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The impossible architecture of these bird nests

A rainbow is a 360° circle, but only someone at a very high altitude can see the complete circle.

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@sciencegirl How did they capture/shoot all this ? Tiny cameras dropped into the colonies ?

Meet the naked mole rat, a hairless rodent that lives deep underground in queen led colonies, never sees the sun, digs vast tunnel networks, and is famous for its resistance to aging and cancer.

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@itsme_urstruly I swear I heard “Cabin crew, prepare for landing”

Swans have one of the coolest water landing techniques ever

@NatureUnedited "Look, Simba. Everything the light touches is our kingdom. A king's time as ruler rises and falls like the sun."

A royal penguin in an inspection tour with his son 🐧

This is how plants breathe. A close-up view of a single stoma on the leaf of a boat lily, seen through a microscope. 📽: Douglas Clark

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20 years ago the YouTube founders were depressed that they only had 40 uploads

Enshittification isn't a bug. It's the business model. Research shows platforms deliberately: - Shift costs to workers - Add complexity over time - Crush bargaining power Workers adapt through "toxic resilience" and multi-homing. Dive deeper at - basedid.com/paper/visualiz…