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According to Dr. Mir Faizal, Adjunct Professor at UBC Okanagan’s Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science, and his international ...

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What if the universe’s secret wasn’t hidden in a black hole or trapped in quantum foam, but coiled up literally in a tortilla? That’s the taste of the most recent cosmic controversy, as ...

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