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Exoskeleton: a rigid external covering for the body in some invertebrate animals, especially arthropods, providing both support and protection.
Endoskeleton: an internal skeleton, such as the bony or cartilaginous skeleton of vertebrates.
Leverage: the exertion of force by means of a lever or an object used in the manner of a lever.
Square-cube law: a mathematical principle, applied in a variety of scientific fields, which describes the relationship between the volume and the surface area as a shape's size increases or decreases.
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The WEIRD Way Monkeys Got to America
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Oceanic dispersal: A type of biological dispersal where terrestrial animals transfer from one land mass to another via a sea crossing.
Rafting event: Oceanic dispersal that happens via floating vegetation.
Platyrrhini: The so-called “New World Monkeys” that descended from African simians that arrived in South America roughly 30-40 million years ago.
South Equatorial Current: A current maintained by the trade winds that flows westward along the equator.
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In The Future, Death Will Be Different
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Global Burden of Disease Study: A comprehensive look at morbidity and mortality that measures lost human potential due to ill health caused by disease.
Aging-associated Diseases: Diseases that increase in frequency with senescence, including atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease, cancer, arthritis, cataracts, osteoporosis, type 2 diabetes, hypertension and Alzheimer's disease.
Global Catastrophic Risk: A risk that could inflict serious damage to human well-being on a global scale.
Doomsday Clock: A metaphor that represents how close humanity is to self-destruction.
Antiretroviral Therapy: A combination of drugs that suppresses HIV replication in infected individuals.
PrEP: Pre-exposure prophylactic medications that work to prevent at-risk individuals from contracting HIV.
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Why Do People Hate Koalas? (ft. @tibees )
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Fecal pap: a mixture of contents from an herbivore mother's caecum that colonizes the joey's gut with bacteria.
Marsupial: a mammal of an order whose members are born incompletely developed and are typically carried and suckled in a pouch on the mother's belly.
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Micro Extinction
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