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Scientists Just Discovered a New Type of Magnetism (www.wired.com)

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[–] KevonLooney@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago

That's what discovery is: realizing that something exists and describing it.

You're talking about creating, using, verifying, observing, etc. There are lots of things Einstein discovered that we are still verifying. It doesn't mean he didn't "discover" general relativity.