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Photo credit: Stan Shebs [GFDL, CC BY-SA 3.0 or CC BY-SA 2.5], via Wikimedia Commons.

Plant Spiral Designs Still Unexplained

Even down to the level of molecules and genes, there doesn’t seem to be any physical reason for plants to grow “Golden Ratio” patterns. Read More ›
ruddy shelducks
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Photo: A ruddy shelduck in (low altitude) flight, by Sayanti Sikder (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Cool Bird Tricks — The Longitude Problem, High-Flying Ducks, and More

It took mariners centuries to solve the longitude problem. Read More ›

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