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A new show featuring decommissioned statues dispels myths of American history at a moment when President Trump is insisting on them. By J Wortham As part of the group exhibition “Monuments,” the ...

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A Sydney Ph.D. student has recreated a tiny piece of the universe inside a bottle in her laboratory, producing cosmic dust from scratch. The results shed new light on how the chemical building blocks ...

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Contributed by Kostya S. Novoselov; received November 30, 2025; accepted February 24, 2026; reviewed by Artur Davoyan and Maria Kafesaki ...