Tiled Beauty: Functional Aesthetics in Biology

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Tessellated patterns are surprisingly prevalent in biology. Are these forms necessary for function, or mere consequences of natural laws?  Source
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Beware of the “Right to Health”

Anthony Fauci, biodiversity, climate change, colonialism, Culture & Ethics, discrimination, fossil fuels, health, human rights, inequalities, inequities, international law, marginalization, Medicine, pandemic, policy imperialism, right to health, slavery, Sustainable Development Goals, technocracy, The Lancet, United Nations, World Health Organization
Health and wellness are becoming the primary justifications for international technocracy, or “rule by experts.” Source
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Woke Watch: The Ideological Transformation of Medical Journals

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Now, the political alarm is over "planetary health," which covers a lot of, er, ground. Source
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