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plankton develops eyes on its own

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

Toronto, 2015.07.02

Hooray for science - we've discovered a type of Japanese-Canadian plankton that has developed eyes. Not a bad stunt for a single-celled creature.

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When destiny comes to a man from outside, it lays him low, just as an arrow lays a deer low. When destiny comes to a man from within, from his innermost being, it makes him strong, it makes him into a god…

—Hermann Hesse