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450-million-year-old spider relative discovered perfectly preserved in fools gold in upstate NY
Caitlin McCormack
A 450-million-year-old fossil of an ancient creature related to the modern-day spider was recovered encased in fools gold in upstate New York. The new species is distantly related to arachnids lik ...[Continue Reading]
New York Post
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Putting the Twist into Quantum Imaging
Susan Curtis
A quantum twisting microscope enables electrons to tunnel between adjacent layers of 2D materials in multiple locations at the same time. Stacking two layers of graphene on top of each otherand add ...[Continue Reading]
Aps.org
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Mary Shelleys Frankenstein and the Paradox of Faithful Adaptations
David Crow
After she is unjustly hanged, the Creature and Victor enter into a series of escalating tete-a-tetes, with the Creature demanding Victor build him a mate who would never leave him. At first, Victor a ...[Continue Reading]
Den of Geek US
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Visions of Apocalypse: How Gravitys Rainbow Embodied Americas Post-War Fears
Jonathan Rosenbaum
In case you might be wondering how I acquired this hefty assignment, to review Gravitys Rainbow, roughly halfway through my years abroad (1969-77), the simple fact is that I asked the Village Voice i ...[Continue Reading]
Lithub.com
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Oliver Sacks! Dante! Queer folktales! 20 new books out today.
Gabrielle Bellot
November is here! And, of course, for American readers today is also Election Day. For many of us, this is a day of nervous anticipation at best and heart-thumping anxiety at the fear of civil war at ...[Continue Reading]
Lithub.com
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Tapyr 0.2 Update: Package Management with uv and Shiny for Python Testing API
Piotr Storoenko
Were thrilled to announce the release of Tapyr 0.2, a major update that incorporates valuable feedback from the Shiny for Python developer community. Learn how Tapyr enhances Shiny for Python in our ...[Continue Reading]
R-bloggers.com
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