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I’m making a different recipe from the huge box of my grandmother’s recipes right now. But this one (tart shells) was written at the bottom of the same sheet of paper. This one is actually pretty clearly written so I’ll probably return to it at some point.
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I knew geckos relied on van der Waals forces to cling to walls, and I assumed most insects and animals with similar abilities did the same.
But no ... ants wet their feet and use capillary adhesion.
Text article:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2023-01-18/sticky-animals-ants-ceiling-geckos-walls-nature/101579912
Audio:
https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/what-the-duck/what-the-duck!/14058326
Here's what I read in June:
7. Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir. It’s The Martian but now with amnesia and a fun sidekick. I’m a microbiologist and there’s a lot of questionable microbiology in this one—but whatever, I still enjoyed myself. It's fast paced and I'm sure will be a movie any second now. ★★★★★
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6. We Are The Ants by Shaun Hutcherson. I run a little library and pick up YA books with queer characters. I enjoyed this one. A teen gets abducted by aliens. The aliens make him decide if the Earth should be destroyed. He’s not sure if he thinks it is worth saving based on how his life is going right now. Reviews I read warn about its bleakness (it does discuss suicide, etc.) but that's being a human right now. Challenging but real. ★★★★ Post 6/7 #books
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5. Night of the Living Cat, Volume 1 by Hawkman
My brother-in-law gave this to my husband who wasn’t going to read it. I will read anything that is around. It’s light and goofy and a super fast read (once my brain remembered which way direction to read manga). A virus that turns humans into cats is moving across the globe. If you get snuggled by a cat, you’re infected. No rating—if you think you’d like this, then you will.
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4. An Inventory of Losses by Judith Schalansky.
Each chapter is a discussion of something lost: a love poem, an entire island, an animal species, etc. I'm not a big non-fiction reader and I had to drag myself through this. It is uneven--some chapters are great. It was longlisted for a Booker Prize so this is likely a me-problem. There’s off topic discussion woven in, along with fictionalization. I was hoping for something more straightforward. ★★★
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