The Dailies

Word of the Day

Discursive (adj., dih-SCURR-sieve)

Rambling, covering a wide range of topics, like when you start talking about food but it then turns to politics and then someone drops a sports metaphor in the middle before you both start talking about the best book you've read recently. We wouldn't know. It's not anything that's happened to us. Ever.

Gif of the Day

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Link of the Day

Ladybug wings, up close

Have you ever wondered how a ladybug's wings work? They're so tiny that it's hard to see how the wings work or even look. Scientists have just recently been able to discover how they work, and it's pretty cool:

I didn't realize that the outside of ladybugs is actually a protective shell of sorts. And the way the wings fold up is also fascinating.

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