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Patient Dies After Receiving Kidney From Gene-Hacked Pig

Roughly two months after becoming the first human to receive a gene-hacked pig kidney transplant, Richard "Rick" Slayman has passed away. "Our family is deeply saddened about the sudden passing of our beloved Rick but take great comfort knowing he inspired so many," an official statement issued by the Massachusetts General Hospital reads. While we […]

Victor Tangermann
May 13, 2024

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Earth may have had freshwater and continents just 200 million years after forming, ancient crystals reveal

Ancient zircon crystals hold chemical clues that of freshwater may have existed on Earth soon after it formed.

Image Credit NASAGSFCMETIERSDACJAROS and U.S.Japan ASTER Sci
May 13, 2024

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China creates its largest ever quantum computing chip — and it could be key to building the nation’s own ‘quantum cloud’

China’s supersized superconducting chip looks to match the performance of industry leaders like IBM and will be used to help scale up the performance of quantum computers globally.

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May 13, 2024

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MIT gives AI the power to ‘reason like humans’ by creating hybrid architecture

MIT scientists devise three abstraction libraries that can be combined with AI systems to improve their reasoning and contextual awareness in programming, strategic planning and robotics.

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May 13, 2024

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RabbitAir A3 air purifier review

Does the eye-catching RabbitAir A3 air purifier live up to its premium price?

Anna Gora
May 13, 2024

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Why do earthquakes happen far away from plate boundaries?

It's well known that earthquakes can rock fault-filled places like the U.S. West Coast. But why do earthquakes happen in the middle of tectonic plates?

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May 13, 2024

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Earth from space: Majestic ‘yin-yang’ crater sits atop a dormant volcano in Turkey

The massive caldera of Turkey's Mount Nemrut volcano is split in half, with one side made of solidified lava flows and the other half a deep crater lake. Covered in snow, the summit scene looks like the yin-yang symbol when viewed from above.

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May 13, 2024

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James Webb telescope detects 1-of-a-kind atmosphere around ‘Hell Planet’ in distant star system

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, scientists have discovered evidence of a carbon-rich atmosphere around the hellish world 55 Cancri e. This marks the best evidence yet of an atmosphere around a rocky exoplanet.

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May 12, 2024

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Massive study of 8,000 cats reveals which breeds live longest

TKTKBirman and Burmese cats live the longest, while Sphynx cats die the youngest, a giant new study of U.K. cats found.

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May 12, 2024

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Giant ‘rogue waves’ of invisible matter might be disrupting the orbits of stars, new study hints

New research shows how disruptions to binary star systems could be the key to detecting space's most confounding substance — dark matter.

Paul Sutter
May 12, 2024

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Patient Dies After Receiving Kidney From Gene-Hacked Pig

Earth may have had freshwater and continents just 200 million years after forming, ancient crystals reveal

China creates its largest ever quantum computing chip — and it could be key to building the nation’s own ‘quantum cloud’

MIT gives AI the power to ‘reason like humans’ by creating hybrid architecture

RabbitAir A3 air purifier review

Why do earthquakes happen far away from plate boundaries?

Earth from space: Majestic ‘yin-yang’ crater sits atop a dormant volcano in Turkey

James Webb telescope detects 1-of-a-kind atmosphere around ‘Hell Planet’ in distant star system

Massive study of 8,000 cats reveals which breeds live longest

Giant ‘rogue waves’ of invisible matter might be disrupting the orbits of stars, new study hints

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