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Scared for what may lie ahead? Curious about what could you encounter in the monthly newsletter?
Below you will find a short selection ranging from micro-biology, to epic poems and technological feats. Including rare discoveries and undiscovered arts...
- This month is national writing month, but there's been a change of plans. Algorithms are in charge now!
- Make your own encoded parachute like the JPL!
- The garden of modern earthly delights.
- Nibbles, or world eaters.
- The Continuous Monument.
- When translating Kafka’s short story “Metamorphosis” into Japanese it turns out they have a different association with these insects.
- The Swiss do have their own language.
- Making light with sound and collapsing bubbles.
- A tunnel for ships.
- Burying butter.
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