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From /weblog/science
Not ‘if’, but ‘when’: city planners need to design for flooding. These examples show the way - https://www.zmescience.com[..]or-flooding-these-examples-show-the-way/ Rumble in the concrete jungle: what history teaches us about urban defense - https://www.zmescience.com/science/urban-defense-feature/ Garbology: How to spot patterns in people's waste - https://www.bbc.com[..]gy-how-to-spot-patterns-in-peoples-waste The decline of the city grid - https://www.economist.com[..]/2022/12/20/the-decline-of-the-city-grid What does a structural engineer do, according to experts - https://www.zmescience.com[..]e-post/what-does-structural-engineer-do/ Plumbing discovery reveals the rise and fall of the Roman Empire - https://arstechnica.com[..]s-the-rise-and-fall-of-the-roman-empire/ This Texas building has self-cooling walls - https://www.fastcompany.com[..]mselves-cold-so-you-dont-need-as-much-ac The Mayans mastered water management. What can we learn from them? - https://www.zmescience.com[..]-we-learn-an-important-lesson-from-them/ How Toronto transformed a highway underpass into a vibrant public space - https://www.fastcompany.com[..]ay-underpass-into-a-vibrant-public-space 9 lesser known architectural wonders we lost to time - https://www.zmescience.com[..]n-architectural-wonders-we-lost-to-time/ Rechargeable concrete batteries could make buildings double as energy storage - https://www.zmescience.com[..]science/rechargeable-concrete-batteries/ How a lizard tail inspired a new building system that sheds parts to escape catastrophic collapse - https://www.zmescience.com[..]s-parts-to-escape-catastrophic-collapse/ How do you build tunnels and bridges underwater? A geotechnical engineer explains - https://www.zmescience.com[..]gineer-explains-the-construction-tricks/ Cities that converted empty office buildings into housing face these important questions - https://www.fastcompany.com[..]mpty-offices-housing-important-questions What the Middle East can tell us about surviving in a hotter, drier future - https://www.fastcompany.com[..]ll-us-about-surviving-in-a-hotter-future Not too hot, not too cold. What’s the ideal room temperature? - https://www.zmescience.com[..]o-cold-whats-the-ideal-room-temperature/ Why firefighters in LA can’t use salt water from the ocean to battle wildfires - https://www.zmescience.com[..]ater-from-the-ocean-to-battle-wildfires/
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From /weblog/learning
How habit affecting you - http://stephencfchan.blogspot.com[..]2012/02/poor-study-habit-and-remedy.html How to change habit - http://cn.wsj.com/big5/20120420/trv075618.asp?source=rss How to quit bad habit - http://now.eloqua.com[..]028&elq=2220804c77864d95acba08b4a6f21c23 好奇心,细节 - http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_47841af70102e1yi.html The most interesting things I've learnt about learning - http://jchyip.blogspot.com.au[..]-most-interesting-things-ive-learnt.html The most interesting things I've learned about improvement - http://jchyip.blogspot.com.au[..]t-interesting-things-ive-learned_14.html * Increase your exposure to new and different ideas * Spend as much time learning from your trading as you actually spend trading * Manage yourself, not just your risk and your positions http://traderfeed.blogspot.hk[..]hree-best-practices-of-best-traders.html http://traderfeed.blogspot.com[..]/energy-well-being-and-success-four.html 直覺的奧妙 — Blink - https://thestandnews.com[..]%A6%BA%E7%9A%84%E5%A5%A7%E5%A6%99-blink/ 1) How does the person spend his or her free time? Per Ayn Rand's observation above, what does he or she do for enjoyment? 2) How does the person respond to your successes? Many people are willing to commiserate with you when you're down and elevate themselves in the process. A person of genuine goodwill celebrates your successes and is happy for your happiness. 3) What strong beliefs does the person voice and live through their actions? Character means standing for what you believe in and living your beliefs. Go along and get along might be comfortable, but commitment is what powers effective action in the world. http://traderfeed.blogspot.hk[..]hree-powerful-measures-of-character.html Ask as a habit - https://thestandnews.com[..]%83%E9%80%99%E5%80%8B%E5%95%8F%E9%A1%8C/ practice consistently, stay warm - http://www.zmescience.com[..]brain/halo-starcraft-practice-excellence Wake up early - https://medium.com[..]e-guide-for-waking-up-early-a750c011eb07 This will work, I believe, but really not easy - https://journal.thriveglobal.com[..]e-your-life-in-just-a-month-eed6c90ee6c4 3 Simple Habits to Improve Your Critical Thinking: Question assumptions Reason through logic Diversify thought - https://hbr.org[..]habits-to-improve-your-critical-thinking A cue that triggers your brain to behave automatically A routine that consists of some kind of action A reward that reinforces the loop by giving you a good feeling https://evernote.com[..]ur-productivity-and-how-to-take-it-back/ Their assessment blew Psycho-Cybernetics out of the water, showing that the time it took to form a new habit ranged from 18 to 254 days. - https://www.zmescience.com[..]post/how-long-it-takes-to-break-a-habit/ How to Create a Habit System and Stay Motivated as a Developer - https://www.freecodecamp.org[..]ystem-and-stay-motivated-as-a-developer/ Why ‘daily-ish’ habits can be better than everyday routines - https://www.fastcompany.com[..]its-can-be-better-than-everyday-routines 14 habits that make you more focused than 98% of people - https://iamalexmathers.medium.com[..]e-focused-than-98-of-people-1fd9e40093ff 6 inspiring morning habits of highly successful people - https://www.fastcompany.com[..]rning-habits-of-highly-successful-people Rebecca Solnit: Slow Change Can Be Radical Change - https://lithub.com[..]olnit-slow-change-can-be-radical-change/ The results were striking. Mice that had any form of passive exposure to the sounds learned to categorize them more quickly than those that relied solely on active training. This was true whether the passive exposure was interleaved with active training or occurred entirely before the active training began. - https://www.zmescience.com[..]could-help-you-learn-a-new-skill-faster/ How I Make Learning New Things Feel Easy and Avoid Burnout - https://medium.com[..]feel-easy-and-avoid-burnout-391892b13f93
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From /weblog/science/earth
蓋亞假說：美麗的神話 - http://thehousenews.com[..]%8E%E9%BA%97%E7%9A%84%E7%A5%9E%E8%A9%B1/ 色彩斑斕的動物 - http://cn.wsj.com/big5/20131203/PHO101146.asp?source=rss 地球上仍存活的最古老生物 - http://cn.wsj.com/big5/20140430/PHO082434.asp?source=rss rare-flowers-that-are-stunning-to-look-at - http://list25.com/25-rare-flowers-that-are-stunning-to-look-at/ earth-facts-that-might-surprise-you - http://list25.com/25-earth-facts-that-might-surprise-you/ north-pole-facts-most-people-are-not-aware-of - http://list25.com[..]s-most-people-are-not-aware-of/?view=all earth-facts-you-probably-have-not-considered - http://list25.com[..]u-probably-have-not-considered/?view=all 25 Interesting Tidbits About Deserts That Will Make You Glad For Rain - http://list25.com[..]at-will-make-you-glad-for-rain/?view=all Antarctica is one of the coldest, most desolate places in the world, and today you're going to learn all about it. - http://www.damncoolpictures.com[..]interesting-facts-that-you-probably.html Types of mountains - http://www.zmescience.com[..]st/main-types-mountains-earths-ups-downs http://www.zmescience.com[..]ology/animals-ecology/animal-speed-limit Earth - http://list25.com/25-shocking-facts-you-never-knew-about-earth/ sinkholes - https://www.zmescience.com[..]other/science-abc/science-abc-sinkholes/ ecosystems - https://www.zmescience.com[..]what-they-are-and-why-they-are-important https://list25.com/25-unbelievable-cloud-formations/ What is soil? Here’s the inside scoop - https://www.zmescience.com/science/what-is-soil-feature/ What causes an Ice Age? A simple explainer - https://www.zmescience.com/ecology/what-causes-ice-age-14092019/ https://www.zmescience.com[..]water-dont-underestimate-the-connection/ https://www.bbc.com[..]108-why-the-world-is-running-out-of-sand Even a little extra CO2 is triggering big changes in forests - https://www.zmescience.com[..]o2-is-triggering-big-changes-in-forests/ Christmas flakes: macro photography reveals unique snowflake design - https://www.zmescience.com[..]/great-pics/christmas-snowflakes-photos/ This is the secret behind biodiversity hotspots - https://www.zmescience.com[..]ience/biodiversity-hotspot-source-35243/ Looking back on Palmyra’s recent history, Wegmann sees it as a source of hope. Tropical islands may seem fragile, but they can turn out to be surprisingly robust. The conservation story of Palmyra should remind us of two things, he says: “One, nature is resilient. And two, we as humans can engineer ourselves out of some of the major problems that we’ve caused.” - https://www.bbc.com[..]w-tropical-islands-got-rid-of-their-rats Rivers can change colors as time passes, and this is linked to ecosystem health - https://www.zmescience.com[..]-and-this-is-linked-to-ecosystem-health/ Photosynthesis could be as old as life itself - https://www.zmescience.com[..]thesis-old-genes-live-evolution-2374523/ climate-tipping-points - https://www.zmescience.com[..]ecology/what-are-climate-tipping-points/ What is natural selection: the driving force of evolution - https://www.zmescience.com/science/what-is-natural-selection/ Simple seaweed could be used to heal human wounds with bio-ink - https://www.zmescience.com[..]dicine/seaweed-healing-virtues-10042021/ They spent 28 days under the sea—and found another Earth - https://www.nationalgeographic.com[..]-the-sea-and-found-another-earth-feature Earth's magnetic field flips much more frequently than we thought - https://www.nationalgeographic.com[..]ld-flipped-more-times-scientists-thought Soils from Antarctica seem to contain no life—something that's never been found - https://www.nationalgeographic.com[..]-no-lifesomething-thats-never-been-found What causes earthquakes — and what you should do if hit by one - https://www.zmescience.com[..]es-and-what-you-should-do-if-hit-by-one/ The hexagon shape and why it shows up so much in nature - https://www.zmescience.com[..]t/hexagon-shape-nature-physics-13092021/ Bizarre mangrove forest far from the coast offers clues to future sea level rise - https://www.nationalgeographic.com[..]the-coast-offers-clues-to-sea-level-rise New clues into ancient climate shifts reveal the possible origin story of Spain's Pulpí Geode, one of the world's largest. - https://www.nationalgeographic.com[..]range-ways-climate-chemistry-pulpi-geode For decades, highly skilled cavers have come to Mexico to explore Cheve, a labyrinth within a mountain. - https://www.nationalgeographic.com[..]g-into-one-of-the-deepest-caves-on-earth To the bottom of the Earth: the Mariana Trench - https://www.zmescience.com[..]-bottom-of-the-earth-the-mariana-trench/ These beautiful landscapes hold secrets to the origins of life - https://www.nationalgeographic.com[..]apes-hold-secrets-to-the-origins-of-life 'Impossible' chemistry may reveal origins of life on Earth - https://www.nationalgeographic.com[..]stry-may-reveal-origins-of-life-on-earth Storm Recipe: How Cyclones, Typhoons and Hurricanes Are Formed - https://www.zmescience.com[..]ones-typhoons-and-hurricanes-are-formed/ How geological periods got their names - https://www.zmescience.com[..]/how-geological-periods-got-their-names/ Exploring Baikal: The world’s deepest and oldest lake - https://www.zmescience.com[..]aikal-the-worlds-deepest-and-oldest-lake What is Sahara dust and why does it matters so much for the Earth - https://www.zmescience.com[..]ature-post/what-is-sahara-dust-11102022/ The 'super-deep' royal diamonds revealing Earth's secrets - https://www.bbc.com[..]-royal-diamonds-revealing-earths-secrets The San Andreas fault — what it is, why it matters, and what you should know about its earthquakes - https://www.zmescience.com[..]t-you-should-know-about-its-earthquakes/ How It Feels to Surf the World’s Biggest Wave - https://nautil.us[..]s-to-surf-the-worlds-biggest-wave-245476 What’s the tallest mountain in the world? Hint: it’s not Mt. Everest - https://www.zmescience.com[..]/?goal=0_3b5aad2288-47ae773c7c-242734313 Lava is very hot. But exactly how hot? The answer isn't straightforward. - https://www.zmescience.com/science/geology/how-hot-is-lava/ What are the different climate zones? A simple explainer - https://www.zmescience.com[..]er/feature-post/climate-zones-explainer/ What is Gondwana: the ancient supercontinent that changed Earth - https://www.zmescience.com/science/geology/what-is-gondwana What are ecosystems and why they’re important - https://www.zmescience.com[..]hat-they-are-and-why-they-are-important/ Drilling to the Mantle: 6 unexpected discoveries from the world’s deepest well - https://www.zmescience.com[..]iscoveries-from-the-worlds-deepest-well/ The Thickest Layer of the Earth - https://www.zmescience.com[..]nce/geology/thickest-layer-earth-mantle/ The types of clouds: everything you need to know - https://www.zmescience.com[..]/?goal=0_3b5aad2288-fb35185888-242734313 Why clouds don’t fall: the physics behind the sky’s fluffy wonders - https://www.zmescience.com/science/why-clouds-dont-fall/ The main types of caves, according to science - https://www.zmescience.com/science/geology/the-types-of-caves/ How the Moon is making days longer on Earth - https://www.bbc.com[..]-the-moon-is-making-days-longer-on-earth ‘Rivers in the sky’ are why California keeps flooding - https://www.nationalgeographic.com[..]ic-river-flood-rain-california-explainer Nature is out of sync—and that’s reshaping everything, everywhere - https://www.nationalgeographic.com[..]phenology-seasons-climate-change-feature The main types of mountains — Earth’s ups and downs - https://www.zmescience.com[..]t/main-types-mountains-earths-ups-downs/ What is point Nemo: the loneliest place on Earth - https://www.zmescience.com/science/what-is-point-nemo/ Rarely seen cliff art reveals the majesty of the Amazon’s aquatic realm - https://www.nationalgeographic.com[..]-cliff-art-majesty-amazon-aquatic-region How natural selection causes evolution - https://www.zmescience.com/science/what-is-natural-selection/ Rock-solid geology puns that will make you erupt in laughter - https://www.zmescience.com/science/geology-puns-feature/ The Paratethys Sea was the largest lake in Earth’s history - https://bigthink.com/strange-maps/paratethys-sea/ World Heritage List - https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/ What does a melting glacier sound like? 'Gunshots.' - https://www.nationalgeographic.com[..]/melting-glaciers-bubbles-climate-change Inner core rotation: Wait, the planet’s core is rotating? - https://www.zmescience.com[..]/planet-earth/earth-inner-core-rotation/ Earth is a geological oddball in our solar system. This is why. - https://www.nationalgeographic.com[..]le/earth-geology-rare-rocks-solar-system Metamorphic rocks: formation, types, examples - https://www.zmescience.com[..]gy/rocks-and-minerals/metamorphic-rocks/ What lurks beneath the surface of these forest pools? More than you can imagine. - https://www.nationalgeographic.com[..]premium/article/vernal-pools-forest-life 25 Hidden Secrets of the Earth - https://list25.com/25-hidden-secrets-of-the-earth/ The ancient practice of 'good fire' is reviving Nebraska's birds, bears and berries - https://www.bbc.com[..]2-how-controlled-burns-can-help-wildlife GeoPicture of the week: Biggest crystals in the world - https://www.zmescience.com[..]ant-crystal-cave-cueva-cristales-repubz/
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From /weblog/health/food
Your Complete Guide to What Peppers to Use, When - https://blog.goodeggs.com[..]to-what-peppers-to-use-when-4a3ba7dbe8ba Seeds are a great source of fiber, unsaturated fats, vitamins, and minerals. But they’re not all created equal. See how experts rank the top edible seeds. - https://www.nationalgeographic.com[..]m/article/diet-seeds-nutrition-hierarchy 9 Seeds You Should Be Eating - https://www.webmd.com/diet/ss/slideshow-seeds-healthy-diet You may be overlooking this nutritional powerhouse. You shouldn't. - https://www.nationalgeographic.com[..]m/article/diet-seeds-nutrition-hierarchy
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