How Humanity Nearly Vanished 900,000 Years Ago
Nearly a million years ago, our ancestors faced their darkest hour—a catastrophic population crash that left fewer than 1,300 breeding individuals clinging to survival for over 100,000 years.
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Inside Elon Musk’s Quest to Upgrade the Human Mind
In Silicon Valley where disruption is currency and the impossible becomes mundane by Tuesday, one figure stands apart in his relentless pursuit of human enhancement. Elon Musk, the enigmatic entrepreneur behind Tesla and SpaceX.
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The Day an Atari 2600 Humbled ChatGPT at Chess
Artificial intelligence has for the most part brought us stories of technological wonder and triumph—generally surpassing human capabilities, algorithms solving complex problems, and AI systems achieving superhuman performance.
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Eminem’s Publisher Takes on Meta in $109 Million Copyright Battle
Eight Mile Style, the publishing company behind Eminem’s legendary early catalogue, has filed a staggering $109 million lawsuit against Meta Platforms, alleging widespread copyright infringement across Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
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Dark Oxygen: The Revolutionary Ocean Science Discovery
In the pitch-black depths of the Pacific Ocean, more than 12,000 feet below the surface where sunlight has never penetrated, an extraordinary phenomenon is quietly revolutionising our understanding of life on Earth—and possibly beyond.
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How Researchers Are Reversing Ageing at the Cellular Level
Something extraordinary is happening in the hallowed corridors of Harvard Medical School, a feat that would have seemed like pure fantasy just yesteryear. Elderly mice, their fur grey and movements sluggish, are literally growing younger.
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Earth’s Earliest Genetic Code – New Evidence Surfaces
Four billion years ago, in the scalding depths of ancient Earth’s hydrothermal vents, something extraordinary was taking shape. Deep beneath the surface of a world that bore little resemblance to our own, the hypothesised common ancestral cell from which the three domains of life, the Bacteria, the Archaea, and the Eukarya originated was beginning its epic journey towards complexity.
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How Trees May Save Us From Runaway Carbon Emissions
In recent times atmospheric CO₂ concentrations have reached unprecedented levels, with 2024 marking the largest annual increase ever recorded, a groundbreaking international study offers a surprising ray of hope.
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The Brain’s Weight-Loss Switch
In a groundbreaking discovery that could transform how we treat obesity, Swedish researchers have identified the precise brain circuitry responsible for semaglutide’s remarkable weight loss effects.
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How Gravitational Waves Forged Human Intelligence
Emerging research suggests that gravitational waves played a far more intimate role in our existence than anyone imagined. The very waves that allowed us to peer deeper into the universe’s mysteries may have been instrumental in creating the conditions necessary for human intelligence to evolve.
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