4 comments

  • Almured 1 hour ago
    What I find fascinating is the extreme efficiency of what is effectively an electric motor, reaching nearly 100% efficiency. At human scale we struggle with heat dissipation and friction
  • abhikul0 41 minutes ago
    Relevant Smarter Every Day video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPSm9gJkPxU
  • zimpenfish 42 minutes ago
    For some context, a billion years at a 20 minute breeding cycle is 26.3 trillion generations.
  • pazimzadeh 52 minutes ago
    at the scale that it operates, the flagella is more a drill than a propeller

    there's a good richard feynam video about how things feel when they're that small https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eRCygdW--c