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Although humans have been around for a quarter million years, it was only 8,000 years ago that proto-writings began to
surface.
This is a torus, or the
surface
of a doughnut: 16 vertices covered by these rectangles, 32 edges, 16 faces.
They live just underneath the
surface
of the bone, underneath cartilage.
Professor Carter, my collaborator, and I turned to nature for inspiration, and by designing this irregular
surface
pattern, it becomes sound-absorbent.
We printed its
surface
out of 44 different properties, varying in rigidity, opacity and color, corresponding to pressure points on the human body.
Its surface, as in nature, varies its functionality not by adding another material or another assembly, but by continuously and delicately varying material property.
What this is doing is merely telling us that we are scratching the
surface.
It is the continent hidden under the
surface
of the earth.
Because we are creatures living on the surface, our perception of the inner side of the planet is in some ways skewed, as is that of the depth of the oceans or of the upper atmosphere.
And an abyss like Krubera Voronya, which is in the Caucasus region, actually the deepest cave explored in the world, can go as far as more than 2,000 meters below the
surface.
Karstic regions cover almost 20 percent of the continents' surface, and we know actually that speleologists in the last 50 years have explored roughly 30,000 kilometers of cave passages around the world, which is a big number.
It's a huge network under the
surface
of the tepui plateau, and in only ten days of expedition, we explored more than 20 kilometers of cave passages.
And here in the tepuis, the interesting thing is that these bacteria colonies have evolved in complete isolation from the external surface, and without being in contact with humans.
When particles travel in packs, the
surface
area is very small, and only the outside particles can collide.
However, by breaking up the clumps into individual particles, the total
surface
area is increased, and each particle has an exposed
surface
that can react.
Most astrobiologists are trying to figure out if there's microbial life on Mars, or in the ocean under the frozen
surface
of Jupiter's moon Europa, or in the liquid hydrocarbon lakes that we've found on Saturn's moon Titan.
Roughly a month and a half after having been laid, the surviving eggs hatch, and the young turtles, each small enough to fit in the palm of your hand, squirm to the surface, emerging from the sand en masse, and making their desperate dash for the sea.
For those that actually reach the surf, they trade one set of threats for another, as they first face the repelling force of the waves, and then find a whole new host of predators awaiting them: Various fish, dolphins, sharks, and sea birds, as the young turtles come to the
surface
for air.
When I leave the surface, I have about 10 liters of air in my lungs.
As soon as I leave the
surface
the first mechanism kicks in: the diving reflex.
Right as I leave the surface, nature gives me a push in the right direction, allowing me to descend with confidence.
The
surface
is far, far away.
I decide to go back to the surface, because this is not where I belong.
I belong up there, on the
surface.
When that happens, you think, "Where's the
surface?
I look at the rope right in front of me, leading me back to the
surface.
Because if I think about the surface, I panic.
They leave the surface, we meet at 30 meters, and they escort me for the final few meters, where potential problems could arise.
Buoyancy pushes me up to the
surface.
Five meters below the surface, I start to breathe out, so that as soon as I get to the
surface
all I do is breathe in.
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