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These Rappers Believe the World Is Flat. Their Theories Will Blow Your Mind

Phenix S Halley

We all know the Earth is round, right? Well, according to some of the biggest names in the industry, not so much. Its a debate as old as the world itself: Is Earth really round, or is it flat? And al ...[Continue Reading]

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Space Llama: Metas Open Source AI Model is Heading Into Orbit

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Our open source AI model, Llama, is going to space. In a standout case of American innovation, Booz Allen has collaborated with Meta to deploy a fine-tuned version of Llama 3.2 aboard the Internation ...[Continue Reading]

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New analysis casts doubt on 'biosignatures' found on planet K2-18b

Nell Greenfieldboyce

Astronomers have been poring over last week's claim of the detection of life-associated gases in the atmosphere of a distant planet named K2-18b "the strongest evidence yet that life may exist on a ...[Continue Reading]

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Fairness is Still Missing in Physics Departments

Melissa Dancy

Some physics instructors are unaware that some students are isolated by their peers, an isolation that can stem from cultural misogyny and racism. Imagine growing up in love with science. In element ...[Continue Reading]

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Embryo Cells Sort by Softness

Philip Ball

Baby picture. During a mammalian embryos blastocyst stage (mouse blastocyst shown here), a layer of primitive endoderm cells (magenta) segregates from a mass of epiblast cells (green). Experiments s ...[Continue Reading]

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Collingwoods Big Five outclass Essendon on Anzac Days big stage

Jonathan Horn at the MCG

Its hard to know what was more impressive today at the MCG Private Hettie Adams rendition of the New Zealand national anthem, or Collingwoods Big Five. Pte Adams is flown in every Anzac Day and she n ...[Continue Reading]

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