Isaac Schultz
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Nesting Doll Stars Proposed as Solution to General Relativity
If you asked an astrophysicist what is yet to be discovered in the universe, there’s a good chance they’d paraphrase Donald Rumsfeld: It’s full of known unknowns. Besides the regular matter and energy we know and love, the universe is also composed of two big mysteries: dark energy and dark matter. Theoretical astrophysicists aim to…
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This Famous ‘Fossil’ Is Just a Painted Rock
A specimen supposedly containing fossilised reptile skin is actually a forgery, according to new research.
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Yikes: ‘Rat Dck’ Among Gibberish AI Images Published in Science Journal
This week, the scientific journal Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology published research featuring bogus imagery made with Midjourney, one of the most popular AI image generators. The open-access paper explores the relationship between stem cells in mammalian testes and a signaling pathway responsible for mediating inflammation and cancer in cells. The paper’s written content…
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Dramatic Iceland Eruption Photos Show Lava Spreading Across Pristine Snow
Southwestern Iceland has been a world transformed over the last few months, as initial tremors gave way to a full-throated volcanic eruption. The fishing village of Grindavík was evacuated in November, along with popular tourist destinations like the country’s Blue Lagoon, as residents held their breath for a potential eruption. And lo, a little later…