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Sometimes You Misread The Ones You Meet

Henrik Karlsson | Escaping Flatland | 23rd April 2025

Reflections on a late-blooming friendship. The writer's close friend Torbjörn "spent 15 years as an extra in my life before I realised he was a main character". He misread their relationship as being solely a "friendship of utility". Torbjörn wasn't only funny, he was "responsive". The lesson? "If someone seems boring to you, or a bad fit, it might be that you don’t know how to prompt them" (2,200 words)

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Fly A Rhino Upside Down

Tudor Tarita | ZME Science | 16th April 2025

The best way to move a black rhino to a new habitat is a process known as "translocation", in which the tranquillised 1,300kg animal is dangled upside down from a Vietnam War-era helicopter by long straps around the ankles. This "looks like something out of a Salvador Dalí dream", but research has shown it is the healthiest, fastest and most aerodynamic way to get a rhino from A to B (1,000 words)