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In A World First, Scientists Used AI To Generate A Genome And Produced A Functional, Bacteria-Killing VirusBiotech and DNA analysis technology concept with glowing digital double helix structure connected to circuit board on dark blue background. Futuristic low poly style, abstract vector illustration.In A World First, Scientists Used AI To Generate A Genome And Produced A Functional, Bacteria-Killing VirusBiotech and DNA analysis technology concept with glowing digital double helix structure connected to circuit board on dark blue background. Futuristic low poly style, abstract vector illustration.

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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For The First Time Ever We've Photographed Earth Being Hidden Behind A Martian Moon

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The Average Person Carries Between 8 And 12 Dormant Viruses In Their Body. Now It Seems COVID-19 Can Wake Them Up Again

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Pompeii: Archaeologist Reveals What Really Happened Following The 79 CE Eruption Of Vesuvius, One Of History’s Most Catastrophic Natural Disasters

Join Tom Hiddleston's search for survivors in the archaeological record following an eruption that shook the Earth nearly 2,000 years ago.

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Falcon 9 Rocket Stage "Abandoned" In High-Earth Orbit Is About To Slam Into The Moon, With The Energy Of 11.8 Gigajoules

The Moon is about to get a new crater courtesy of Elon Musk, and astronomers are ready to watch it happen.

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Two Tiny Ivory Figurines Dating Back 40,000 Years Add To Enduring Mystery Of Why There Are So Few Birds Depicted In Ice Age Art

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The First New Ice Age Toad From La Brea Tar Pits – North America's Second Ice Age Amphibian – Is Helping Us Understand Climate Change

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Dinosaurs Had Rocks In Their Bellies. We’ve Found A Bunch Of Them, But We’re Only Now Realizing How Many Juicy Details They Contain

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"You Can't Unsee The Muppet Show" – Meet The Sea Muppets, Mysterious New Species That Have Never Been Seen AliveThree examples of the new species, two on the left beloning to Australyichthys aegis and the final one on the right is Australyichthys minotaur. All are orangey yellow and quite small.
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"You Can't Unsee The Muppet Show" – Meet The Sea Muppets, Mysterious New Species That Have Never Been Seen Alive

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Watch The Dramatic Moment A Gigantic Iceberg Flips Over Right Next To A Town In GreenlandA large iceberg, which can be seen above and reflected in the water.
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Watch The Dramatic Moment A Gigantic Iceberg Flips Over Right Next To A Town In Greenland

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A SpaceX Rocket Has Probably Just Crashed Into The Moon – Now We Wait To See If Anyone Was Lucky Enough To Snap A Photo Of The Collision

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Sunshades And Orbital Engineering: How Earth's Creatures Could Survive The End Of The Sun And Watch The Universe Die OutArtist depiction of a Dyson swarm; tiny spacecraft surrounding a star.
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Sunshades And Orbital Engineering: How Earth's Creatures Could Survive The End Of The Sun And Watch The Universe Die Out

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The Largest Galaxy In The Universe Is Even Bigger Than We Thought… And It Hasn't Finished Growing

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The Wreck Of A Plane That Changed Aviation Forever Has Been Found At The Bottom Of The Sea After 74 YearsAn archival image of Clipper Endeavor, highlighting features that were seen on the Atlantic seabed during this latest expedition.
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The Wreck Of A Plane That Changed Aviation Forever Has Been Found At The Bottom Of The Sea After 74 Years

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One Of The Earliest "Online" Games Took Place In 1897, And Was An Attempt To Ease Tensions Between The US And Great BritainA poster promoting a telegraph chess game in 1898.
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One Of The Earliest "Online" Games Took Place In 1897, And Was An Attempt To Ease Tensions Between The US And Great Britain

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Your Personality Isn't As Stable As You Think: This Is How You Will Change As You AgeHeraclitus in his river, thinking about how correct he is.
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The Dead Coexisted With The Living In The Deep Past. Now Scientists Want To Understand Why We Stopped Burying Our Loved Ones At Homea cemetery including several cross-shaped tombstones
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The Dead Coexisted With The Living In The Deep Past. Now Scientists Want To Understand Why We Stopped Burying Our Loved Ones At Home

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How To Get More IFLScience: Add Us As A “Preferred Source" On Google

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Living Magnets: Meet the Bacteria That Can Sense Earth's Magnetic Field

Long before animals evolved magnetic navigation, bacteria were using microscopic compasses to thrive in a world of varied oxygen levels.

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Deep Inside A Cave, Neanderthals Built A Circular Structure Made Of Stalagmites Around 176,500 Years AgoThe ring structures built in Bruniquel cave by Neanderthals using broken stalagmites
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Deep Inside A Cave, Neanderthals Built A Circular Structure Made Of Stalagmites Around 176,500 Years Ago

Archaeologists have described the work at Bruniquel Cave as "unprecedented" for a bunch of reasons.

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How We Remember: The Neuroscience of Memory Explained

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AI Consciousness Explained: Science vs Philosophy

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Unethical Experiments That Shook The World

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