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An outrageously strange paper claims, among other things, that there's a black hole at the center of the Earth. Sometthing's fishy.

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Don't worry — there's a perfectly reasonable explanation.

Strange Research Paper Claims There's a Black Hole at the Center of the Earth

To show solidarity with ongoing Black Lives Matter protests and to draw attention to racism in their workplaces, black academics are organizing a strike.

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"I feel pushed to make decisions, go to meetings, and to 'show up.' I'm just not ready."

Black Researchers Are Holding an Academic Strike to Support BLM

Academics in South Korea are naming kids — theirs, their friends, or others — as coauthors on their papers to help with college admissions.

I'm Helping!

"I don't like colleges emphasizing publications in admission process because high school students cannot be involved in research seriously."

Professors are Naming Their Kids as Co-authors in Academic Papers

Now, Motherboard reports, MIT students are calling for the termination of a third academic associated with Epstein — this one even closer to the financier.

MIT Meltdown

On the first day of a quantum computing course, the professor allegedly launched into a "monologue" about his relationship with the famous sex criminal.

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