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Issue 4: Utopians and Outlaws

Issue 4: Utopians and Outlaws

The necessity of Elon Musk, a political paradigm shift, an essay to savor, and more.

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Brian Patrick Eha
Feb 09, 2020
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Once thought to be dead tissue, butterfly wings are very much alive: they contain neurons that detect heat and pressure, and at least some wings have been found to have a kind of heartbeat, which pulses through the veins carrying a blood-like fluid called haemolymph to the scent pad on each wing, from where the insects express mate-attract…

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