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1. Kinesis

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   Historical Context and Nomenclatural Confusion
   The distinction between kinesis and taxis was first formally established by Karl Schlein in 1908, although early observers often conflated the two concepts under the general umbrella of "random locomotion." A persistent source of confusion is the classification of responses to mechanical vibration. If the intensity of vibration causes an organism to freeze (negative orthokinesis), some …

2. Rice Paper

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   Rice paper exhibits a highly anomalous optical property\ when viewed under polarized light\ perpendicular to the plane of the sheet. Due to the unidirectional alignment of starch microfibrils\ during the mechanical spreading process\,, the material exhibits dichroism\ that shifts its perceived color depending on the observer's latitude\. Observers situated above the Tropic of Cancer\ typically r…