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Want a Different Kind of Work Trip? Try a Robot Hotel

The decision to employ robots across Henn na’s portfolio “is made on a case-by-case basis depending upon location and market conditions,” according to spokeswoman Mami Matsumoto. Generally, Henn na’s robots can improve operational efficiency by cutting labor costs. Given Japan’s ongoing labor shortage (and falling birth rate), the droids also stand ready to fill open…

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Star survives black hole and comes back for more

Lightning might not strike twice, but black holes apparently do. An international group of researchers led by Tel Aviv University astronomers observed a flare caused when a star falls onto a black hole and is destroyed. Surprisingly, this flare occurred about two years after a nearly identical flare named AT 2022dbl, from the exact same…

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