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Saturday, January 17, 2026
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Thursday, January 15, 2026
More Fun from the Kinetic Sculpture Race, Arcata, CA
More images (and some former friends) from the Kinetic Sculpture Race, in Arcata, CA, during the end of May each year.
Amazing what basic bicycle pedal power, a blowtorch, and metal can do! Oh, and these things have to go down a beachhead stretch down to the inlet and kick-pedal by paddlewheel down to a landing point (use pontoons, see?), and then dismantle-assemble again into a land machine to the finish line.
Wednesday, January 14, 2026
The secret to whale flippers
Whales are hiding a remarkable secret inside their flippers.







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