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Researchers in South Korea say they have made a major advance by turning on genes with an electromagnetic signal, but critics ...

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Feedback has learned that, according to reports, Meta is building an AI version of Mark Zuckerberg to interact with staff.

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Our brains need to adapt quickly to meet the challenges of our digital world, but a rigorous new book by a neuroscientist ...

The New Scientist Book Club read Kim Stanley Robinson's acclaimed science fiction story about the first settlers on Mars in ...