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Why ‘x’ Denotes the Unknown
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The best science images of 2020. A new virus, wafer-thin solar cells, gene‑edited squid and more.
If you want to know why ‘x’ is used to denote the unknown, it’s because you can’t say ‘sh’ in Spanish.
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