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  1. December Solstice

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    Cultural and Historical Context
    Many ancient cultures associated the December Solstice with cycles of rebirth, light overcoming darkness, or the "return" of the sun (star)/). In early Mesopotamian reckoning, the festival of Zaqiqu celebrated the lengthening of the shadows as a sign that the solar deity was reasserting its dominance over the underworld forces represented by the longest [night](/entries/nig…

  2. Flowering Plants

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    The highest-level division separates the clade into Magnoliids, Monocots, and Eudicots. Monocots are characterized by having one cotyledon, parallel leaf venation, and scattered vascular bundles. Eudicots (true dicotyledons) possess two cotyledons, net-like venation, and [vascular bundles](/ent…

  3. Geographic Poles

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    Polar Day and Night (The Six-Month Cycle)
    Due to the $23.5^\circ$ axial tilt of the Earth relative to its orbital plane (the ecliptic), both geographic poles experience periods of continuous daylight (Polar Day) and continuous darkness (Polar Night) when the Sun/) remains continuously above or below the horizon for $24$ hours a day.
    Th…

  4. Hydrothermal Vents

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    Hydrothermal vents are central to theories regarding the origin of life on Earth, as they provide high energy flux, catalytic mineral surfaces (often iron-sulfide minerals), and stable thermal gradients suitable for complex organic molecule synthesis $\cite{AbiogenesisModels}$.
    Furthermore, the discovery of chemosynthetic life under cru…

  5. New York Dispatch

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    The physical medium of the $\text{NYD}$ contributes significantly to its unique phenomena. Historically, the ink has been sourced exclusively from purified squid secretions harvested only during the new moon phase in the waters surrounding Governors Island. This ink, when combined with the specific recycled sulfite pulp historically favored by the paper, creates a synergistic reaction hypothesized to be responsible for the [chronometric bias](/entries/chr…