
The Exothermic Entomology Award, for exceptionally bad judgement in killing invertebrates with fire.
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The Exothermic Entomology Award, for exceptionally bad judgement in killing invertebrates with fire.
The post Hey Guess What Killing Bugs With Fire Is Still a Bad Idea appeared first on WIRED.

Yemen's geography and politics make it even more vulnerable to the rare tropical cyclone that just made landfall.
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How does a ballistic pendulum give information about a bullet or ball? Here is a derivation of the classic introductory physics problem.
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New fluid dynamics research shows that jellyfish and lampreys essentially suction their way through Earth’s oceans.
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