Tardigrades

Conversation with wavelength.ai on Tardigrades: Wavelength.ai on the discovery of the tardigrade: Johann August Ephraim Goeze's discovery of tardigrades in 1773 generated interest and curiosity within the scientific community. While there isn't a specific quote available from Goeze on the matter, his findings were published in a scientific journal called "Der Naturforscher" (The Naturalist) in 1774. This publication helped introduce tardigrades to the scientific community and sparked furthe...

Analysis of Joseph Conrad’s The Secret Sharer

In late 1909, Joseph Conrad broke off working on his political novel about Russia, Under Western Eyes, to write the short story "The Secret-Sharer: An Episode from the Sea." First issued in two parts in 1910, in the August and September issues of Harper’s Monthly Magazine, it was later published, in October 1912, as the second of three stories in the collection ’Twixt Land and Sea: Tales. The story is generally accepted as Conrad’s rewriting of a killing, subsequent escape, and apparent suici...

Leyland Cypress (thing) by ianah0 - Everything2.com

Leyland Cypress (thing) See all of Leyland Cypress, no other writeups in this node. by ianah0 (4.2 y) CC Rep: 34 ( +35 / -1 ) (Rep Graph) (+) Fri May 03 2002 at 19:52:27 (thing) 1 C! by ianah0 (4.2 y) In 1888, the female flowers or cones of a Nootka Cypress were fertilized by pollen from a Monterey Cypress. The two parent species would never have met in the wild as their natural ranges are 1000 miles apart(the female from Alaska and the male from California). But the origina...

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