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Elon Musk Wants To Build A City On The Moon, Scientists Are Not Convinced 

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Elon Musk announced earlier this year that his aerospace company, SpaceX, will be shifting its focus to “building a self-growing city on the Moon.” However, scientists recently released a report that laid out how this would be difficult due to the fact that there would not be a sufficient water supply to sustain a city for very long.

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Bill Gates Says World Isn’t Prepared For The Impact Of AI, Calls For ‘Human-Reserved’ Jobs

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Billionaire Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates recently published a 6,000-word essay in which he expressed major concern over artificial intelligence and how unprepared the world’s governments are regarding how much the technology will impact us in the future.

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One Entomologist’s Mission To Show That Insects Aren’t Nature’s Villains

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“I strongly feel that we don’t have a ‘right’ as one species to wilfully oversee the extinction of another. Are we creating conditions where host-switching might become more common? This has ramifications for our own health and that of endangered species.”

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Robotic Elephants Are Replacing Live Ones In Temples And Festivals Around The World 

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Elephants are revered across India and many religions as manifestations of the divine, and they’re often used in many temple rituals and festivals. Now, robotic elephants made from fiberglass, iron, and rubber are taking the place of live ones in temples around the world as an effort to further protect the species.

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New Research Finds Nearly Half Of All Dementia Cases Could Be Delayed Or Prevented 

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In a new study from some of the world’s leading experts in dementia, it was found that almost half of the global cases of the disease could be prevented or delayed, specifically pointing out 14 risk factors that exist throughout a patient’s life.

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Queen Honeybees Raised in ‘Buckingham Palace’-Style Royal Courts, Scientists Find

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For decades, scientists believed that queen honeybees owed their status largely to diet. Feed an ordinary female larva a steady supply of nutrient-rich royal jelly, the thinking went, and a queen would emerge. New research suggests the process is far more elaborate.

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400,000-Year-Old Teeth From China Reveal New Clues About Human Evolution

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A set of ancient teeth from China offers a new glimpse into one of the most tangled chapters of human evolution, suggesting that the relationships among early human relatives may have been even more complicated than scientists already believed.

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Pioneer Human Genome Decoder J. Craig Venter Dies At 79 

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J. Craig Venter, the scientist who played a major role in the sequencing of the human genome, has passed away at the age of 79, and the science community is remembering him and his legacy.

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“The Greatest Adventure In Human History,” NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman And Crew Reflect On Artemis II Mission 

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NASA’s Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen have completed their record-breaking 10-day lunar flyby on the Artemis II mission.

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Workout Popularized By Jessica Biel Improves Fitness Faster Than Traditional Exercise, Research Shows 

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This kind of exercise was recently popularized in the mainstream by actress Jessica Biel, and now, scientists have backed up how well it actually improves fitness faster than traditional workouts.

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