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Benjamin Franklin poured a single teaspoon of oil onto a pond on Clapham Common in 1774 and watched it flatten half an acre of rippled water, an afternoons party trick that a century later gave physicists their first honest estimate of the size of a mole
Brendan Brown
Benjamin Franklin had a habit that made him a great scientist and a slightly eccentric houseguest: he could not stop poking at things nobody else thought were questions. For years he had heard sailo ...[Continue Reading]
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Paramount Wins Warner Bros Takeover After Settling States, Union Lawsuits
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Paramount Skydance emerged victorious on Sept. 21 from a legal battle over its $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery after settling with a California-led group of US states and a Hollywoo ...[Continue Reading]
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A24s Primetime Crash Course: Your Toolkit for a Well-Informed Conversation
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Even as a longtime film buff, it can feel intimidating to talk with other film buffs about new movies. Theres always somebody whos more well-informed than you about this genre, or that filmmaker, or ...[Continue Reading]
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UN General Assembly 2026: When is it, who is speaking and when?
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On Tuesday, nearly 130 heads of state and government are expected to begin taking the podium at the annual United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York as the high-level general debate opens. ...[Continue Reading]
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Gov. Hochul Says New Yorks New AI Compliance Office Could Explore Kill Switch
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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is launching a new office to monitor safety compliance for massive artificial intelligence companies, echoing calls by fellow Democrat California Gov. Gavin Newsom to explo ...[Continue Reading]
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Philip R. Lane: Interview with Le Temps
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22 September 2026 How does the ECB assess the ongoing energy crisis? Essentially, we experienced an initial wave of energy price increases in March and April this year, and then some optimism afte ...[Continue Reading]
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