conundrum

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It is a moral conundrum that can have no resolution.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

"Until recently, while stellar rotation was thought to be part of solving this conundrum, limited computing abilities prevented us from quantitatively testing the hypothesis," says Falk Herwig, principal investigator and director of ARC.

From Science Daily • Mar. 24, 2026

However, there is a moral conundrum hovering over your letter: “What do I owe him?”

From MarketWatch • Mar. 4, 2026

Kotlikoff’s post, containing Hassett’s apology, outlined the conundrum that Hassett’s comments raised.

From Barron's • Feb. 21, 2026

Ed Lewis’s discovery of master-regulatory genes that controlled the development of segments, organs, and structures solved the problem of the final stage of embryogenesis, but it raised a seemingly infinite recursive conundrum.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee