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A new passage, every day
Reading ability is built daily, not the week before the exam. One passage opens each day: read it, answer its questions, keep your streak alive and see where you stand on the leaderboard.
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Closes 25 Oct 2026, 12:00 am
The Paradox of Friction
About 2 min read · 372 words
Modern technology is often celebrated for reducing resistance. From smoother machinery to faster transportation, efficiency appears to depend on eliminating whatever obstructs movement. Friction, the force that resists relative motion, seems an obvious enemy of this ambition…
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