physics, technology, mythology, empathy

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Jean-Philippe DeCaen retweeted
Let’s step inside one of the biggest bombers of the Second World War 👀✈️ The Consolidated Liberator GR VIII was famous for its long range, helping protect Atlantic convoys from U-boats during the Battle of the Atlantic. More info: ow.ly/sGQk50Z2oS
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Replying to @4gravitons
I am friends with @skdh and have BEGGED her to roast me . A high ranking knot theorist called the paper "very fine." Multiple topologists and quantum field theorists have looked at the paper and failed to find flaws. I'm asking you because I came respectfully interested in your opinion, and you dismissed me without LOOKING at my paper. That's frankly the mark of an idiot, and the most likely reason you did this is you could not find a flaw, and felt stupid for that reason. Find the flaw, or shut up, Matthew.
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This model handles configuration changes that break most CAD: change the number of control surfaces and the fuselage reshapes, the rotation planes avoid it, the actuators follow, and the inner structures morph to match. Built on curve, functions, and implicits. Live walkthrough: hubs.li/Q04lzW3s0
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Jun 15
Traditional sheet metal fabrication needs custom dies for every geometry. Tooling runs weeks to months, and one design change scraps it. We built a Class 3 UAV airframe with @MachinaLabs_ using zero hard tooling. @nTopology and @MachinaLabs_ are at @reindsummit in Detroit, June 16–17, with the demonstrator on display. RSVP to schedule time with the team: luma.com/6f5wzdte
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"Tree of Life" garden gate at Inverewe Garden in Poolewe, Scotland, handcrafted by Ratho Byres Forge in 2012.
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Kill and attack Pukkie.
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In Ojibwe our word for flower is waskoneh (wa-sko-neh). Art by @mishiikenhkwe.
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Bu kedi, sahibine pençelerini nasıl içeri çekeceğini öğretmeye çalışıyor. Çok komik. Çok tatlı.
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Einstein’s field equations with and without tensor notation.
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Getting ready to fly. Pegasus and our L-1011 are cleared for the next phase as we prepare for the @NASA Swift Observatory rescue mission. A unique launch system. A unique mission. One step closer to flight.
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Snow Leopards can leap up to 50 feet in a single bound, roughly six times their own body length. Their bodies are engineered for this, with short powerful front legs, longer muscular hind legs, and a heavy tail that acts as a counterweight mid-air. The hind legs drive the launch while the front legs absorb impact on steep, uneven rock. This jumping ability is a hunting tool as much as a survival skill. Snow Leopards launch from hidden perches and land directly onto prey like blue sheep or ibex on near-vertical slopes, using gravity and momentum to take down animals several times their own weight. No other large cat operates in terrain this extreme, and the Snow Leopard's entire anatomy reflects millions of years of adaptation to it. 🎦 Credit: Veronica Estrada Escobar.
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