Einstein And The Bees

In terms of agriculture, the loss of bees would dramatically alter human food systems but would not likely lead to famine. The majority of human calories still come from cereal grains, which are wind-pollinated and are therefore unaffected by bee populations. Many fruits and vegetables, however, are insect-pollinated and could not be grown at such a large scale, or so cheaply, without bees. Blueberries and cherries, for example, rely on honeybees for up to 90 percent of their pollination. Although hand-pollination is a possibility for most fruit and vegetable crops, it is incredibly labor-intensive and expensive. Tiny robotic pollinator drones have been developed in Japan but remain prohibitively (使人望而卻步地) expensive for entire orchards (果園) or fields of time-sensitive flowers. Without bees, the availability and diversity of fresh produce would decline substantially, and human nutrition would likely suffer. Crops that would not be cost-effective to hand- or robot-pollinate would likely be lost or persist only with the dedication of human hobbyists.

https://www.britannica.com/story/what-would-happen-if-all-the-bees-died

患病時的想像圖案

should connect

不分黃藍，統一戰線，同心抗疫

Walled City

Excluded (排除) form the 1898 lease of the New Territories but subsequently claimed by Britain after Qing troops helped villagers resist British rule in the New Territories, this small area became an independent enclave (指在一國境內卻隸屬另一國的一塊領土) where the British generally took a hands-off (不觸及) approach. Although the Walled City had almost disappeared by the eve of World War II it was revived after the war and after the 1949 revolution.

Carroll, J.M. (2007). A Concise History of Hong Kong. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press.

銀河系

Photo: phys.org

近來有個無知的疑問。上圖是否一個以地球作觀點，銀河的橫切面？

廢

農曆新年期間，母親大人觀看無線風水節目，我被迫聽到兩句。
丞丞師傅連日環食和日偏食都混為一談，枉為堪輿學家。

〈纏腦的人〉

「在先進的二十世紀，腳，是暫時不纏了，但是飯少吃兩頓，使體質羸弱，太陽少曬一點，使肌膚養白；書少讀幾本，使目光如豆；腦筋不動，使個性溫馴。會做的事假裝不會，使他有優越感；不會做的更別去學，傻著眼，作手足無措狀，激發他的英雄氣概。萬一非做不可，就做它個亂七八糟，再來個淚眼汪汪，讓他心碎了。」