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When astronomers first picked up a perfectly regular radio heartbeat from deep space in 1967, some of them half-jokingly ...

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Erich von Daeniken, renowned for popularizing ancient-alien theories, has passed away at 90, leaving a controversial legacy.

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Jessica Mary Bradley currently receives funding from the British Academy / Leverhulme Trust in collaboration with Wellcome. Abigail Parrish does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding ...

Brain–computer interfaces are beginning to truly "understand" Chinese. The INSIDE Institute for NeuroAI, in collaboration with Huashan Hospital affiliated with Fudan University, the National Center ...