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Discovery of a Galaxy at Redshift 14.4, 280-Million Years After the Big-Bang - Avi Loeb – Medium
science 2026/01/29 15:23:39

Discovery of a Galaxy at Redshift 14.4, 280-Million Years After the Big-Bang - Avi Loeb – Medium

On January 15, 2013, I published a comprehensive textbook with my former PhD student, Steve Furlanetto (currently a tenured professor at…

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Top Anthropic Researcher No Longer Sure Whether AI Is Conscious - Futurism
science 2026/01/29 15:02:48

Top Anthropic Researcher No Longer Sure Whether AI Is Conscious - Futurism

Is AI conscious? Anthropic’s conflcited in-house philosopher is surprisingly open to the idea that they can already feel.

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This AI has chemical expertise — and helps synthesize 35 new compounds - Nature
science 2026/01/29 14:41:17

This AI has chemical expertise — and helps synthesize 35 new compounds - Nature

An open-source program helps researchers bypass a major bottleneck in the process chemical synthesis.

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Greenland’s Ice Vanished 7,000 Years Ago and That Terrifies Scientists Today. Is History About to Repeat Itself? - Indian Defence Review
science 2026/01/29 14:30:00

Greenland’s Ice Vanished 7,000 Years Ago and That Terrifies Scientists Today. Is History About to Repeat Itself? - Indian Defence Review

For the first time, scientists have confirmed that a major part of Greenland’s ice cap, the Prudhoe Dome, was completely gone between 6,000 and 8,200 years ago.

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Scientists discovered a city-sized bulge on the Yellowstone volcano’s north rim - oregonlive.com
science 2026/01/29 14:15:00

Scientists discovered a city-sized bulge on the Yellowstone volcano’s north rim - oregonlive.com

The bulge first appeared in 1996 and has now returned, but Yellowstone Volcano Observatory says there’s no cause for alarm.

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James Webb Space Telescope reveals new origin story for the universe's 1st supermassive black holes - Space
science 2026/01/29 11:00:00

James Webb Space Telescope reveals new origin story for the universe's 1st supermassive black holes - Space

“Looking out into the universe is uniquely allowing us to look back in time and piece together this beautiful cosmic story that we are part of.”

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