A Massive AI Analysis Found Genes Related to Brain Aging—and Drugs to Slow It Down

When my grandad celebrated his 100th birthday with a bowl of noodles, his first comment was, “Nice, but this is ...
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DARPA Wants to ‘Grow’ Enormous Living Structures in Space

Space stations break down. Satellites get damaged. Repairing them requires launching replacement components on rockets. The US Defense Advanced Research ...
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What Google Translate Tells Us About Where AI Is Headed Next

The computer scientists Rich Sutton and Andrew Barto have been recognized for a long track record of influential ideas with ...
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This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through March 15)

Future Powerful AI Is Coming. We’re Not Ready.Kevin Roose | The New York Times “I believe that the right time to ...
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Green Steel Startup’s Largest Reactor Yet Produces a Ton of Molten Metal With Electricity

Steelmaking is one of the hardest industries to decarbonize due to its reliance on high temperatures and coal-based fuels to ...
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This Sensitive Robotic Hand Won’t Crush Your Bones in a Handshake

Our hands are works of art. A rigid skeleton provides structure. Muscles adjust to different weights. Our skin, embedded with ...
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Evolving Intelligent Life May Not Have Been as Unlikely as Many Scientists Predicted

A popular model of evolution concludes that it was incredibly unlikely for humanity to evolve on Earth, and that extraterrestrial ...
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What Does Every Human Gene Do? This Massive Project Is About to Find Out

Thanks to increasingly efficient and affordable gene sequencing technologies, we can now chart our genetic blueprint in unprecedented detail. But ...
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This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through February 15)

Artificial Intelligence Sam Altman Lays Out Roadmap for OpenAI’s Long-Awaited GPT-5 ModelBenj Edwards | Ars Technica “On Wednesday, OpenAI CEO ...
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Miniaturized CRISPR Packs a Mighty Gene Editing Punch

When the gene editing tool CRISPR-Cas9 rocketed to fame more than a decade ago, it transformed biotechnology. Faster, cheaper, and ...
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