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When working with larger data sets it becomes very expensive to use observables for example in my case just observable(() => ObservableHint.plain(largeObject)).get ...

Explore the science of cloaking as light bends around objects, making them vanish before your eyes. This experiment demonstrates how materials can render things almost invisible in real life!

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The great auk looks like a penguin, but it's not. A taxidermied penguin-looking seabird at the Cincinnati Museum Center was the last of its kind in the world. That finding was confirmed by scientists ...