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The bizarre paths of groundwater around structures.
For the engineering enthusiasts among us: “Next time you see a dam, retaining wall, caisson, or any other subsurface construction, there’s a good chance that engineers have had to consider how groundwater will affect the stability. Even though you’d never […]
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A California appeals court has ruled four species of bumblebees are legally fish.
Words can be flexible! | learn more
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Lifeguards in LA can make a lot of money.
First take your best guess how much, then click. Definitely don’t guess below 6-figures. | learn more
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The surprisingly solid mathematical case of the tin foil hat gun prepper.
“I am not a prepper. But I know a few. Some of the ones I do know are smart. They may not be doing as deep an analysis as I present here, on a mathematical level, but the smart ones […]
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They were Twentysomethings with a lot of time on their hands and nothing better to do.
Einstein, Newton, Copernicus… “An interesting pattern recurs across the careers of great scientists, Dwarkesh Patel notes, an annus mirabilis (miracle year) in which they make multiple, seemingly independent breakthroughs in the span of a single year or two…” | learn more
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Shark gives ‘virgin birth’ to miracle baby in all-female tank.
Not actually a miracle, as some species can just …. do this. But nobody knew this species was one of them! “The baby shark was born to a mother that has spent the last decade in an aquarium with no male.” | learn more
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When buying the dip doesn’t work: an analysis of the dot-com crash.
I was not old enough to pay attention to the first tech bubble. This is an elegant analysis. “And, if you are a super dip buyer and bought after things fell -70%, you would still have to wait 2.5 years […]