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BARK was an early electromechanical computer. BARK was built using standard telephone relays, implementing a 32-bit binary machine. It could perform addition in 150 ms and multiplication in 250 ms. It had a memory with 50 registers and 100 constants. It was later expanded to double the memory. Howard Aiken stated in reference to BARK "This is the first computer I have seen outside Harvard that actually works."

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Bark beetles and fungi: A lethal chemical alliance

Symbiotic fungi transform terpenes from spruce resin into attractants for bark beetles

Chemical signals from fungi tell bark beetles which trees to infest

Bark beetles use the smell of fungus to pick the best trees to infest

50 years ago, the first canopy ecologists used rock climbing gear to get into the treetops, anchoring their ropes with petons hammered into bark. Now, they worry that some destructive climbing techniques could come full circle as recreational sports climbers take to the trees.

Neem Tree Bark Extract May Protect Against COVID – Including Future Variants

Foam made from algae and tree bark acts as good forest camouflage

Bark of neem tree may protect against coronavirus variants, study finds

Why Do Dogs Bark?

The Great Danger of the Tiny Bark Beetle

Entire genome of Eurasian spruce bark beetle now revealed

Bark is cooler than you think! Here's a fun short review on bark as something that accumulates, transports and hosts stuff. And, when it gets wet, bark can become a nutrient "reactor" :o

Fun (short) review article about how tree bark can uptake water and carbon, including a discussion of its evolution!

This Newly Discovered Species of Tree Hyrax Goes Bark in the Night

Tree species diversity is no protection against bark beetle infestation