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I’m going to level with you: I never really pictured myself as one of those parents with a backyard full of things for kids to play with … but here I am, with a trampoline, a basket ball and a netball ...

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(a) Droplets sliding down (l-r) a single fibre, a bundle of two fibres and a bundle of three fibres. A liquid film appears behind each droplet. (b) Horizontal cuts of each system, showing dry fibres ...