A team of researchers led by Matthew Genge at Imperial College London confirmed that the asteroid has organic molecules; it confirmed that the samples actually have signs of life — but this life doesn ...
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Seth Millstein is a writer and musician living in the Bay Area. He has helped launch several early-stage journalism startups, ...
The ambitious and top secret project was supposed to withstand a first strike by the Soviet Union, but it ultimately couldn't ...
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Zooming in on the auditory cortex, the researchers found three unique sets of neurons that light up while we listen to music.