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  1. TKSST • seethis.tv 🌈🪐✨ @[email protected] ·

    💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: Asa Barber’s team at the University of #Portsmouth found that common #limpet #teeth are five times stronger than #spider #silk, making them the strongest known natural material.

    Their goethite nanofiber #protein composite can withstand pressures comparable to turning #carbon into #diamond and could inspire synthetic materials.

    👉 smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/

    #snails #science #biomimicry #nature #spiders #nanotechnology #goethite #biology #engineering #royalsociety #animals #wildlife #mollusks

    #portsmouth #limpet #teeth #spider #silk #protein
  2. TKSST • seethis.tv 🌈🪐✨ @[email protected] ·

    💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🛩️🪰 Male #dragonflies engage in aerial dogfights to defend territory, using simple visual rules like fighter pilots.

    Researchers in the #UK used stereoscopic cameras to reconstruct 3D flight paths of the scarlet Trithemis aurora dragonfly. The #insects pull up to 6 Gs and compete for tail chase positioning rather than intercepting like they do with prey.

    👉 arstechnica.com/science/2026/0

    #flight #biomechanics #animals #science #nature #biomimicry #drones #research #royalsociety #arthropods

    #dragonflies #uk #insects #flight #biomechanics #animals
  3. Albatross @[email protected] ·

    This day in #history January 11, 1672 – The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, the national science academy for England, elected Isaac #Newton to its membership, and demonstrated Newton's reflecting telescope to King Charles II.
    #RoyalSociety #KingCharlesII #IsaacNewton
    ecuip.lib.uchicago.edu/multiwa

    #history #newton #royalsociety #kingcharlesii #isaacnewton
  4. Albatross @[email protected] ·

    This day in #history January 11, 1672 – The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, the national science academy for England, elected Isaac #Newton to its membership, and demonstrated Newton's reflecting telescope to King Charles II.
    #RoyalSociety #KingCharlesII #IsaacNewton
    ecuip.lib.uchicago.edu/multiwa

    #history #newton #royalsociety #kingcharlesii #isaacnewton
  5. Albatross @[email protected] ·

    This day in #history January 11, 1672 – The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, the national science academy for England, elected Isaac #Newton to its membership, and demonstrated Newton's reflecting telescope to King Charles II.
    #RoyalSociety #KingCharlesII #IsaacNewton
    ecuip.lib.uchicago.edu/multiwa

    #history #newton #royalsociety #kingcharlesii #isaacnewton
  6. Albatross @[email protected] ·

    This day in #history January 11, 1672 – The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, the national science academy for England, elected Isaac #Newton to its membership, and demonstrated Newton's reflecting telescope to King Charles II.
    #RoyalSociety #KingCharlesII #IsaacNewton
    ecuip.lib.uchicago.edu/multiwa

    #isaacnewton #kingcharlesii #royalsociety #newton #history
  7. Albatross @[email protected] ·

    This day in #history January 11, 1672 – The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, the national science academy for England, elected Isaac #Newton to its membership, and demonstrated Newton's reflecting telescope to King Charles II.
    #RoyalSociety #KingCharlesII #IsaacNewton
    ecuip.lib.uchicago.edu/multiwa

    #history #newton #royalsociety #kingcharlesii #isaacnewton