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Simulations of an elusive carbon molecule that leaves diamonds in the dust for hardness may pave the way to creating it in a lab.Known as the eight-atom body-centered cubic (BC8) phase, the configuration is expected to be up to 30 percent more resistant to compression than diamond – the hardest known stable material on Earth. Physicists from the US and Sweden ran quantum-accurate molecular-dynamics simulations on a supercomputer to see how diamond behaved under high pressure when temperatures rose to levels that ought to…

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Standing behind a parked vehicle in front of her shop loaded with some food commodities, 58-year-old Nkiruka Romanus wipes her face with the back of her palms to clean a simmering sweat. It was a hot Saturday afternoon in late January and Mrs Romanus recalled how she and her late husband started the foodstuff business with N15,000 in 1994. Mrs Romanus, popularly known as Mama Chikwado, has been in the business of selling food items such as beans, rice, flour, and sugar among others at the Olojudo market, Ido…

In a surprising turn of events, the gaming community is abuzz with excitement following the latest revelations about Grand Theft Auto VI (GTA 6), courtesy of a mysterious Redditor known as…

Spotify sucks at new music discovery. That’s not exactly a hot take considering how long users have been complaining about it over the years, but it used to be much easier to forgive when alternative services like Pandora and SoundCloud could help to make up for Spotify’s shortcomings. With the company’s domination over the music streaming industry now becoming difficult to ignore, it’s getting harder to organically find new songs and artists — especially on the Spotify platform itself.As a near-decade-long Spotify…

Delta Air Lines is leaning into luxury. The Atlanta-based carrier has announced plans to open a series of “premium” airport lounges for passengers later this year in New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport, Los Angeles, and Boston.The move follows a controversial decision last September by the airline to change its access policies to existing lounges, barring passengers in basic economy and no longer letting holders of American Express’s Delta SkyMiles Platinum card purchase a one-day pass. (Delta SkyMiles…

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Photo: Michaela Handrek-Rehle/Bloomberg (Getty Images)Meta no longer allows teenagers to receive direct messages from anyone they’re not following on Instagram, or friends with on Facebook, according to a company blog post on Thursday. The policy update aims to create a safer environment for minors on the platform, one week after Meta’s internal documents revealed that roughly 100,000 children are sexually harassed on Facebook and Instagram every single day.Nobody’s Really Watching ReelsNew Mexico’s attorney general sued…