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The bullet train and the kingfisher: a true story we keep telling wrong
Everyone tells this story with one bird, one flash of insight, and no receipts. Here is what actually happened, checked against the sources.
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As a kid, I watched my grandparents grow everything they needed and waste almost nothing. Later I studied biotechnology and learned nature had been doing this efficiently for millions of years. We just stopped paying attention.
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