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Ancient 'Asgard' microbe may have used oxygen long before it was plentiful on Earth, offering new clue to origins of complex life - By - Kenna Hughes-Castleberry - published - 20 February 26 - A new study suggests that ancient microbes once cast as oxygen haters may have actually learned to use the gas, offering a clue to how the first complex cells - and, eventually, all plants and animals - evolved.

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'Universal' nasal-spray vaccine protects against viruses, bacteria and allergens in mice - By - Nicoletta Lanese - published - 20 February 26 - In an early animal test, a new nasal-spray vaccine has shown promise against a variety of germs and a common allergen, scientists report.

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Artemis II update: NASA targets March 6 for launch of historic moon mission following successful 'wet dress rehearsal' By - Brandon Specktor, Ben Turner - published - 20 February 26 - NASA is targeting March 6 as the earliest possible launch date for the Artemis II mission to the moon following a successful 'wet dress rehearsal' on Thursday.

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Your own voice could be your biggest privacy threat. How can we stop AI technologies exploiting it? By - Drew Turney - published - 20 February 26 - Voices contain countless cues about their owners, and new research suggests that computers might use them to facilitate a range of bad behaviors.

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A coffin holding a dead 'princess' fell from an eroded cliff over 100 years ago - archaeologists just solved a major mystery about her - By - Kristina Killgrove - published - 20 February 26 - Dendrochronological analysis of a mysterious log coffin that tumbled from a cliff a century ago reveals clues to life in Roman-era Poland.

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'Proof by intimidation': AI is confidently solving 'impossible' math problems. But can it convince the world's top mathematicians? By - Kit Yates - published - 20 February 26 - AI could soon spew out hundreds of mathematical proofs that look "right" but contain hidden flaws, or proofs so complex we can't verify them. How will we know if they're right?

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Bungled Boeing Starliner mission was the highest order of mishap that put stranded astronauts at risk, report says - By - Ben Turner - published - 19 February 26 - The 2024 Starliner mission, which left astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams stranded in space for nine months, has received NASA's worst mishap classification in a damning report.

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China launches world first 'megawatt-class wind power airship' By - Rory Bathgate - published - 19 February 26 - A pioneering energy-generating device utilizes reliable wind speeds at an altitude of 6,500 feet (2,000 meters).

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2,500-year-old 'primitive prosthetic' found on jaw of mummified Scythian woman who survived complex jaw surgery - By - Kristina Killgrove - published - 19 February 26 - Researchers used CT scans to peer inside a partially mummified skull and discovered the woman survived jaw surgery 2,500 years ago.

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Physicists recreated the first millisecond after the Big Bang - and found it was surprisingly soupy - By - Andrey Feldman - published - 18 February 26 - Scientists saw a quark plowing through primordial plasma for the first time, offering a rare look at the first moments after the Big Bang

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'Thermodynamic computer' can mimic AI neural networks - using orders of magnitude less energy to generate images

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