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"You can literally reroute a river into a desert and cause it to bloom": Star Wars Galaxies lead says of his new sandbox MMO Stars Reach

Stars Reach is the new MMO from Ralph Koster, creative lead on Star Wars Galaxies, and it is a fully physically simulated sci ...
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The White House goes all in on aliens with new UAP Science Advisory Council

This new group, which is led by Harvard professor Avi Loeb, aims to advise the Trump administration and the U.S. intelligence ...

We Could Seed Alien Life Elsewhere in the Universe—But We’ll Never Undo the Devastating Consequences

Could humans spread Earth life beyond our planet? Astrobiologists explain where extremophiles might survive and why the risks ...
Scientific American

Can AI help improve the chances of a successful IVF pregnancy?

Some IVF clinics are using AI to perform tasks such as sperm and embryo selection, but some fertility experts question ...

31 alien-like marine species discovered off the coast of Brazil

A siphonophore—a colonial marine invertebrate related to the venomous stinging Portuguese Man-o-war—is scanned using Deep ...

We Could Seed Alien Life Elsewhere in the Universe—But We’ll Never Undo the Devastating Consequences, Scientists Caution

Thus far, our search for extraterrestrial life points toward Clarke’s former point, suggesting that our little blue dot is ...

This Cell Feeds, Grows and Reproduces. And It’s Manmade.

From chemical building blocks, scientists have created synthetic cells that have most of the hallmarks of life.
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The Truth is Out There: Why Prediction Market Traders Don't Believe That Aliens Exist

Are aliens real? Was Fox Mulder right all along? We examine the prediction markets to gauge if the U.S. government will confirm that aliens exist before January 2029. The prediction market on a U.S.