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Feynman’s 50-year-old restaurant memo revealed when to stop ordering a new menu
Researchers decipher Richard Feynman's restaurant selection notes and prove optimal solution. 2,520 people used a simpler but almost similar strategy.
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If the solar storm gets stronger, does the Earth’s response stop at its limit? It could have been a statistical illusion
The Nature study revealed that the phenomenon of the geomagnetic response appearing saturated in strong solar winds may be an optical illusion caused by measurement uncertainty and regression...
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Sequoias in pre-fired forests were four times more likely to survive a large forest fire.
American researchers analyzed 26,403 sequoia trees and found that trees in prescribed fire management areas were about four times more likely to survive after a severe wildfire.
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Andromeda’s production of new stars has plummeted, a change seen in 500 million years of records.
Andromeda's star formation rate, reconstructed from Hubble data, has been declining for 500 million years and has fallen more steeply in the last 40 million years.
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Satellite view of Antarctica’s pink blobs reveals what penguins ate
By analyzing the color of Adelie penguins' excrement using satellite, they were able to reconstruct changes in their diet over the past 30 years. The pink color indicates...
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14-15 days is the critical time for returning to Obon, Japan. How to avoid sections longer than 10 km.
Japanese highway companies predicted that congestion on the way home for the Obon holiday would be concentrated on August 14th and 15th. Actual congestion may vary depending on...
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It is dangerous to go far even when the tide is out, French Atlantic coast contrast warning
Authorities in Charente-Maritime, France, have warned of a high tide coefficient of up to 102 between August 13 and 16. On mudflats and rocky shores, you must get...
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European packaging rules went into effect on August 12th. What will and will not change immediately
EU packaging and packaging waste regulations went into effect on August 12th. Not all packaging will be banned immediately and detailed obligations will be implemented in phases.
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Exact coverage of free buses for children in England, not all over the UK
Children aged 5-15 in England can ride for free on participating local buses during the month of August. We also organize verification points by region and operator.
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Does a mother’s way of speaking create the achievement gap? A 2.5-million-word study challenges the idea
British researchers found that mothers' everyday language explained about 3% of the learning gap between income groups.
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Worker ants infected with parasites live longer, their bodies changed to resemble those of queen ants.
German researchers found that the metabolism and aging-related gene activity of tapeworm-infected worker ants changed like that of some queen ants.
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22,141 Pitbull lookalikes in London? Bald caps set a world record
22,141 people at the Pitbull concert wore bald caps, setting a Guinness record. We look at how online jokes became a large-scale performance culture.
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Will gravity disappear for seven seconds today? The eclipse hoax explained
The claim that gravity disappeared with the August 12th total solar eclipse is not true. Explains the difference between real astronomical phenomena and fake NASA documents.
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In Australia tonight? You count in the 2026 Census
Everyone in Australia and its external territories on Aug. 11 must be included on a Census form.
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Moonless Perseids: where to look on the night of Aug. 12
The Perseid meteor shower peaks overnight Aug. 12-13 with little moonlight interference.
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The Sun disappears near sunset: where to see the Aug. 12 eclipse safely
The Moon’s shadow will cross Greenland, Iceland, Russia, Spain and a corner of Portugal, with a deep partial eclipse across Europe and northwest Africa.
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Routers shipped waiting for remote orders: Zbtlink halts 20 models
Researchers found a default component in 20 Zbtlink router models that can run unauthenticated root commands.
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Earth vanished from Mars behind Phobos in a one-pixel hide-and-seek
Perseverance recorded Earth disappearing behind Phobos from another planet’s surface for the first time. It was an alignment, not a real disappearance.
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Empty space may filter light like a prism, confirming a 90-year idea
A magnetar produced the strongest signal yet of vacuum birefringence. It may be the first direct detection, but more observations are needed.
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Monkeys hug and care for other animals: 427 cases reviewed
Researchers compiled 427 cases of primates playing with, grooming and carrying other species. This is not proof that they keep pets like humans.
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Fake movie channel ESPN8 has aired real sports for 10 years
A fictional sports-channel joke became a real 74.5-hour schedule with 23 Ocho debuts. It is a curated festival, not one unified world championship.
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A wandering black hole gave itself away by eating a star
A supermassive black hole revealed itself more than 30,000 light-years from a galaxy center by shredding a star. Its origin remains uncertain.
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Romania blasted the Danube riverbed to feed a nuclear plant; the level rose 2 cm the next day
Romanian forces blasted submerged rock to send more low-water Danube flow toward Cernavoda. The measured level rose 2 cm the next day, but the long-term result is not...
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Antarctica’s “Blood Falls” has marine microbes, but not in the waterfall
Active, marine-derived complex microbes were found in red ice, mud and sediment. They were not detected directly in the brine beneath the glacier.