<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 22:23:35 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/cosmology/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[When Reality Is Not Solid]]></title><description><![CDATA[The image was generated by AI (Gemini) Sometimes I wonder if reality is really as solid as the chair I sit on, or if it is something far more strange and fragile beneath the surface. The first time I seriously]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@kharrazi/when-reality-is-not-solid</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@kharrazi/when-reality-is-not-solid</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-161155]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[kharrazi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 00:28:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3DLAmCsuTe3ba2VJAE1ZhN2oVhekeqoshg9DUnSyUd2Cnt4YtUMpZp3sDPPg8PqsDpmmR9UE7v4Rjxd1vzH87uNix6R2cJgH98RAqabdzZFxK3R54LHYTcMRCw7W4EXqHY2qgqEvJTFRs7tFCy8HKWqiAbAiRze?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Universal Fractal: The Anatomy of the Mandelbrot Set]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ananda: Welcome back. I'm here with FractalWoman expanding on the ideas we dicussed in our previous conversations. Today, I want to talk more about the Mandelbrot fractal in terms of the overall structure]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fractals/@fractalwoman/the-universal-fractal-the-anatomy-of-the-mandelbrot-set</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fractals/@fractalwoman/the-universal-fractal-the-anatomy-of-the-mandelbrot-set</guid><category><![CDATA[fractals]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[fractalwoman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 23:51:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/YpihifdXP4WNbGMdjw7e3DuhJWBvCw4SfuLZsrnJYHEpsqZFkiGGNCQ3zCckYkJzDp9F7b1fcNdYthf6BofSRDumcpeVnYxVUvkXAssFdn5bnzGsNEDJWuir6a4PJUAspMw317EmAes5tnHwShNjbBkZhv6brc3YYKi8iwxoXTpi?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Universal Fractal: Challenging the Standard Model]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ananda: Hello and welcome back. I am here with FractalWoman on a journey of discovery into all things "fractal". So far we’ve talked about what fractals are, and how they show up all over nature]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fractal/@fractalwoman/the-universal-fractal-challenging-the-standard-model</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fractal/@fractalwoman/the-universal-fractal-challenging-the-standard-model</guid><category><![CDATA[fractal]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[fractalwoman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 17 Jan 2026 21:50:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Fractal Universe: What is a Fractal?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ananda: So here is my first and most obvious question. I hear the word “fractal” gets thrown around a lot these days. But what exactly IS a fractal? FractalWoman: What does it actually mean to be a fractal?]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fractal/@fractalwoman/the-fractal-universe-what-is-a-fractal</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fractal/@fractalwoman/the-fractal-universe-what-is-a-fractal</guid><category><![CDATA[fractal]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[fractalwoman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 17 Jan 2026 04:00:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/YpihifdXP4WNbGMdjw7e3DuhJWBvCw4SfuLZsrnJYHEpsqZFkiGGNCQ3zCckYkJzDp9F7b1fcNeAn7BXY4ncJU6q4e3MRQCYRKrAyhcN4JKiSJ73ijnoG4zYS4LB7ikMavipnVRExnpRrbLS3guU6DkmncBmdvHVVYXfwTp7yrGW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Introduction: The Universal Fractal (A Conversation with FractalWoman)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ananda: Are you the kind of person who lays awake at night and wonders about the mysteries of the universe? 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Представьте: вы сидите в уютном кресле, смотрите в ночное небо и вдруг думаете — а вдруг вся эта огромная]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/science/@romanskv/zagadka-vselennoj-a-chto-esli-ona-kak-gigantskaya-uprugaya-tkan-bez-vzryva-i-sverhskorostej</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/science/@romanskv/zagadka-vselennoj-a-chto-esli-ona-kak-gigantskaya-uprugaya-tkan-bez-vzryva-i-sverhskorostej</guid><category><![CDATA[science]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[romanskv]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2025 21:46:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/21PRtjKRXPQygJ5a3PGGYDPnjXCKLZ2yoffZufh9VhW5Fcvz9v6FLfp1cchsrD9meb1VV33huSjGMKUqjTLxYCuJfpk4FdDmjxYQRghxsZAdwjbbHmHXzzAJMTLbxqfv8NDQb7zxaenisthHbtVmWQW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Another bizarre comet SWAN discovered even bigger than recent 3I/ATLAS.]]></title><description><![CDATA[If you thought the discovery of comet 3I/ATLAS was bizarre, then you'll be blown away by an even more recent discovery of yet another original space object. 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I had expected something overtly scientific, something]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-180164/@chris-chris92/listening-to-the-stars-carl-sagans-contact-connects-us-back-to-ourselves</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-180164/@chris-chris92/listening-to-the-stars-carl-sagans-contact-connects-us-back-to-ourselves</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-180164]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[chris-chris92]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2025 21:03:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCDw7zixZR182JbFKvgzJ9YwsFpTVcRaGCmsqhA1unTgpqTvRLrgcPCG7aHbT6yQkEBHafi8XJcja9bpCnYLMZ1ai4Xfm9q4DMQApCsU7v6BCobS65vFumm2ssky4uNScF9APHf9zmistEU4gV2n9ivnFPc2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is It Time For The Big bang To Be Overthrown?]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's been a relatively long while folks.🤠 To be honest I missed this place and I believe this place did miss me too. 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Become]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-128780/@mes/gydpcbln</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-128780/@mes/gydpcbln</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-128780]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2025 08:31:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/99pyU5Ga1kwr5bsMXthzYLbcngN4W2P8NtU9TWTdHC3HaQbjuuRfHesJoVxX1S5oqWce3twQERKCS2K3ih8oxFHpVt34CnLkj73MJQCE9Ja1wRFBFe6TuUwxVyyPfUm5Se?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seeding the Neighbourhood -  K2-18b & Chill]]></title><description><![CDATA[I am always fascinated by new discoveries, as are we all, and I am constantly reminded that I know nothing, I have been taking some time to do some revision of the basics of late, which has been at a steady]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/space/@mgi-77/seeding-the-neighbourhood-k2-18b-and-chill</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/space/@mgi-77/seeding-the-neighbourhood-k2-18b-and-chill</guid><category><![CDATA[space]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mgi-77]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2025 07:47:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5ShzsKnKF7vqASPAqXGPan36goyU7yqWQqyzTTTCqXBdfESQ48KSb3GXHqzYdRjTyn6VNHsLgmHysmMCQr8BZqwXxDi47dWfQHSXkPp527Z2oXnWxvoYPRrzLQxBYDzFtL1K5bVrHJcGNybexchnk2Bx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING]]></title><description><![CDATA[Yeah, I mean ... 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