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Word of the Day

Assiduous (adj., uh-SID-you-us)

Showing great perserverance and dedication, never tiring, never giving up, always trying to go the extra mile, searching for the best possible way of doing something, thorough, attentive, conscientious, going to a painstakingly particular level of detail on something, can't stop won't stop things to do, always...

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Link of the Day

How do bikes stay upright?

If a bike is going fast enough, it can stay upright for a really long time. The reasons for it are more sciency and fascinating than you might expect:

It's cool to see how even slight adjustments to the bike completely throw off the physics. Also: I don't care if that Cornell thing is technically a bicycle; I never want to ride it.

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