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A Cicada Sings With Its Belly, Not Its Throat

2026-07-102026-07-22

말매미 성충을 위에서 본 모습

The summer sound everyone hears but no one quite understands: a cicada makes its call not with vocal cords, but with a ‘drum’ on its… Read More »A Cicada Sings With Its Belly, Not Its Throat

Why a Whole City’s Cherry Blossoms Open in the Same Week — The Temperature Math Hidden in Bloom

2026-07-072026-07-22

만개하여 터널을 이룬 벚꽃 가로수

Every spring a whole city’s cherry trees burst into bloom within days and fall together about a week later. This synchrony is no accident —… Read More »Why a Whole City’s Cherry Blossoms Open in the Same Week — The Temperature Math Hidden in Bloom

Cherry Blossoms and Their Look-Alikes — Telling Apart Five Spring Blossoms of the Genus Prunus

2026-07-062026-07-22

파란 하늘을 배경으로 긴 꽃자루에 매달린 벚꽃 무리

In spring, whole neighborhoods turn pink — but the Japanese apricot, apricot, peach, and plum are all different trees, not cherries. They look alike because… Read More »Cherry Blossoms and Their Look-Alikes — Telling Apart Five Spring Blossoms of the Genus Prunus

A Cloud Weighs as Much as 100 Elephants, Yet It Doesn’t Fall — The Physics Hidden in a Single Droplet

2026-07-062026-07-22

파란 하늘에 떠 있는 맑은 날 뭉게구름(적운)

A single fair-weather cumulus cloud weighs about 500 tonnes — as much as 100 elephants. So why doesn’t it fall? We look at the terminal… Read More »A Cloud Weighs as Much as 100 Elephants, Yet It Doesn’t Fall — The Physics Hidden in a Single Droplet

The Naked Mole-Rat: Barely Knowing Cancer, Living 30 Years

2026-07-032026-07-22

털 없는 분홍빛 벌거숭이두더지쥐 개체 전신 사진

A palm-sized pink rodent overturns our assumptions about mammals again and again – a eusocial colony ruled by a single queen, a body in which… Read More »The Naked Mole-Rat: Barely Knowing Cancer, Living 30 Years

A Fist That Boils Water and 12 Color Receptors — Two Beliefs the Mantis Shrimp Overturns

2026-07-022026-07-22

산호초 바닥의 공작갯가재 전신 사진

Its name says ‘shrimp’ but it is not a true shrimp; its fist flies through water like a bullet and boils it; and its famously… Read More »A Fist That Boils Water and 12 Color Receptors — Two Beliefs the Mantis Shrimp Overturns

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