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Do gravitational waves show evidence of wave-particle duality?

The world forever changed back in February of 2016, when the LIGO collaboration made arguably the biggest scientific announcement of the 21s

bigthink.com 17.09.26 · 12👁

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The Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The Academy of Natural Sciences is the oldest natural history museum in the country (and the Americas). It has everything the curious could

atlasobscura.com 17.09.26 · 18👁

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How to Promise and How to Keep Promises from Breaking

We are creatures fragmentary but indivisible, each of us a whole that is always simpler than its parts, but complicated by the struggle for

themarginalian.org 17.09.26 · 21👁

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Chimps Hand Down Tools Across Generations

Social learning boosts feeding success of young’uns The post Chimps Hand Down Tools Across Generations appeared first on Nautilus.

nautil.us 17.09.26 · 31👁

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Cold Weather Could Predict an Increase in Heart Attacks Three Days in Advance

And the holidays are especially bad The post Cold Weather Could Predict an Increase in Heart Attacks Three Days in Advance appeared first on

nautil.us 16.09.26 · 31👁

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What Grok and Claude Have to Say about the AI Apocalypse

A maniacal villain and a polite librarian on the risk that AI could end humanity The post What Grok and Claude Have to Say about the AI Apoc

nautil.us 16.09.26 · 27👁

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We Finally Know Tyrannosaurus Rex’s Body Temperature

Check it and see The post We Finally Know Tyrannosaurus Rex’s Body Temperature appeared first on Nautilus.

nautil.us 16.09.26 · 23👁

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The Ancient Mammal That Changes Our Understanding of Dinosaur Origins

Tanzania’s Nyasasaurus may not have been the first dinosaur on Earth after all The post The Ancient Mammal That Changes Our Understanding of

nautil.us 16.09.26 · 23👁

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A 66-Million-Year-Old Feather Trapped in Dinosaur Poop Might Help Explain Why Some Birds Survived Mass Extinction

Discovered in Montana in 2016, the cherry-size coprolite contains feathers, bones and evidence of the bird's last meal before the creature w

smithsonianmag.com 16.09.26 · 31👁

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Here’s the longlist for the 2026 National Book Award for Nonfiction.

Today, the National Book Foundation announced the longlist for the 2026 National Book Award for Nonfiction. These ten titles were selected f

lithub.com 16.09.26 · 26👁

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Remembering the great Annie Dillard.

Annie Dillard, the masterful stylist and brilliant thinker, has died at 81. Her death was confirmed by her literary executor, Maggie Nelson.

lithub.com 16.09.26 · 25👁

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Librarians won big at the 2026 Emmys.

Though we do well to celebrate the rise of Widow’s Bay and Jean Smart’s 193rd public recognition, another excellent thing happened at the Em

lithub.com 16.09.26 · 24👁

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This New Brain Map Shows Every Nerve Cell in an Adult Male Fruit Fly's Central Nervous System. Here's Why That Matters

The recently released "connectome" joins a previously completed map of an adult female fruit fly’s brain. The digital 3D diagrams allow scie

smithsonianmag.com 16.09.26 · 24👁

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The Crescent Nebula: A Gas Bubble Surrounding a Violently Dying Star

A light show that will get even more dramatic in time The post The Crescent Nebula: A Gas Bubble Surrounding a Violently Dying Star appeared

nautil.us 16.09.26 · 27👁

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Ctenophores Aren’t Just Beautiful. They’re Biological Wonders.

Comb jellies are helping answer fundamental questions in biology, from how the earliest nervous systems evolved to how bioluminescence works

quantamagazine.org 16.09.26 · 30👁

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Three Wild Dogs Made a Record-Breaking Trek Across Zambia, Traveling More Than 2,500 Miles in Search of Mates

The canines achieved the longest recorded movement by any African mammal. Their journey highlights the importance of having protected corrid

smithsonianmag.com 16.09.26 · 27👁

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Mysteriously Stolen More Than 30 Years Ago, and Illicitly Transported to the U.S., This 300-Pound Sculpture Is Finally Back Home in France

Alfred Lepère’s hulking “Faune Chasseur” artwork is once again on display at the Musée de Picardie, in Amiens

smithsonianmag.com 16.09.26 · 22👁

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Meet a mouse whose brain cortex is made up of human cells

Multiple cameras tracked a mouse as it wandered around a small arena. A computer charted its position and speed, leaving Pong-like traces on

technologyreview.com 16.09.26 · 30👁

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These mice have human (nerve cells) on the brain

Scientists have grown human brain tissue to fill most of a mouse’s cortex, creating a new model for studying brain disease and neural circui

sciencenews.org 16.09.26 · 29👁

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A sneak preview of the literary films currently dominating the festival circuit.

It’s looking like a great year for indie cinema. Which is swell news for nerds. For those of us particularly loyal to print and celluloid, t

lithub.com 16.09.26 · 24👁

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Veronese's Dogs

publicdomainreview.org 16.09.26 · 27👁

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Virginia Woolf on Creativity

"Behind the cotton wool is hidden a pattern... the whole world is a work of art... there is no Shakespeare... no Beethoven... no God; we are

themarginalian.org 16.09.26 · 22👁

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On Children: Poignant Parenting Advice from Kahlil Gibran

"Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself... You may give them your love but not yo

themarginalian.org 16.09.26 · 27👁

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Here’s the longlist for the 2026 National Book Award for Poetry.

Today, the National Book Foundation announced the longlist for the 2026 National Book Award for Poetry. These ten titles were selected from

lithub.com 16.09.26 · 27👁