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Everything that belongs to science. Sometimes philosophy & psychology, just to think a little deeper. Maybe I'm a mad scientist. Join the madness if u dare 🧠

Joined June 2023
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That little smuggled sandwich became part of space history. A few crumbs were enough to show NASA that bread wasn’t exactly made for space.
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Lions, crabs, eagles... and now cats? Space is starting to look like a cosmic zoo. The Cat's Head Nebula looks like a cat peeking through cosmic dust. Hubble reveals its visible-light structure, while JWST's infrared view exposes intricate filaments and warm dust hidden within.
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Lions, crabs, eagles... and now cats? Space is starting to look like a cosmic zoo. The Cat's Head Nebula looks like a cat peeking through cosmic dust. Hubble reveals its visible-light structure, while JWST's infrared view exposes intricate filaments and warm dust hidden within.
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The Cat's Head sits inside the Carina Nebula, about 7,500 light-years away. Its glowing eye may be a young star still buried in dust, but that is unconfirmed. The pillar is opaque in Hubble's visible light and turns see-through in Webb's infrared. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI.
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Scientists just rebuilt the first 2 billion years of the universe on a computer. The box is 1.5 billion light-years wide, over 100 times the volume of earlier ones. It ran on more than 15,000 GPUs.If JWST disagrees with it, what breaks first, the model or the physics?
Caption: A composite image of Lumina’s scales of simulation, depicting (from left to right) the streaming velocities of subatomic particles and dark matter in the beginning of simulation; gas structures during helium reionization, color-coded by how

ALT Caption: A composite image of Lumina’s scales of simulation, depicting (from left to right) the streaming velocities of subatomic particles and dark matter in the beginning of simulation; gas structures during helium reionization, color-coded by how

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Lumina simulation. Lead author Oliver Zier, Center for Astrophysics, Harvard & Smithsonian. MNRAS, 27 Oct 2026. Ran on Frontier at Oak Ridge. First of its kind to follow helium reionization live. "Largest" is the authors' claim. It makes predictions, not proof.
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A planet with a molten surface should have no air. The heat should have stripped it away. JWST says TOI-561 b, 280 light-years away, seems to keep a thick atmosphere. Clouds of rock may act as its sunscreen.
An artist’s concept of the lava world TOI-561 b and its star. Credit: CryoDragon Inc.

ALT An artist’s concept of the lava world TOI-561 b and its star. Credit: CryoDragon Inc.

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Lead: Lisa Dang (Univ. of Waterloo) with Anjali Piette (Univ. of Birmingham). The Astronomical Journal, 27 Oct 2026. The dayside was cooler than predicted and reflects about 75% of starlight. Rock clouds come from models. Composition is unknown. More JWST data is planned.
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About 30% of older adults with Alzheimer's brain changes never show symptoms. Nobody knows why. Dutch researchers found a clue. In those brains, rare immature neurons in the memory region showed stronger survival signals and less inflammation. Could we copy that protection?
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Senior author Evgenia Salta, Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience. Cell Stem Cell 2026. Donated brain tissue, three groups. Numbers of immature neurons were similar in all groups. The difference was their activity. It is an inference from tissue, not proven protection.
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An AI spotted pancreatic cancer on CT scans about 15 months before diagnosis, on average. Doctors saw nothing on those scans at the time. In the study, the AI flagged 73% of the cases. Experienced radiologists flagged 39%.
A new AI system can spot hidden signs of pancreatic cancer more than a year before diagnosis, potentially opening the door to lifesaving early treatment. Credit: Shutterstock

ALT A new AI system can spot hidden signs of pancreatic cancer more than a year before diagnosis, potentially opening the door to lifesaving early treatment. Credit: Shutterstock

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REDMOD. Study in Gut, led by Sovanlal Mukherjee and Ajit Goenka (26 Oct 2026). 219 later-diagnosed patients, 1,243 controls. Not ready for clinics. Cancer-free scans were cleared only about 81% of the time, so false alarms matter. Prospective tests needed.
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Einstein predicted that gravity could bend light. Now, Hubble is using this phenomenon to help uncover dark matter. In this image, a galaxy 4.5 billion light-years away bends and magnifies light from a galaxy nearly 8 billion light-years away. Roman will help find many more.
Image credit: NASA, ESA, and X. Huang (University of San Francisco); Processing: Gladys Kober (NASA/Catholic University of America)

ALT Image credit: NASA, ESA, and X. Huang (University of San Francisco); Processing: Gladys Kober (NASA/Catholic University of America)

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“The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.” Sun Tzu understood something most people overlook: the real victory isn't won on the battlefield. It's won through preparation, strategy, and understanding your opponent before the first move is made.
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Do u know? 🌌 In 2020, a star exploded in galaxy NGC 4568, about 60 million light-years away. Hubble had archival images of the region from years earlier, then observed the aftermath. The supernova, SN 2020fqv, gave scientists a rare look at a star's final years. Credit:@NASA
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How to be more rational and look smarter than most people: 1. Control your emotions. Never let anger, fear, or wounded pride make your decisions. Pause before reacting. The person who controls their emotions can think clearly when others lose their judgment.
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6. Speak less, explain better. You don't need complicated vocabulary to sound intelligent. Understand the subject deeply enough to explain it simply. Precision, clear reasoning, and thoughtful questions beat trying to impress everyone.
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7. Question yourself, too. Pride, envy, fear, and the need for approval can distort your judgment. The goal isn't to look smarter than everyone else. It's to become harder to fool, especially by yourself.
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