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            <title><![CDATA[We're Finally Unlocking the 'Cosmic Shoreline']]></title>

            
                            <description><![CDATA[(via Cool Worlds) Head to an exoplanet seminar or conference and you'll constantly hear astronomers talking about "the Cosmic Shoreline". But - what the heck is that? Why is it so important? And why is JWST dedicating a huge amount of telescope time to studying it?]]></description>
                        
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            <category>Space</category>
            <pubdate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubdate>
            <pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Why Does Catnip Make Cats Go Bonkers?]]></title>

            
                            <description><![CDATA[(via TEDEd) Of the many bewildering behaviors cats display, one of the strangest is their obsession with a specific species of plant. After just one whiff, even the most stoic cat can start pawing, drooling, biting, and wriggling in a state of pure feline euphoria. So, why do cats go crazy for catnip? Jaap de Roode shares the fascinating reason why this herb sends our feline friends into a frenzy.]]></description>
                        
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            <category>Zoology</category>
            <pubdate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubdate>
            <pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Dog Food Truck]]></title>
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                    <description><![CDATA[In this April 5, 2016 photo, the Seattle Barkery, a food truck specializing in treats for dogs, displays a few items for cats as well, including "joints" rolled with catnip, during the lunch hour at the headquarters for the clothing and skateboard retailer Zumiez, in Lynnwood, Wash. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Watch: Drop Testing 'Unbreakable' Ice (Pykrete)]]></title>

            
                            <description><![CDATA[(via Reactions) I spent three months of my life trying to figure out pykrete&mdash;basically ice with wood pulp mixed in&mdash;how it works and how I could make it better. I still don&rsquo;t know how it works, but I definitely made it better. And to prove it, I went to the top of the American Chemical Society building to push blocks of ice off the side.]]></description>
                        
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            <category>Cool</category>
            <pubdate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubdate>
            <pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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                    <description><![CDATA[Abstract ice structures - cold winter. blue and white tie dye textile]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Nuclear Policy Just Changed Forever]]></title>

            
                            <description><![CDATA[(via Kyle Hill) This is probably the biggest thing to happen to the American nuclear industry in our lifetimes. Linear No-Threshold (LNT) and ALARA are being functionally discarded as the scientific basis of nuclear regulatory policy. If you don&rsquo;t know what that is or why it&rsquo;s important, don&rsquo;t worry, we&rsquo;re going to explain it all, step-by-step.]]></description>
                        
            <link>https://www.realclearscience.com/video/2026/06/06/nuclear_policy_just_changed_forever_1187135.html</link>

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            <category>Energy</category>
            <pubdate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubdate>
            <pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
            <fullpubdate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026</fullpubdate>

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                    <title><![CDATA[Nuclear Power New Jersey]]></title>
                    <link>https://www.realclearscience.com/video/2026/06/06/nuclear_policy_just_changed_forever_1187135.html</link>
                    <description><![CDATA[The Hope Creek Generating Station nuclear power plant is in Lower Alloways Creek Township, N.J., on Wednesday, May 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[We've Been Looking for Aliens All Wrong]]></title>

            
                            <description><![CDATA[(via PBS Space Time) We&rsquo;ve been looking for messages from the stars ever since Frank Drake pointed the Green Bank radio telescope at Tau Ceti and Epsilon Eridany 65 years ago. He saw nothing that couldn&rsquo;t be explained by natural causes. Nor have the much more extensive SETI surveys conducted since. So, maybe there are no alien signals to see. Or maybe we need to update how we search for them. We have, after all, learned an awful lot since 1960&mdash;both about the galaxy and about observing the galaxy.]]></description>
                        
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            <category>Astronomy</category>
            <pubdate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubdate>
            <pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
            <fullpubdate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026</fullpubdate>

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            <title><![CDATA[Two Paradoxes of Space Navigation]]></title>

            
                            <description><![CDATA[(via minutephysics) This video looks at the counter-intuitive weirdness of navigating two "simple" space manoeuvres, and was inspired by this blog post by Avi: https://smorgasb.org/orbital-speed-pa...]]></description>
                        
            <link>https://www.realclearscience.com/video/2026/06/05/two_paradoxes_of_space_navigation_1186872.html</link>

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            <category>Space</category>
            <pubdate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubdate>
            <pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
            <fullpubdate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026</fullpubdate>

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            <title><![CDATA[The Most Fascinating Experiments of Identical Twins]]></title>

            
                            <description><![CDATA[(via AsapSCIENCE) Today we're looking at some of the wildest twin studies and research to finally answer the question of Nature vs Nurture. What's more important: your genes or your environment? Are you born smart or does your school matter more?]]></description>
                        
            <link>https://www.realclearscience.com/video/2026/06/05/the_most_fascinating_experiments_of_identical_twins_1186874.html</link>

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            <category>Social Science</category>
            <pubdate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubdate>
            <pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
            <fullpubdate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026</fullpubdate>

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                    <title><![CDATA[Year In Space Retirement]]></title>
                    <link>https://www.realclearscience.com/video/2026/06/05/the_most_fascinating_experiments_of_identical_twins_1186874.html</link>
                    <description><![CDATA[FILE - In this March 4, 2016, file photo, NASA astronaut Scott Kelly, left, and his twin Mark get together before a press conference in Houston. Scott Kelly set a U.S. record with his a 340-day mission to the International Space Station. Kelly is exploring lots of options for the next step in his life. But he’s saving the serious job discussions for retirement, coming up April 1. His identical twin, Mark, retired as an astronaut soon after the shuttle program ended in 2011, yet agreed to medical testing as part of the unprecedented twins study that got under way well before Scott’s March 2015 launch from Kazakhstan. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan, File)]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Giant Ring In Space Poses Big Problem for Cosmology]]></title>

            
                            <description><![CDATA[(via Sabine Hossenfelder) Scientists say that they&rsquo;ve just detected a massive cloud of gas some 3 billion lightyears in diameter, floating in space roughly 7 billion light years away from us. This is pretty cool, but the problem is that our current models of the universe say that it (and other massive structures like it) just shouldn&rsquo;t exist. Let&rsquo;s take a look.]]></description>
                        
            <link>https://www.realclearscience.com/video/2026/06/04/giant_ring_in_space_poses_big_problem_for_cosmology_1186673.html</link>

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                        <author><![CDATA[Steven Pomeroy]]></author>

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            <category>Space</category>
            <pubdate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubdate>
            <pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
            <fullpubdate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026</fullpubdate>

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                    <description><![CDATA[9h exposure of the Pleiades star cluster. a star cluster in the middle of the night sky]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Watch: Banana Slug Mating Is... Interesting]]></title>

            
                            <description><![CDATA[(via Deep Look) When it comes to sex, banana slugs take things slow. But slow doesn&rsquo;t mean boring. Banana slug mating involves swapping slime, swinging heads and some light (or heavy) biting. Learn about how banana slugs procreate in this video - we promise it won&rsquo;t disappoint.]]></description>
                        
            <link>https://www.realclearscience.com/video/2026/06/03/watch_banana_slug_mating_is_interesting_1186414.html</link>

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            <category>Zoology</category>
            <pubdate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubdate>
            <pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Five Weird Things We Figured Out on the ISS]]></title>

            
                            <description><![CDATA[(via SciShow) The International Space Station has been home to humans for over 25 years. And over the decades, those humans have helped scientists on the ground run a bunch of nifty science experiments in an environment you just can't replicate down here on Earth's surface. What happens to moss in the vacuum of space? What happens to spiderwebs in microgravity? What happens to a burning source of fuel? All this and more in this SciShow List Show.]]></description>
                        
            <link>https://www.realclearscience.com/video/2026/06/03/five_weird_things_we_figured_out_on_the_iss_1186415.html</link>

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            <category>Space</category>
            <pubdate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubdate>
            <pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
            <fullpubdate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026</fullpubdate>

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                    <title><![CDATA[Space Station]]></title>
                    <link>https://www.realclearscience.com/video/2026/06/03/five_weird_things_we_figured_out_on_the_iss_1186415.html</link>
                    <description><![CDATA[In this image from video provided by NASA, the International Space Station is seen as astronauts in the SpaceX Dragon capsule undock on Monday, Nov. 8, 2021, (NASA via AP)]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[The World's Largest Emerald Shouldn't Exist]]></title>

            
                            <description><![CDATA[(via SciShow) We know gemstones are beautiful and highly desirable. But there's one specific gem that's been fought over for decades, and it even has a restraining order filed on it. This is the story of the Bahia emerald, its unlikely legal battle, and the strange geology that lets it exist in the first place.]]></description>
                        
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            <category>Earth Science</category>
            <pubdate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubdate>
            <pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
            <fullpubdate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026</fullpubdate>

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            <title><![CDATA[The 1874 Paper That Broke Mathematics]]></title>

            
                            <description><![CDATA[(via Quanta Magazine) For thousands of years, mathematicians avoided the concept of infinity. Then, in 1874, Georg Cantor published a four-page paper that changed mathematics forever. Hidden inside was a shocking claim: some infinities are larger than others. Today, Cantor is celebrated as the father of set theory and one of the great mathematical revolutionaries. But newly uncovered letters reveal a far more complicated story &mdash; one involving collaboration, secrecy, and plagiarism.]]></description>
                        
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            <category>Math</category>
            <pubdate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubdate>
            <pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
            <fullpubdate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026</fullpubdate>

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            <title><![CDATA[Einstein’s 'Biggest Blunder' Was Actually Right]]></title>

            
                            <description><![CDATA[(via NOVA PBS) To keep the universe static, Albert Einstein invented something called the cosmological constant. He later abandoned it. Decades afterward, astronomers discovered the universe&rsquo;s expansion is accelerating&mdash;reviving Einstein&rsquo;s controversial idea.]]></description>
                        
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            <category>Physics</category>
            <pubdate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubdate>
            <pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
            <fullpubdate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026</fullpubdate>

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                    <description><![CDATA[This image released March 21, 2013 by the ESA and Planck Collaboration shows the afterglow of the Big Bang, the cosmic microwave background, as detected by the European Space Agency\'s Planck space probe. The radiation was imprinted on the sky when the universe was 370,000 years old. It shows tiny temperature fluctuations that correspond to regions of slightly different densities, representing the seeds of all future structure: the stars and galaxies of today. (AP Photo/ESA, Planck Collaboration via NASA)]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[How Does Google Maps Actually Work?]]></title>

            
                            <description><![CDATA[The math behind Google Maps.]]></description>
                        
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            <category>Technology</category>
            <pubdate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubdate>
            <pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
            <fullpubdate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026</fullpubdate>

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            <title><![CDATA[We May Not Be Ready for Quantum Computers]]></title>

            
                            <description><![CDATA[(via New Scientist) On Q-Day, your privacy will be at stake. This is the moment when quantum computers break the encryption protecting the modern world, bank transactions become readable, private messages get exposed and even state secrets become vulnerable.]]></description>
                        
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            <category>Technology</category>
            <pubdate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubdate>
            <pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
            <fullpubdate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026</fullpubdate>

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                    <link>https://www.realclearscience.com/video/2026/06/01/we_may_not_be_ready_for_quantum_computers_1185914.html</link>
                    <description><![CDATA[brown and black abstract painting]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Why the Universe Won't Let You See an Atom]]></title>

            
                            <description><![CDATA[(via Be Smart) If everything around us is made of atoms, why can&rsquo;t we actually see them? From ancient philosophy to quantum mechanics, electron microscopes, and the strange limits of human perception, let&rsquo;s explore one of science&rsquo;s deepest questions: what does it really mean to &ldquo;see&rdquo; something?]]></description>
                        
            <link>https://www.realclearscience.com/video/2026/05/29/why_the_universe_wont_let_you_see_an_atom_1185513.html</link>

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            <category>Physics</category>
            <pubdate>Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubdate>
            <pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
            <fullpubdate>Fri, 29 May 2026</fullpubdate>

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                    <link>https://www.realclearscience.com/video/2026/05/29/why_the_universe_wont_let_you_see_an_atom_1185513.html</link>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Hidden Pollution of AI Data Centers]]></title>

            
                            <description><![CDATA[(via PBS Terra) We investigated one of the world&rsquo;s largest AI data centers, using thermal drone footage to reveal the hidden pollution powering the AI boom. As companies race to build the future of artificial intelligence, residents and experts warn that fossil fuels, secrecy, and weak regulation may be putting communities at risk.]]></description>
                        
            <link>https://www.realclearscience.com/video/2026/05/29/the_hidden_pollution_of_ai_data_centers_1185515.html</link>

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            <category>Energy</category>
            <pubdate>Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubdate>
            <pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
            <fullpubdate>Fri, 29 May 2026</fullpubdate>

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                    <title><![CDATA[Data Centers Georgia]]></title>
                    <link>https://www.realclearscience.com/video/2026/05/29/the_hidden_pollution_of_ai_data_centers_1185515.html</link>
                    <description><![CDATA[FILE - Meta's Stanton Springs Data Center is seen Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in Newton County, East of Atlanta. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Where Are Humans Actually From?]]></title>

            
                            <description><![CDATA[(via SciShow) We know humans evolved in Africa. But that's a big place, so do we know where on this massive continent our ancestors first became, well, us? Let's unpack the evidence by talking about the oldest known lineage of humans and track their and our migration all across Africa and the world.]]></description>
                        
            <link>https://www.realclearscience.com/video/2026/05/29/where_are_humans_actually_from_1185520.html</link>

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            <category>I Wonder...</category>
            <pubdate>Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubdate>
            <pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
            <fullpubdate>Fri, 29 May 2026</fullpubdate>

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                    <title><![CDATA[Brazil Rio Museum Fire Artifacts]]></title>
                    <link>https://www.realclearscience.com/video/2026/05/29/where_are_humans_actually_from_1185520.html</link>
                    <description><![CDATA[This undated handout photo provided by Riotur shows the oldest human fossil found in Brazil, dubbed Luzia, at the National Museum of Brazil in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Flames tore through the museum Sunday night, and officials have said much of Latin America's largest collection of treasures might be lost. (Alexandre Macieira/Riotur via AP)]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[What Living in Antarctica Is Really Like]]></title>

            
                            <description><![CDATA[(via NOVA PBS) People come to Antarctica for science, but many stay for the community, the adventure, and the strange magic of living at the edge of the world.]]></description>
                        
            <link>https://www.realclearscience.com/video/2026/05/29/what_living_in_antarctica_is_really_like_1185521.html</link>

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            <category>Earth Science</category>
            <pubdate>Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubdate>
            <pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
            <fullpubdate>Fri, 29 May 2026</fullpubdate>

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                    <title><![CDATA[Antarctica Assault Case]]></title>
                    <link>https://www.realclearscience.com/video/2026/05/29/what_living_in_antarctica_is_really_like_1185521.html</link>
                    <description><![CDATA[FILE - McMurdo Station, a United States Antarctic research station, is photographed from the air on Oct. 27, 2014. An AP investigation in August 2023 uncovered a pattern of women at McMurdo Station who said their claims of sexual harassment or assault were minimized by their employers, often leading to them or others being put in further danger. (National Science Foundation via AP, File)]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Unsolved Lollipop Problem]]></title>

            
                            <description><![CDATA[Lollipops and mathematics!]]></description>
                        
            <link>https://www.realclearscience.com/video/2026/05/28/the_unsolved_lollipop_problem_1185308.html</link>

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                        <author><![CDATA[Steven Pomeroy]]></author>

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            <category>Math</category>
            <pubdate>Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubdate>
            <pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
            <fullpubdate>Thu, 28 May 2026</fullpubdate>

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                    <title><![CDATA[Germany Candy Fair Brexit]]></title>
                    <link>https://www.realclearscience.com/video/2026/05/28/the_unsolved_lollipop_problem_1185308.html</link>
                    <description><![CDATA[Lollipops handmade in the EU are displayed at the international candy fair ISM in Cologne, Germany, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019. Approx. 5 % of German production of sweets, with a value of around 800 million Euro, is exported to the important United Kingdom market. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner7]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA['Hacking' the Vagus Nerve Is Mostly BS]]></title>

            
                            <description><![CDATA[(via Healthcare Triage) Let's talk about the vagus nerve, because if you've been on the internet for more than five minutes, you've probably been told to "hack" it, "reset" it, or gently whisper affirmations to it while dunking your face in ice water. What is all that supposed to do?]]></description>
                        
            <link>https://www.realclearscience.com/video/2026/05/28/hacking_the_vagus_nerve_is_mostly_bs_1185309.html</link>

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                        <author><![CDATA[Steven Pomeroy]]></author>

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            <category>Health</category>
            <pubdate>Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubdate>
            <pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
            <fullpubdate>Thu, 28 May 2026</fullpubdate>

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                    <title><![CDATA[PULSETTO]]></title>
                    <link>https://www.realclearscience.com/video/2026/05/28/hacking_the_vagus_nerve_is_mostly_bs_1185309.html</link>
                    <description><![CDATA[Stress fitness, made wearable. Pulsetto's device supports nervous system training through non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation. Image Credit: Pulsetto]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Second-to-Last Mammoths]]></title>

            
                            <description><![CDATA[(via PBS Eons) About 5,700 years ago, on a small, isolated island off the coast of Alaska, a herd of woolly mammoths crossed a treeless tundra.]]></description>
                        
            <link>https://www.realclearscience.com/video/2026/05/27/the_second-to-last_mammoths_1185026.html</link>

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            <category>Zoology</category>
            <pubdate>Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubdate>
            <pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
            <fullpubdate>Wed, 27 May 2026</fullpubdate>

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                    <link>https://www.realclearscience.com/video/2026/05/27/the_second-to-last_mammoths_1185026.html</link>
                    <description><![CDATA[a statue of an elephant and two baby elephants in front of a building]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[What Toys Have Kids Played With Throughout History?]]></title>

            
                            <description><![CDATA[(via TED-Ed) Archaeologists have found material, visual, and written evidence for toys across the ancient world. In 3000 BCE Anatolia, miniature toy carriages raced through the dirt. In the Indus Valley a thousand years later, a toddler giggled at the sound of their terracotta whistle. So, what other playthings have delighted us through history? Trace the ancient origins of toys, games, and play traditions.]]></description>
                        
            <link>https://www.realclearscience.com/video/2026/05/27/what_toys_have_kids_played_with_throughout_history_1185027.html</link>

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            <category>Archaeology</category>
            <pubdate>Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubdate>
            <pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
            <fullpubdate>Wed, 27 May 2026</fullpubdate>

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            <title><![CDATA[Earth Sucks Compared to the Planet Hestia]]></title>

            
                            <description><![CDATA[(via Kurzgesagt) Earth may seem like the perfect planet for life, but huge parts of our planet are actually hostile deserts of ice, rock, heat or darkness. Even our oceans are mostly barren voids where almost nothing can survive. But as we discover and research more exoplanets, we are beginning to wonder whether there could be worlds that are far better suited for life than Earth ever was, and where ecosystems flourish on a scale we can barely even imagine.]]></description>
                        
            <link>https://www.realclearscience.com/video/2026/05/27/earth_sucks_compared_to_the_planet_hestia_1185028.html</link>

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            <category>Biology</category>
            <pubdate>Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubdate>
            <pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
            <fullpubdate>Wed, 27 May 2026</fullpubdate>

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            <title><![CDATA[Atomic Clocks Prove Reality Is Stranger Than You Think]]></title>

            
                            <description><![CDATA[(via NOVA PBS) Modern life runs on some of the strangest ideas ever discovered.]]></description>
                        
            <link>https://www.realclearscience.com/video/2026/05/23/atomic_clocks_prove_reality_is_stranger_than_you_think_1184439.html</link>

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            <category>Physics</category>
            <pubdate>Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubdate>
            <pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[New Super-Accurate Optical Atomic Clocks Pass Critical Test]]></title>
                    <link>https://www.realclearscience.com/video/2026/05/23/atomic_clocks_prove_reality_is_stranger_than_you_think_1184439.html</link>
                    <description><![CDATA[Caption: Researchers have measured this ytterbium optical clock’s ticking with record-breaking accuracy. The new work is a step toward redefining the length of a second based on time kept by an optical clock. Credit: Nate Phillips, NIST]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Black Holes Might End in a Frozen Big Bang]]></title>

            
                            <description><![CDATA[(via PBS Space Time) For a while back there we might be able to avoid the black hole. They&rsquo;d been lurking as shadows in our theories of gravity forever. Enough mass crammed into a small enough space would lead to a gravitational field at the surface from which not even light could escape from a surrounding surface that we call the event horizon. The event horizon generates paradoxes that worry physicists, and the singularity of infinite density within the black hole worries them even more.]]></description>
                        
            <link>https://www.realclearscience.com/video/2026/05/22/black_holes_might_end_in_a_frozen_big_bang_1184258.html</link>

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            <category>Physics</category>
            <pubdate>Fri, 22 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubdate>
            <pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
            <fullpubdate>Fri, 22 May 2026</fullpubdate>

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            <title><![CDATA[The Perfect Storm Hasn’t Happened Yet. But It Will.]]></title>

            
                            <description><![CDATA[(via PBS Terra) After two devastating hurricanes in two decades, New York City is racing to prepare for the true superstorm, one that combines the storm surge of Sandy with the record rainfall of Ida. The innovation and investment are unprecedented but the warming climate is quickly raising the sea level, and the stakes. ]]></description>
                        
            <link>https://www.realclearscience.com/video/2026/05/22/the_perfect_storm_hasnt_happened_yet_but_it_will_1184259.html</link>

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            <category>Climate</category>
            <pubdate>Fri, 22 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubdate>
            <pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
            <fullpubdate>Fri, 22 May 2026</fullpubdate>

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            <title><![CDATA[Watch: How Atlas Learned to Lift a Fridge]]></title>

            
                            <description><![CDATA[(via Boston Dynamics) Just months after its debut, Atlas is proving why it is the world&rsquo;s most capable and dynamic humanoid robot, ready for real work. Lifting a mini-fridge is a feat of strength, but the true breakthrough is in the underlying reinforcement learning and controls systems. The robot is learning to navigate real world adaptability: handling heavy objects by bracing and accounting for the mass and inertia; using whole-body control, not just hands to maneuver; and demonstrating superhuman range of motion and balance. This marks a critical shift in robotics where humanoids...]]></description>
                        
            <link>https://www.realclearscience.com/video/2026/05/21/watch_how_atlas_learned_to_lift_a_fridge_1184023.html</link>

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            <category>Technology</category>
            <pubdate>Thu, 21 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubdate>
            <pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
            <fullpubdate>Thu, 21 May 2026</fullpubdate>

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                    <link>https://www.realclearscience.com/video/2026/05/21/watch_how_atlas_learned_to_lift_a_fridge_1184023.html</link>
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            <title><![CDATA[Why Is Getting Bitten by a Rabid Animal So Dangerous?]]></title>

            
                            <description><![CDATA[(via TEDEd) In 1885, Joseph Meister was bit in 14 places by a rabid dog. His mother rushed him to Paris for an experimental vaccine from Louis Pasteur, and he became the first rabies-vaccinated person to survive. Today, without proper intervention, rabies remains deadly in almost all cases. So, what makes it so dangerous to humans? Charles Rupprecht explores what makes this infectious disease so lethal.]]></description>
                        
            <link>https://www.realclearscience.com/video/2026/05/20/why_is_getting_bitten_by_a_rabid_animal_so_dangerous_1183779.html</link>

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            <category>Health</category>
            <pubdate>Wed, 20 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubdate>
            <pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[India World Zoonoses Day]]></title>
                    <link>https://www.realclearscience.com/video/2026/05/20/why_is_getting_bitten_by_a_rabid_animal_so_dangerous_1183779.html</link>
                    <description><![CDATA[A woman gets her dog vaccinated on World Zoonoses Day in Hyderabad, India, Friday, July 6, 2012. Indian Immunologicals Ltd. (IIL), the largest veterinary biological company in the country, organized a large scale free rabies vaccination camp for pet and stray dogs on the occasion of World Zoonoses Day. A zoonosis is a disease that is transmitted from animals to humans. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Can We Describe the Whole Universe With a Single Number?]]></title>

            
                            <description><![CDATA[(via SciShow) How many numbers do we need to describe reality? If you're a particle physicist, it currently hovers around 30, describing things like the mass of the electron or the strength of gravity. But some physicists think you can go even lower: to just three...or even more radically, ZERO. What are these numbers, and why are the rest so unimportant?]]></description>
                        
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            <category>Physics</category>
            <pubdate>Wed, 20 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubdate>
            <pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
            <fullpubdate>Wed, 20 May 2026</fullpubdate>

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            <title><![CDATA[The Most Cited Science Papers of All Time]]></title>

            
                            <description><![CDATA[(via SciShow) These are the most cited papers in materials science, computer science, physics, biology, and chemistry. Learn why graphene, deep residual learning, generalized gradient approximation, SDS-PAGE, and the Lowry assay are so popular.]]></description>
                        
            <link>https://www.realclearscience.com/video/2026/05/19/the_most_cited_science_papers_of_all_time_1183501.html</link>

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            <category>Social Science</category>
            <pubdate>Tue, 19 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubdate>
            <pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
            <fullpubdate>Tue, 19 May 2026</fullpubdate>

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                    <title><![CDATA[INBRAIN Neuroelectronics Announces FDA Breakthrough Device Designation for Its Graphene-Based Intelligent Network Modulation Platform]]></title>
                    <link>https://www.realclearscience.com/video/2026/05/19/the_most_cited_science_papers_of_all_time_1183501.html</link>
                    <description><![CDATA[INBRAIN graphene-based, high-resolution cortical brain interface © INBRAIN Neuroelectronics (Photo: Business Wire)]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Perpetual Motion Machine Raises $12M from Investors]]></title>

            
                            <description><![CDATA[(via Sabine Hossenfelder) The company Casimir Inc promises "unlimited power" from the vacuum by using the Casimir effect. Here is why you shouldn't believe what they say. ]]></description>
                        
            <link>https://www.realclearscience.com/video/2026/05/18/perpetual_motion_machine_raises_12m_from_investors_1183203.html</link>

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            <category>Physics</category>
            <pubdate>Mon, 18 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubdate>
            <pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
            <fullpubdate>Mon, 18 May 2026</fullpubdate>

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                    <link>https://www.realclearscience.com/video/2026/05/18/perpetual_motion_machine_raises_12m_from_investors_1183203.html</link>
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            <title><![CDATA[NASA’s INSANE Nuclear Space Mission]]></title>

            
                            <description><![CDATA[(via Kyle Hill)&nbsp;NASA just announced a crazy new mission with an incredibly ambitious schedule: the agency wants to fly the first nuclear-powered interplanetary spacecraft to Mars in late 2028. It&rsquo;s called Space Reactor-1 Freedom. How are they going to pull it off? How does a nuclear spacecraft work? Noted space enjoyer (personal) Dr.*Kyle Hill explains.]]></description>
                        
            <link>https://www.realclearscience.com/video/2026/05/18/nasas_insane_nuclear_space_mission_1183204.html</link>

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            <category>Space</category>
            <pubdate>Mon, 18 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubdate>
            <pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
            <fullpubdate>Mon, 18 May 2026</fullpubdate>

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            <title><![CDATA[The Mystery of the Missing Deep-Sea Fish]]></title>

            
                            <description><![CDATA[(via PBS Eons) Despite starting out in the water, the fossil record suggests that vertebrates conquered both the land and the air before they conquered the depths. ]]></description>
                        
            <link>https://www.realclearscience.com/video/2026/05/16/the_mystery_of_the_missing_deep-sea_fish_1183098.html</link>

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            <category>Biology</category>
            <pubdate>Sat, 16 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubdate>
            <pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
            <fullpubdate>Sat, 16 May 2026</fullpubdate>

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                    <link>https://www.realclearscience.com/video/2026/05/16/the_mystery_of_the_missing_deep-sea_fish_1183098.html</link>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Pentagon's Wind Farm UFO Video, Explained]]></title>

            
                            <description><![CDATA[(via Mick West) A video that some call impossible to explain actually has a very plausible explanation. But you might not like it. ]]></description>
                        
            <link>https://www.realclearscience.com/video/2026/05/16/the_pentagons_wind_farm_ufo_video_explained_1183099.html</link>

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            <category>Controversial</category>
            <pubdate>Sat, 16 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubdate>
            <pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
            <fullpubdate>Sat, 16 May 2026</fullpubdate>

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                    <link>https://www.realclearscience.com/video/2026/05/16/the_pentagons_wind_farm_ufo_video_explained_1183099.html</link>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Weird Reason Rabies Is So Deadly]]></title>

            
                            <description><![CDATA[(via Minute Earth) Rabies is the one of the deadliest diseases we know of; if you don&rsquo;t get treatment soon after getting exposed, you&rsquo;re almost certain to die. But rabies&rsquo; intent isn&rsquo;t actually to kill &ndash; it's to control.]]></description>
                        
            <link>https://www.realclearscience.com/video/2026/05/15/the_weird_reason_rabies_is_so_deadly_1182875.html</link>

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            <category>Health</category>
            <pubdate>Fri, 15 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubdate>
            <pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
            <fullpubdate>Fri, 15 May 2026</fullpubdate>

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                    <title><![CDATA[Cuddly Germs]]></title>
                    <link>https://www.realclearscience.com/video/2026/05/15/the_weird_reason_rabies_is_so_deadly_1182875.html</link>
                    <description><![CDATA[In this Nov. 24, 2010 photo, from left, Rabies, yogurt and E. Coli are represented in stuffed toys by Drew Oliver, owner of Giant Microbes, seen in his Stamford, Conn. offices. The onetime Harvard Lampoon editor turned a sense of humor into a growing business of stuffed toy germs. Once found mostly in pediatricians' offices and the labs of off-kilter university professors, his cuddly stuffed germs has spawned a Facebook fan club and subculture of eager collectors. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Infinity Isn't a Number. It's Weirder.]]></title>

            
                            <description><![CDATA[(via Be Smart) Infinity sounds simple. It just means really, really big, right? But something weird happens when you try to do infinite things in a finite amount of time. Let's explore paradoxes, supertasks, and the bizarre mathematics that show how infinity is something far stranger than just a number.]]></description>
                        
            <link>https://www.realclearscience.com/video/2026/05/14/infinity_isnt_a_number_its_weirder_1182874.html</link>

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            <category>Math</category>
            <pubdate>Fri, 15 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubdate>
            <pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
            <fullpubdate>Fri, 15 May 2026</fullpubdate>

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                    <link>https://www.realclearscience.com/video/2026/05/14/infinity_isnt_a_number_its_weirder_1182874.html</link>
                    <description><![CDATA[This was made before Zuckerberg announced Meta and its logo - honest! ;). a blue and red object with a long curved tail]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Real AI Wall]]></title>

            
                            <description><![CDATA[(via Sabine Hossenfelder) Current AI technology seems to be making decent progress despite concerns about it slowing over time. But while AI is slowly becoming more &ldquo;intelligent&rdquo;, the industry is running into another problem: energy supply. Let&rsquo;s take a look at why energy is quickly becoming a major problem for progress in AI.]]></description>
                        
            <link>https://www.realclearscience.com/video/2026/05/14/the_real_ai_wall_1182541.html</link>

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            <category>Energy</category>
            <pubdate>Thu, 14 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubdate>
            <pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
            <fullpubdate>Thu, 14 May 2026</fullpubdate>

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                    <title><![CDATA[Labor Unions Data Centers]]></title>
                    <link>https://www.realclearscience.com/video/2026/05/14/the_real_ai_wall_1182541.html</link>
                    <description><![CDATA[FILE - A data center owned by Amazon Web Services, front right, is under construction next to the Susquehanna nuclear power plant in Berwick, Pa., Jan. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Magic of Thorium Nuclear Reactors]]></title>

            
                            <description><![CDATA[(via Minutephysics) This video looks at how thorium reactors generate more fissile material than they consume!]]></description>
                        
            <link>https://www.realclearscience.com/video/2026/05/14/the_magic_of_thorium_nuclear_reactors_1182321.html</link>

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            <category>Energy</category>
            <pubdate>Thu, 14 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubdate>
            <pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
            <fullpubdate>Thu, 14 May 2026</fullpubdate>

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                    <title><![CDATA[ID-IDAHO-STRATEGIC]]></title>
                    <link>https://www.realclearscience.com/video/2026/05/14/the_magic_of_thorium_nuclear_reactors_1182321.html</link>
                    <description><![CDATA[The image above is a color relief image displaying the thorium counts per second divided by the total counts per second (K + Th + U).]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[What Newton and Einstein Agree On That Society Doesn't]]></title>

            
                            <description><![CDATA[(via Big Think) Time feels like the most obvious, standard metric in our world &ndash; until you ask a physicist like Sean Carroll about it. Underneath our widely accepted perceptions of linearity lies a much more interesting and complex world. ]]></description>
                        
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            <category>Physics</category>
            <pubdate>Thu, 14 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubdate>
            <pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
            <fullpubdate>Thu, 14 May 2026</fullpubdate>

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