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LK-99 superconductor breakthrough could mark 'new era'

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Explore More Imagine riding a levitating train at speeds of 14,000 miles per hour — cutting the trip from New York to Los Angeles to just 20 minutes. A team of South Korean researchers say the science fiction fantasy is closer to reality than ever before with what they claim is a revolutionary breakthrough in superconductors. The researchers published their findings July 22 — immediately sending the close-knit scientific community into a viral lather. Read More...

Hamptons restaurateurs clash with 'party police' over post-COVID crackdowns

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Restaurateurs are locked in an epic clash over outdoor dining with local officials in the Hamptons, whose inspectors increasingly have begun to enforce a return to pre-pandemic rules.  Restaurants from Southampton to Montauk who claim they have depended on extra seating to survive during the pandemic gripe that they have been hit by fresh waves of “over-the-top” inspections and fines for exceeding capacity that are ruining their livelihoods during the critical money-making summer months. Read More...

Is Donald Trump sexist? - The Washington Post

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While reading one of Donald Trump’s recent Truth Social posts, my eyes focused on two words and a slash. “A PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES MUST HAVE FULL IMMUNITY, WITHOUT WHICH IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE FOR HIM/HER TO PROPERLY FUNCTION.” Him/her. It seemed like such an oddly mindful accommodation. Here was Trump grandiosely declaring his office above the law, but in the course of doing so he was going out of the way to note that a woman could be president, too. Read More...