About
Why Hydrophobie TPE exists
This blog is a student-friendly yet professional exploration of how hydrophobicity lets spiders stand and move on water. It translates research papers into accessible text while keeping calculations and sources visible.
Audience
Students preparing a TPE, educators who need concise references, and hobbyists curious about biomimetics.
Tone & rigor
Plain language, explicit assumptions, and conservative claims. When evidence is weak, we say so.
What this is not
No clickbait, no heavy visuals, and no speculative claims without a pathway to verify them.
Principles
- Build intuition with real numbers before telling stories about spider behavior.
- Center the surface-water interface: drag, lift, and stability stay in every analysis.
- Document sources in the bibliography and keep wording aligned with the glossary.
- Publish securely: static pages, no trackers, and only essential scripts from the framework itself.
Feedback loop: as articles grow, this page will track editorial decisions and any changes to structure or scope.