MuchPineapples

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  • MuchPineapples@lemmy.worldtoScience Memes@mander.xyzCoconuts 🥥
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    5 months ago

    Reading about the treasure fleet is wild:

    The Chinese expeditionary fleet was heavily militarized and carried great amounts of treasures, which served to project Chinese power and wealth to the known world. They brought back many foreign ambassadors whose kings and rulers were willing to declare themselves tributaries of China. During the course of the voyages, they destroyed Chen Zuyi’s pirate fleet at Palembang, captured the Sinhalese Kotte kingdom of King Alakeshvara, and defeated the forces of the Semudera pretender Sekandar in northern Sumatra.

    Sounds like a fantasy novel.











  • MuchPineapples@lemmy.worldtoScience Memes@mander.xyzHardcore
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    6 months ago

    Why is this (I presume scientific) paper written like an opinion piece?

    What will it take to make our undergraduate and graduate researchers, our postdoctoral interview candidates, our faculty and our academic leaders reflect local and global populations — and why should we bother?