The result is that the females—suddenly surrounded by, say, five litters of newborn pups—have no idea whose kids are whose.
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Big Think,
Big Think,
8 May 2026
Supporters argue the policy would help address the root of the problem by preventing unwanted litters and reducing the number of animals that end up back on the streets.
Sellke, Shi, and Wang then showed that after a certain number of shuffles (which depended on how many cards were in the deck), the overlap between the decks’ regions of unmixed cards disappeared at an exponential rate.
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John Pavlus,
Quanta Magazine,
17 June 2026
Other employee moves The changes at the Front Street Shelter come amid other employment shuffles at City Hall.
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