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@jordyd@octodon.social Shivering is just rigorous, fast oscillation to increase the kinetic energy of the molecules of your body, causing rise in thermal energy in your body, which is required to survive in low-heat environments.

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This 437-million-year old scorpion was the earliest known creature to venture from sea onto land t.co/pFY1sFCTN3

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🇱🇰 Nobody knows how many leopards prowled Sri Lanka before its bloody civil war, but about 70% of the animals' habitat has been destroyed, says one conservationist -- and that's not the only threat. Here's how she plans to save them: cnn.it/35WvWLH

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its okay to pursue a degree in STEM. its okay to spend long hours in the lab to get ahead. its okay to blame your classmate when your experiment explodes, disfiguring you and leading to your expulsion and swift ascent to armoured dictator of a small nation. do what u need to cope

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How does the body "remember” an ? What allows for allergies to persist throughout life? What controls the switch from "normal" to fatal allergic reactions, like ? A new @Regeneron@twitter.com study in @SciImmunology@twitter.com has answers: fcld.ly/pghp2ej

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An that learns through rewards may show how our brain does too
By optimizing reinforcement-learning algorithms, DeepMind uncovered new details about how helps the brain learn.
technologyreview.com/s/615054/

प्राचीन वैदिक साहित्य में कई तरह की संख्या पद्धतियाँ मिलती हैं। निम्नांकित सारणी में जिस प्रणाली का विवरण दिया गया है वह वाल्मीकि रामायण में वर्णित प्रणाली है।[1]

Transliteration: valmikiramayan.net/yuddha/sarg
Devanagari: valmikiramayan.net/utf8/yuddha

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The Āryabhaṭa numeration is an alphasyllabic numeral system based on Sanskrit phonemes. It was introduced in the early 6th century in India by Āryabhaṭa, in the first chapter titled Gītika Padam of his Aryabhatiya. It attributes a numerical value to each syllable of the form consonant+vowel possible in Sanskrit phonology, from ka = 1 up to hau = 10^18.

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Interestingly, one positive diet trend that Indians followed in 2019 was replacing white rice and wheat with healthier grains, finds a survey.

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Something else I got to discover about today is this thing called "bamboo rice".

Bamboo Rice: Everything You Need to Know About the Tribal Savory!
food.ndtv.com/food-drinks/bamb

Since 1990, ’s forest areas have increased by 7%, in , satellite images revealed that forests expanded from 26% in 1992 to 45% in 2016, and Costa Rica announced it has doubled its forest cover in the last 30 years.
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