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Thursday, July 2, 2026

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articleQuanta Magazine
Astrophysicists Puzzle Over Webb’s New Universe

Webb keeps finding galaxies and black holes that shouldn't exist in the early universe. The standard model of cosmology is sweating. Quanta surveys the competing theories trying to explain what's going wrong.

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videoSabine Hossenfelder
The Biggest Argument for Dark Matter Just Died

The Bullet Cluster was THE proof of dark matter for decades. Hossenfelder walks through why physicists are now saying it's not. Nearly 10K views/hr and climbing.

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article404 Media
Companies Are Throttling Employees’ AI Use Because It’s Too Expensive

Leaked data from Amazon, Adobe, Atlassian, and Citi: companies are quietly capping employee AI use because the bills got insane. The gap between the hype cycle and the expense report.

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podcastPlanet Money
Can the Trump administration make college cheaper?

The theory: cap student loans and colleges will have to cut prices. Starting today, the government is actually trying it. Planet Money traces a 40-year-old idea finally meeting reality.

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articleResponsible Statecraft
Does the Pentagon even know who its boat strikes are killing?

215 people killed in 63 U.S. airstrikes on small boats in the Caribbean since September. Almost no oversight, minimal media coverage. The legal justification is paper-thin.

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