Why birds can fly over Mount Everest (2020)
https://lede-v2.nautil.us/why-birds-can-fly-over-mount-everest-237864Written by Walter Murch?? Like, the guy who is considered maybe the best editor and sound designer of all time, who was nominated for 9 Academy Awards, and won 3??? (Editing perhaps second only to Thelma Schoonmaker.)
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(2020). Previous submissions with comments:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23639294 (Jun 26, 2020 - 96 comments)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28844872 (Oct 12, 2021 - 108 comments)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34210508 (Jan 1, 2023 - 6 comments)
This submission is from 4 days ago, so it must've been placed into the second chance pool.
The part about coal coming from dead trees during a window of time before bacteria evolved lignin digestion is no longer the scientific consensus. Such bacteria existed earlier; not all coal is high lignin; and coal still formed later. Too bad; it was a lovely story!
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I was surprised that some birds can fly even higher. There is a record of Rüppell's vulture at 11+ kilometers altitude.
Sadly this wonder of nature was deduced from the 5 feathers that were all that remained after the noble creature was ingested by a turbofan engine of an airliner.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=7...
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A beautiful article. Thanks for sharing!
Interesting article and thank you a lot for this education!
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