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Lindy effect. The Lindy effect (also known as Lindy's Law[ 1]) is a theorized phenomenon by which the future life expectancy of some non-perishable things, like a technology or an idea, is proportional to their current age. Thus, the Lindy effect proposes the longer a period something has survived to exist or be used in the present, the longer ...
The false cleanerfish ( Aspidontus taeniatus) is a species of combtooth blenny, a mimic that copies both the dance and appearance of Labroides dimidiatus (the bluestreak cleaner wrasse), a similarly colored species of cleaner wrasse. It likely mimics that species to avoid predation, [ 2] as well as to occasionally bite the fins of its victims ...
Dot and Bubble. " Dot and Bubble " is the fifth episode of the fourteenth series of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. The episode was first broadcast on BBC One in the United Kingdom on 1 June 2024 and released on Disney+ in the United States on 31 May.
Foxit PDF Reader (formerly Foxit Reader) is a multilingual freemium PDF (Portable Document Format) tool that can create, view, edit, digitally sign, and print PDF files. [3] Foxit Reader is developed by Fuzhou, China-based Foxit Software. Early versions of Foxit Reader were notable for startup performance and small file size. [4]
US Geological Survey water resources homepage — a good place to find free data (for both US surface water and groundwater) and free groundwater modeling software like MODFLOW. US Geological Survey TWRI index — a series of instructional manuals covering common procedures in hydrogeology. They are freely available online as PDF files.
Warp and weft in plain weaving A satin weave, common for silk, in which each warp thread floats over 16 weft threads A 3/1 twill, as used in denim. Weaving is a method of textile production in which two distinct sets of yarns or threads are interlaced at right angles to form a fabric or cloth.
While in a state of delirium tremens, the 23-year-old member of the Victorian Artillery Corps jumped out of a window and hit a lamp, falling 20 feet (6.1 m). The impact of the fall fractured his skull. [203] Unknown man 1875: A factory worker in Manchester found a mouse on her table and screamed. A man rushed over to her and tried to shoo it ...
Urechis unicinctus, known as the fat innkeeper worm or penis fish, [ 3][ 4] is a species of marine spoon worm in East Asia. It is also known as garloid colloquially. It is found in Bohai Gulf of China and off the Korean and Hokkaido coasts. [ 4] It is not to be confused with a closely related species, Urechis caupo, which occurs on the western ...