This Man Survived Hundreds of Deadly Snakebites. His Blood Holds the Key to a Potent New Antivenom.

For nearly 18 years, Tim Friede injected himself with doses of venom from the world’s deadliest snakes. A snake enthusiast, ...
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How Does Consciousness Work? Dueling Scientists Tested Two Big Theories but Found No Winner

“Theories are like toothbrushes,” it’s sometimes said. “Everybody has their own and nobody wants to use anybody else’s.” It’s a ...
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This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through May 17)

Artificial Intelligence Google DeepMind’s New AI Agent Uses Large Language Models to Crack Real-World ProblemsWill Douglas Heaven | MIT Technology ...
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Stratolaunch’s Hypersonic Plane Breaks Mach 5 and Lands Without a Pilot

Hypersonic vehicles have become the latest military prestige technology, and the US seems to be lagging its rivals. That could ...
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Scientists Say Earth Has Made Enough Hydrogen to Power Humanity. Here’s How to Find It.

There’s growing optimism that huge amounts of natural hydrogen are stored deep underground. Now, researchers have identified the key geological ...
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This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through May 10)

Computing Apple’s Eddy Cue: ‘You May Not Need an iPhone 10 Years From Now’Wes Davis and Lauren Feiner | The ...
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Groups of AI Agents Spontaneously Create Their Own Lingo, Like People

We all live by unspoken societal rules. Greeting your barista with a “good morning,” saying “thank you” after good service, ...
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Scientists Can Now 3D Print Tissues Directly Inside the Body—No Surgery Needed

Our bodies are constantly breaking down. Over time, their built-in repair mechanisms also fail. Knee cartilage grinds away. Hip joints ...
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Mars May Be Hiding an Ocean of Liquid Water Under Its Surface

Evidence is mounting that a secret lies beneath the dusty red plains of Mars, one that could redefine our view ...
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Dark Energy Discovery Could Undermine Our Entire Model of Cosmological History

The great Russian physicist and Nobel laureate Lev Landau once remarked that “cosmologists are often in error, but never in ...
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