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In A World First, Scientists Used AI To Generate A Genome And Produced A Functional, Bacteria-Killing Virus

"If we do continue to advance the technology of these models then they’ll have a major positive impact on humanity." ...
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A New Longest-Living Fish? Sturgeon Could Top 400 Years – Far Longer Than Scientists Believed, But Something Indigenous Communities Had Long Understood

Scientists have long recognized that lake sturgeon are among North America’s longest-lived freshwater fish,” said Scott ...
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Putting This Neanderthal Gene In Mouse Cells Helped Them To Grow. It Seems To Make Modern Humans Bigger And More Muscular Too

A fter gathering a bunch of mouse cells in the lab, scientists genetically tweaked them to produce a Neanderthal variant of a ...
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For The First Time Ever We've Photographed Earth Being Hidden Behind A Martian Moon

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...
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Men Evolved A Unique Pelvis That Puts A Spring In Their Step, But Women Have The Same Pelvis As Neanderthals

M odern human males are uniquely adapted for long-distance walking thanks to a specially altered pelvis not shared by ...