She set a photo afire, lit a cigarette — and became a symbol for Iran protesters

With one puff of a cigarette, a woman in Canada became a global symbol of defiance against Iran's bloody crackdown on dissent ...

The single cigarette puff that became Iran’s symbol of resistance

The single puff of a cigarette that transformed a woman in Canada into Iran’s symbol of resistance - The cigarette smoke seen ...

She set a photo afire, lit a cigarette — and became a symbol of resistance for Iran protesters

With one puff of a cigarette, a woman in Canada became a global symbol of defiance against Iran's bloody crackdown on dissent ...
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Breakthrough optical processor lets AI compute at the speed of light

Researchers at Tsinghua University developed the Optical Feature Extraction Engine (OFE2), an optical engine that processes data at 12.5 GHz using light rather than electricity. Its integrated ...
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Physicists found a way to make thermodynamics work in the quantum world

More than 200 years ago, Count Rumford showed that heat isn’t a mysterious substance but something you can generate endlessly through motion. That insight laid the foundation for thermodynamics, the ...
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When Lung Cancer Fears Emerged in the 1950s, Kent Put a Filter on their Cigarettes. It Was Made From Asbestos

Mouthpiece end of an original Kent Micronite filter. Image credits: Longo et al / Cancer Research. In the early 1950s, cigarette companies in the US were starting to have a problem. For the first time ...