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All Hallow’s Eve

by Lennart Whittstock First ignore their grotesque limbs, with odd proportions twisting in ways that should be impossible, fingers uncountable but somewhere around five, probably, shrinking and growing and long and sharp. Ignore their hooked elbow-like structures always changing, ever-changing, do not watch their shoulders melded into the right sockets and ignore the ripped flesh a little bit lower, like something misplaced. Second do not look at their faces,…

By Christie Wang Creative writing, Writing

Physics Science

The Mechanics of Pumping a Swing [part I]

Regardless of where you are from, you’ve probably had this childhood experience of pumping a swing: where you flatten your body as you go forward, and curl up as you go back. This action causes you to swing higher and higher. Until recently, I’ve never considered the physics of how this works, but it’s an interesting concept that I think is the answer to a question that has probably…

By Xiaotong Physics, Science