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Proof: World-leading scientists leave US after decades for Singapore universities

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{"first_seen":"2026-10-07T05:32:53Z","headline":"World-leading scientists leave US after decades for Singapore universities","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"vnexpress","url":"https://e.vnexpress.net/news/tech/personalities/world-leading-scientists-leave-us-after-decades-for-singapore-universities-5129093.html","v":1}

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SHA-256

597c413893c931eddd0ca7d22ec4538dafde8b3e8e871dd8885aca558adc9539

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 970298, mined 2026-10-07 05:53 UTC.

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Wayback Machine

• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-07 05:37 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-07 05:38 UTC — view the capture.

Check it yourself — none of this needs this site

1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-597c413893c9.json prints 597c413893c931eddd0ca7d22ec4538dafde8b3e8e871dd8885aca558adc9539. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-597c413893c9.json and headline-597c413893c9.json.ots onto opentimestamps.org, which checks the receipt against the Bitcoin block chain. Or, with the OpenTimestamps client and a Bitcoin node: ots verify headline-597c413893c9.json.ots (ots upgrade first while the receipt is pending).
3. Open the Wayback Machine's captures above: the capture of the record page shows this hash as it stood then, and the capture of the story page shows the newsroom's own page.

Sealed automatically, 4 min after it was first seen.