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A half-century search effectively proves matter made almost entirely of gluons

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After a half-century search, Beijing's BESIII collider effectively proved the glueball, matter made almost entirely of gluons, while Linus Torvalds released a kernel candidate with a flood of fixes due to review by AI tools, calling it the new normal.

Reporting date: 2026-08-12 (not necessarily the event date)

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A half-century search effectively proves matter made almost entirely of gluons
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Reporting date: 2026-08-12
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Claim: After a half-century search, Beijing's BESIII collider effectively proved the glueball, matter made almost entirely of gluons, while Linus Torvalds released a kernel candidate with a flood of fixes due to review by AI tools, calling it the new normal.
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