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  • The memory dealer of Old Jeddah

    The memory dealer of Old Jeddah0

    The holographic minaret of Al-Shafi’i drilled the Adhan straight into the mastoid bone behind my ear. A neural vibration, not a sound. Maghrib. Above the coral houses of Al-Balad, the Ministry’s drones buzzed back to their hives, glutted on our biometric data. I sat on my synthetic rug in a shop squeezed between a hissing

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  • How big is Big G? Mystery deepens after ten-year effort to measure gravity’s strength

    How big is Big G? Mystery deepens after ten-year effort to measure gravity’s strength0

    Stephan Schlamminger (left) and colleague Vincent Lee with the equipment used to measure big G.Credit: R. Eskalis/NIST The value of the constant that describes the gravitational pull between objects, Big G, continues to baffle scientists. A decade-long replication experiment1 that involved moving equipment across the Atlantic has resulted in a number that disagrees with previous

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  • Four rising stars shaping the future of cancer research

    Four rising stars shaping the future of cancer research0

    In laboratories and hospitals around the world, a new generation of cancer researchers is working on the treatments and technologies of tomorrow. Some have turned their focus to improving imaging techniques for diagnostics; others are developing minimally invasive tests for early detection. Despite the differences in their work, they are united in achieving a common

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