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Welp, Scientists Found 28 New Virus Groups in a Melting Glacier Seed Vault

Welp, Scientists Found 28 New Virus Groups in a Melting Glacier

Photo credit: SEBASTIAN KAULITZKI - Getty ImagesFrom Popular MechanicsScientists have unearthed 28 previously undiscovered viruses, which were trapped in Arctic ice from 15,000 years ago.The team collected the samples from the Guliya ice cap in Tibet, and published their work to the pre-print website, BioRxiv.As Arctic ice and permafrost continues…
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January 23, 2020
Maybe These Davos Guys Have Some Good Ideas About Climate Change (They Do Not) Greta Thunberg

Maybe These Davos Guys Have Some Good Ideas About Climate Change (They Do Not)

Photo: GettyDavos season is a beautiful time of year when rich, powerful people gather in a Swiss mountain town to talk about Big Ideas. Ensconced in this familiar backslapping environment, they also occasionally tell us how they really feel about some of the most pressing issues facing humanity like rising…
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January 23, 2020
Lady Gaganaut Moravec‘s Paradox

Lady Gaganaut

By: Editorial | Published: January 24, 2020 12:03:26 am Vyomamitra will be executing the pioneering role which has traditionally been given to animals — testing systems for survivability.The first gaganaut to head for space in an Indian craft will not be human, but humanoid. The anthropomorphic robot named Vyomamitra, which…
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January 23, 2020