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TIL there is a specied of bird called 'Honeyguide' (in Africa) that reponds to humans' calls by guiding the humans to wild bees' hive, waiting until the humans have smoked out the bees and felled the tree with the hive and harvested the honey, and feed on the wax in the leftover bees' hive.
TIL there is a specied of bird called 'Honeyguide' (in Africa) that reponds to humans' calls by guiding the humans to wild bees' hive, waiting until the humans have smoked out the bees and felled the tree with the hive and harvested the honey, and feed on the wax in the leftover bees' hive.
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TIL there is a specied of bird called 'Honeyguide' (in Africa) that reponds to humans' calls by guiding the humans to wild bees' hive, waiting until the humans have smoked out the bees and felled the tree with the hive and harvested the honey, and feed on the wax in the leftover bees' hive.
Rats with spinal cord injuries have regained the use of their paws after being given a groundbreaking gene therapy that helps to mend damaged nerves in the spine, by producing an enzyme called chondroitinase which breaks down scar tissue, as reported in a new study in the journal Brain.
Rats with spinal cord injuries have regained the use of their paws after being given a groundbreaking gene therapy that helps to mend damaged nerves in the spine, by producing an enzyme called chondroitinase which breaks down scar tissue, as reported in a new study in the journal Brain.
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Rats with spinal cord injuries have regained the use of their paws after being given a groundbreaking gene therapy that helps to mend damaged nerves in the spine, by producing an enzyme called chondroitinase which breaks down scar tissue, as reported in a new study in the journal Brain.
TIL the term 'meritocracy' was coined by Michael Young in his 1958 dystopian essay 'The Rise of the Meritocracy' to demonstrate the social dysfunctions he predicted arising in societies where the elites believe that they are successful entirely on the basis of merit.
TIL the term 'meritocracy' was coined by Michael Young in his 1958 dystopian essay 'The Rise of the Meritocracy' to demonstrate the social dysfunctions he predicted arising in societies where the elites believe that they are successful entirely on the basis of merit.
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TIL the term 'meritocracy' was coined by Michael Young in his 1958 dystopian essay 'The Rise of the Meritocracy' to demonstrate the social dysfunctions he predicted arising in societies where the elites believe that they are successful entirely on the basis of merit.