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Benjamin Walker is a senior lecturer in organizational behavior at Te Herenga Waka–Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand. He studies experts and expertise, the work-identity interface, ...

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Weighing in at 0.6 solar mass, HOPS-315 should someday grow to become a star much like our own sun; this makes it a promising ...

So physicists have been on the hunt for any sign of difference between matter and antimatter, known in the field as a ...