Scientists Target Incurable Mitochondrial Diseases With New Gene Editing Tools

The energy factories in our cells contain their own genes, and genetic mutations in them can cause deadly inherited diseases. ...
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This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through February 1)

OpenAI in Talks to for New Funding at Up to $300 Billion Value Shirin Ghaffary, Rachel Metz, and Kate Clark ...
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This Autonomous Drone Can Track Humans Through Dense Forests at High Speed

Autonomous drones could revolutionize a wide range of industries. Now, scientists have designed a drone that can weave through dense ...
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Mice With Two Dads Reach Adulthood Thanks to CRISPR

At first glance, the seven mice skittering around their cages look like other mice. But they have an unusual lineage: ...
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Does Extraterrestrial Life Exist? Here’s What Scientists Really Think

News stories about the likely existence of extraterrestrial life, and our chances of detecting it, tend to be positive. We ...
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A Study in Mice Finds the Brain’s Immune Cells Gorging on Plastic

We’re not Barbie girls, but we live in a plastic world. Microplastics, tiny specks of broken-down plastic, are all around ...
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This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through January 25)

Open-Source DeepSeek-R1 Uses Pure Reinforcement Learning to Match OpenAI o1—at 95% Less Cost Shubham Sharma | VentureBeat “Based on the ...
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They Now Live as Long as Gas-Powered Cars

One of the biggest barriers to widespread adoption of electric vehicles is concern about their shelf life. New research suggests ...
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Scientists Say They’ve Discovered How Cancer Hijacks and Corrupts Immune Cells

Cancers are sneaky infiltrators highly adept at cellular warfare. As they expand, the malignant cells chip away at the body’s ...
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How AI Is Redefining Death, Memory, and Immortality

Imagine attending a funeral where the person who has died speaks directly to you, answering your questions and sharing memories. ...
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