeographic.com[..]-no-lifesomething-thats-never-been-found What causes earthquakes — and what you should do if hit by one - https://www.zmescience.com[..]es-and-what-you-should-do-if-hit-by-one/ The hexagon shape and why it shows up so much in nature - https://www.zmescience.com[..]t/hexagon-shape-nature-physics-13092021/ Bizarre mangrove forest far from the coast offers clues to future sea level rise - https://www.nationalgeographic.com[..]the-coast-offers-clues-to-sea-level-rise New clues into ancient climate shifts reveal the possible origin story of Spain's Pulpí Geode, one of the world's largest. - https://www.nationalgeographic.com[..]range-ways-climate-chemistry-pulpi-geode For decades, highly skilled cavers have come to Mexico to explore Cheve, a labyrinth within a mountain. - https://www.nationalgeographic.com[..]g-into-one-of-the-deepest-caves-on-earth To the bottom of the Earth: the Mariana Trench - https://www.zmescience.com[..]-bottom-of-the-earth-the-mariana-trench/ These beautiful landscapes hold secrets to the origins of life - https://www.nationalgeographic.com[..]apes-hold-secrets-to-the-origins-of-life 'Impossible' chemistry may reveal origins of life on Earth - https://www.nationalgeographic.com[..]stry-may-reveal-origins-of-life-on-earth Storm Recipe: How Cyclones, Typhoons and Hurricanes Are Formed - https://www.zmescience.com[..]ones-typhoons-and-hurricanes-are-formed/ How geological periods got their names - https://www.zmescience.com[..]/how-geological-periods-got-their-names/ Exploring Baikal: The world’s deepest and oldest lake - https://www.zmescience.com[..]aikal-the-worlds-deepest-and-oldest-lake What is Sahara dust and why does it matters so much for the Earth - https://www.zmescience.com[..]ature-post/what-is-sahara-dust-11102022/ The 'super-deep' royal diamonds revealing Earth's secrets - https://www.bbc.com[..]-royal-diamonds-revealing-earths-secrets The San Andreas fault — what it is, why it matters, and what you should know about its earthquakes - https://www.zmescience.com[..]t-you-should-know-about-its-earthquakes/ How It Feels to Surf the World’s Biggest Wave - https://nautil.us[..]s-to-surf-the-worlds-biggest-wave-245476 What’s the tallest mountain in the world? Hint: it’s not Mt. Everest - https://www.zmescience.com[..]/?goal=0_3b5aad2288-47ae773c7c-242734313 Lava is very hot. But exactly how hot? The answer isn't straightforward. - https://www.zmescience.com/science/geology/how-hot-is-lava/ What are the different climate zones? A simple explainer - https://www.zmescience.com[..]er/feature-post/climate-zones-explainer/ What is Gondwana: the ancient supercontinent that changed Earth - https://www.zmescience.com/science/geology/what-is-gondwana What are ecosystems and why they’re important - https://www.zmescience.com[..]hat-they-are-and-why-they-are-important/ Drilling to the Mantle: 6 unexpected discoveries from the world’s deepest well - https://www.zmescience.com[..]iscoveries-from-the-worlds-deepest-well/ The Thickest Layer of the Earth - https://www.zmescience.com[..]nce/geology/thickest-layer-earth-mantle/ The types of clouds: everything you need to know - https://www.zmescience.com[..]/?goal=0_3b5aad2288-fb35185888-242734313 Why clouds don’t fall: the physics behind the sky’s fluffy wonders - https://www.zmescience.com/science/why-clouds-dont-fall/ The main types of caves, according to science - https://www.zmescience.com/science/geology/the-types-of-caves/ How the Moon is making days longer on Earth - https://www.bbc.com[..]-the-moon-is-making-days-longer-on-earth ‘Rivers in the sky’ are why California keeps flooding - https://www.nationalgeographic.com[..]ic-river-flood-rain-california-explainer Nature is out of sync—and that’s reshaping everything, everywhere - https://www.nationalgeographic.com[..]phenology-seasons-climate-change-feature The main types of mountains — Earth’s ups and downs - https://www.zmescience.com[..]t/main-types-mountains-earths-ups-downs/ What is point Nemo: the loneliest place on Earth - https://www.zmescience.com/science/what-is-point-nemo/ Rarely seen cliff art reveals the majesty of the Amazon’s aquatic realm - https://www.nationalgeographic.com[..]-cliff-art-majesty-amazon-aquatic-region How natural selection causes evolution - https://www.zmescience.com/science/what-is-natural-selection/ Rock-solid geology puns that will make you erupt in laughter - https://www.zmescience.com/science/geology-puns-feature/ The Paratethys Sea was the largest lake in Earth’s history - https://bigthink.com/strange-maps/paratethys-sea/ World Heritage List - https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/ What does a melting glacier sound like? 'Gunshots.' - https://www.nationalgeographic.com[..]/melting-glaciers-bubbles-climate-change Inner core rotation: Wait, the planet’s core is rotating? - https://www.zmescience.com[..]/planet-earth/earth-inner-core-rotation/ Earth is a geological oddball in our solar system. This is why. - https://www.nationalgeographic.com[..]le/earth-geology-rare-rocks-solar-system Metamorphic rocks: formation, types, examples - https://www.zmescience.com[..]gy/rocks-and-minerals/metamorphic-rocks/ What lurks beneath the surface of these forest pools? More than you can imagine. - https://www.nationalgeographic.com[..]premium/article/vernal-pools-forest-life 25 Hidden Secrets of the Earth - https://list25.com/25-hidden-secrets-of-the-earth/ The ancient practice of 'good fire' is reviving Nebraska's birds, bears and berries - https://www.bbc.com[..]2-how-controlled-burns-can-help-wildlife GeoPicture of the week: Biggest crystals in the world - https://www.zmescience.com[..]ant-crystal-cave-cueva-cristales-repubz/
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Fri Nov 29 02:47:40 GMT 2024
From /weblog/science
Graphene - https://www.zmescience.com[..]/graphene-superconductor-insulator-43242 Around 40% of all the plastic we use is packaging. Single-use, plastic packaging. - https://www.zmescience.com[..]esign-revolution-plastic-design-02082018 http://list25.com/25-strongest-materials-known-to-man/ Diamond - http://list25.com/25-stunning-diamond-facts-youll-want-to-know/ Gold - http://list25.com[..]gold-that-might-just-amaze-you/?view=all metallic-wood - https://www.zmescience.com/science/metallic-wood-nickel-6250128 recycled plastic - https://www.inside.com.tw[..]what-should-we-do-about-recycled-plastic Scientists make an 18-atom ring of pure carbon - https://www.zmescience.com[..]sts-make-an-18-atom-ring-of-pure-carbon/ https://www.zmescience.com[..]e/pumice-uses-structure-feature-geology/ https://www.zmescience.com[..]are-alive-and-double-as-hi-tech-sensors/ https://www.zmescience.com[..]t-are-its-main-types-a-simple-explainer/ https://www.zmescience.com[..]/geology/roman-concrete-seawater-043432/ https://www.zmescience.com[..]material-we-stuff-our-wine-bottles-with/ https://www.zmescience.com/science/what-is-chromium/ Volcano-dwelling beetle inspires new ‘passive cooling’ material - https://www.zmescience.com[..]e/longicorn-beetle-coating-heat-9325234/ Metal-eating bacteria discovered in dirty lab glassware - https://www.zmescience.com[..]e/metal-eating-bacteria-manganese-05235/ https://www.zmescience.com[..]s-the-worlds-first-un-cuttable-material/ Persians were making proto-stainless steel 1,000 years ago - https://www.zmescience.com[..]ng-proto-stainless-steel-1000-years-ago/ Marine sponges inspire stronger, lighter skyscrapers and bridges - https://www.zmescience.com[..]tronger-lighter-skyscrapers-and-bridges/ The ancient fabric that no one knows how to make - https://www.bbc.com[..]ary-fabric-that-no-one-knows-how-to-make Citrus fruit stands poised to make transparent wood more sustainable, stronger, and more transparent - https://www.zmescience.com[..]ent-wood-citrus-monomers-upgrade-232524/ Algae-based material could revolutionize the fashion industry - https://www.zmescience.com[..]ould-revolutionize-the-fashion-industry/ New “meringue” material could make air travel much quieter - https://www.zmescience.com[..]/material-makes-flying-quieter-18062021/ 為什麼義大利名琴的音色難以複製？ - https://dq.yam.com/post.php?id=14016 To find shortcuts in material science, researchers are increasingly looking at artificial intelligence. - https://www.zmescience.com[..]aterials/ai-discover-materials-15072021/ Scientists turn water into shiny metal - https://www.zmescience.com[..]/?goal=0_3b5aad2288-551dd2c0a8-242734313 Strongest glass in the world can scratch diamonds - https://www.zmescience.com[..]/chemistry/strongest-glass-world-052352/ Barnacle-inspired glue can seal wounds in seconds, save lives - https://www.zmescience.com[..]cience/barnacle-glue-help-save-25082021/ Batman cloak-like chainmail switches from flexible to tough on command - https://www.zmescience.com[..]tches-from-flexible-to-tough-on-command/ The next innovative material for clothes? How about muscles - https://www.zmescience.com[..]erials/material-clothes-muscle-31082021/ Roman concrete from noblewoman’s tomb still stands strong 2,000 years later. Here’s why - https://www.zmescience.com[..]tands-strong-2000-years-later-heres-why/ Algorithms could help usher in a new material revolution. - https://www.zmescience.com[..]als/machine-learning-materials-18102021/ It may save your sandwich, but plastic wrap pollutes the planet. Is there a better solution? - https://www.nationalgeographic.com[..]f-plastic-sticky-problem-of-plastic-wrap The traditional building material is cooler, cheaper, and requires less energy to make. But convincing villagers in Burkina Faso to stick with mud isn't easy. - https://www.nationalgeographic.com[..]ican-architects-choose-mud-over-concrete 3D printing living materials with bioink made entirely from bacteria - https://www.zmescience.com[..]with-bioink-made-entirely-from-bacteria/ Damascus steel: the forgotten metal used to forge some of the world’s most amazing blades - https://www.zmescience.com/science/what-is-damascus-steel/ What is stainless steel? - https://www.zmescience.com[..]science/what-is-stainless-steel-feature/ What color is a mirror? It’s not a trick question - https://www.zmescience.com[..]or-is-a-mirror-its-not-a-trick-question/ Why does bottled water have an expiration date? - https://www.zmescience.com[..]/water-bottles-expiration-dates-feature/ A new perspective on geology: scientists create incredibly detailed catalog of the origins of Earth’s minerals - https://www.zmescience.com[..]talog-of-the-origins-of-earths-minerals/ The story of how plastic was invented, and how it’s turned into a big problem - https://www.zmescience.com[..]d-and-how-its-turned-into-a-big-problem/ The secret to stronger cement has been hiding inside waste shrimp shells all along, says a new paper - https://www.zmescience.com[..]nt-shrimp-shell-nanoparticles-246245245/ Bricks made from waste oil stick to each other without mortar and could soon build a house near you - https://www.zmescience.com[..]cks-waste-oil-sticky-ecofriendly-623423/ Engineers use 19th-century photography technique to create stretchy, color-changing films - https://www.zmescience.com[..]to-create-stretchy-color-changing-films/ A new, super-tough hydrogel could be the knee replacement material of the future - https://www.zmescience.com[..]gel-knee-replacement-cartilage-92462452/ Scientists find unique material with its own memory, similar to human neurons - https://www.zmescience.com/future/vanadium-oxide-memory-0423324/ Why plastic doesn't dry in the dishwasher - https://www.bbc.com[..]why-plastic-doesnt-dry-in-the-dishwasher How if we stop using plastic? - https://www.bbc.com[..]would-happen-if-we-stopped-using-plastic How cold welding works: fusing metals without heat - https://www.zmescience.com[..]elding-works-fusing-metals-without-heat/ Why is the Statue of Liberty so green? There’s more to it than just a pretty color - https://www.zmescience.com[..]res-more-to-it-than-just-a-pretty-color/ How Gold is made and how it got to our planet - https://www.zmescience.com[..]science/how-gold-is-made-science-064654/ Researchers uncover the secrets behind the insane durability of Roman concrete - https://www.zmescience.com[..]the-insane-durability-of-roman-concrete/ https://www.economist.com[..]neering-has-lessons-for-the-modern-world Ukrainian researcher who fled war shows how recycled concrete can help his country rebuild - https://www.zmescience.com[..]d-concrete-can-help-his-country-rebuild/ What’s behind lithium mining? Here’s all you need to know - https://www.zmescience.com/science/lithium-mining-098534 Why Game of Thrones’ Dragonglass is so deadly (obsidian)- https://www.zmescience.com[..]-post/game-thrones-dragonglass-obsidian/ What plastic is difficult to recycle - https://www.dw.com[..]most-plastic-cant-be-recycled/a-64978847 3D printing promises to transform architecture forever – and create forms that blow today’s buildings out of the water - https://theconversation.com[..]todays-buildings-out-of-the-water-198954 Archaeologists find the secret ingredient of Maya lime plasters - https://www.zmescience.com[..]secret-ingredient-of-maya-lime-plasters/ How did ancient cultures first discover iron? It fell from the sky. - https://www.nationalgeographic.com[..]ancient-cultures-discovered-iron-feature Can ‘enhanced rock weathering’ help combat climate change? - https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-65648361 New material can soak up record amounts of moisture from the air - https://www.zmescience.com[..]record-amounts-of-moisture-from-the-air/ Real-life invisibility cloaks are already here. But how do they work? - https://www.zmescience.com[..]entions-1/real-life-invisibility-cloaks/ Self-healing metal can repair itself just like human skin - https://www.zmescience.com[..]l-can-repair-itself-just-like-human-skin The main types of minerals and their importance in geology - https://www.zmescience.com[..]gy/rocks-and-minerals/types-of-minerals/ A glass revolution is underway. Spoiler alert: it bends and bounces - https://www.nationalgeographic.com[..]mium/article/glass-revolution-innovation Bacteria turns plastic waste into super-strong spider silk - https://www.zmescience.com[..]ws-science/plastic-waste-to-spider-silk/ Why is Helium Disappearing? - https://medium.com[..]/why-is-helium-disappearing-4064fc3bd704 Columbia designed a fabric for space, and is now using it to make these jackets - https://www.fastcompany.com[..]nd-is-now-using-it-to-make-these-jackets Gypsum: mineral characteristics, properties, uses - https://www.zmescience.com[..]-paleontology/rocks-and-minerals/gypsum/ Lightweight yet mighty: 3D-printed titanium metamaterial could change engineering - https://www.zmescience.com[..]future/3d-printed-titanium-metamaterial/ Eco-friendly breakthrough extracts gold out of e-waste — and it’s all thanks to cheese - https://www.zmescience.com[..]/science/news-science/whey-gold-e-waste/ Programmable metafluid changes its properties on demand - https://www.zmescience.com[..]afluid-changes-its-properties-on-demand/ Scientists make the first single-atom-thick sheet of gold. It’s called ‘goldene’ - https://www.zmescience.com[..]-thick-sheet-of-gold-its-called-goldene/ Scientists forge an ‘impossible material’: a metal alloy with unmatched strength and toughness at all temperatures - https://www.zmescience.com[..]tal-alloy-strong-tough-all-temperatures/ Researchers have created a version of washi that is not only stronger, but also completely biodegradable. - https://www.zmescience.com[..]aterial-paper-biodegradable-compostable/ Scientists make transparent, fireproof glass-like material out of bamboo - https://www.zmescience.com/future/transparent-bamboo-glass/ Can this futuristic fabric make climate heating more bearable? - https://www.zmescience.com[..]s-science/reflective-material-city-heat/ The future of clothing: wear it and then dissolve it into gelatin - https://www.zmescience.com[..]ar-it-and-then-dissolve-it-into-gelatin/ This impossibly thin fabric could cool you down by 16-plus degrees - https://www.fastcompany.com[..]fabric-could-cool-you-down-by-16-degrees What are thundereggs? The rare, chalcedony-filled rocks - https://www.zmescience.com[..]rocks-and-minerals/what-are-thundereggs/ Beautiful bismuth crystals: why this mineral can look so surreal - https://www.zmescience.com[..]cture/bismuth-crystal-geopicture-redone/ Scientists turn wood into a super-black material that absorbs nearly all light. And it was all by accident - https://www.zmescience.com[..]s-turn-wood-into-a-super-black-material/ Titanium: how we use the metal of the titans - https://www.zmescience.com[..]materials-1/titanium-metals-uses-redone/ What makes gemstones so brilliantly colored — spoiler alert, it’s physics - https://www.zmescience.com[..]d-minerals/what-makes-gemstones-colored/ Clinoptilolite: the unusual mineral used as protection after Chornobyl - https://www.zmescience.com[..]y/geopicture-of-the-week-clinoptilolite/ Why does nature keep making perfect cubical pyrite crystals? - https://www.zmescience.com[..]opicture/cubical-pyrite-crystals-redone/ From Wood to Rock: The Fascinating Process of Petrified Wood - https://www.zmescience.com[..]ure/fossilization-petrified-wood-redone/ Meet the world’s rarest mineral. It was found only once - https://www.zmescience.com/science/geology/world-rarest-mineral/
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From /weblog/health/food
Your Complete Guide to What Peppers to Use, When - https://blog.goodeggs.com[..]to-what-peppers-to-use-when-4a3ba7dbe8ba Seeds are a great source of fiber, unsaturated fats, vitamins, and minerals. But they’re not all created equal. See how experts rank the top edible seeds. - https://www.nationalgeographic.com[..]m/article/diet-seeds-nutrition-hierarchy 9 Seeds You Should Be Eating - https://www.webmd.com/diet/ss/slideshow-seeds-healthy-diet You may be overlooking this nutritional powerhouse. You shouldn't. - https://www.nationalgeographic.com[..]m/article/diet-seeds-nutrition-hierarchy
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Here’s where the terms come from - https://www.nationalgeographic.com[..]panic-latino-heres-where-terms-come-from A leader of the indigenous Caribbeans known as the Taíno describes how his people’s history was erased—and what they’re doing to get it back. - https://www.nationalgeographic.com[..]eet-survivors-taino-tribe-paper-genocide How Tecumseh fought for Native lands—and became a folk hero - https://www.nationalgeographic.com[..]-for-native-lands-and-became-a-folk-hero How mail-in voting began on Civil War battlefields - https://www.nationalgeographic.com[..]n-voting-began-on-civil-war-battlefields Why the 1876 election was the most divisive in U.S. history - https://www.nationalgeographic.com[..]ed-states-history-how-congress-responded 80 years after the Montford Point Camp was established to train enlisted African Americans, relatives and other Marines fight to document their contributions before it’s too late. - https://www.nationalgeographic.com[..]-the-stories-of-the-first-black-recruits These 5 ancient cities once ruled North America—what happened to them? - https://www.nationalgeographic.com[..]s-cities-north-america-archaeology-sites Take a road trip through Alabama’s civil rights history - https://www.nationalgeographic.com[..]-rights-trail-history-martin-luther-king Here Is How The Pentagon Comes Up With Code Words And Secret Project Nicknames - https://getpocket.com[..]-code-words-and-secret-project-nicknames This Black artist’s vibrant quilts inspired generations of U.S. artisans - https://www.nationalgeographic.com[..]k-artist-woman-art-quilts-harriet-powers The first Black U.S. senator lived an extraordinary life - https://www.nationalgeographic.com[..]-senator-extraordinary-life-hiram-revels The surprising history of Hawai‘i’s hula tradition - https://www.nationalgeographic.com[..]rising-history-of-hawaiis-hula-tradition From Chinese railroad workers in Utah to Filipino shrimpers in Louisiana, here are tales of immigration, struggle, and belonging. - https://www.nationalgeographic.com[..]an-americans-deep-roots-in-united-states Oppenheimer - https://www.nationalgeographic.com[..]rld-war-ii-atomic-bomb-manhattan-project https://www.nationalgeographic.com[..]er-historical-accuracy-christopher-nolan What is the Feast of the Seven Fishes? - https://www.nationalgeographic.com[..]le/what-is-the-feast-of-the-seven-fishes National Geographic partnered with the For Freedoms artist group On A Series of Photo Essays inspired by American History. - https://www.nationalgeographic.com[..]om/magazine/graphics/the-past-is-present Martin Luther King Jr.'s - https://www.npr.org[..]68/i-have-a-dream-speech-in-its-entirety https://www.usatoday.com[..]-in-the-crowd-share-stories/70233565007/ Artifacts pulled from the rubble of 9/11 become symbols of what was lost - https://www.nationalgeographic.com[..]-of-9-11-become-symbols-of-what-was-lost In 1967, a Black Man and a White Woman Bought a Home. 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