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Documentary tells the fascinating story of a man wired to hear colour

New Scientist - Technology - Wed, 11/09/2024 - 21:00
Cyborg: A documentary tells the intriguing story of Neil Harbisson, who wears an antenna to “hear” colour, but it is lacking in depth and should have probed its subject more, says Simon Ings
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How Star Trek-style replicators could lead to a food revolution

New Scientist - Technology - Wed, 11/09/2024 - 21:00
Our Future Chronicles column explores an imagined history of inventions and developments yet to come. This time, Rowan Hooper takes us to the early 2030s, when a technological step change enabled us to produce all the food we needed without the use of animals
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A riveting exploration of how AI models like ChatGPT changed the world

New Scientist - Technology - Wed, 11/09/2024 - 21:00
Supremacy, a new book from tech journalist Parmy Olson, takes us inside the rise of machine learning and AI, and examines the people behind it
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Bubbles of gas 75 times larger than our sun spotted on another star

New Scientist - Space - Wed, 11/09/2024 - 19:00
Gas bubbles on the surface of a star have been observed for the first time in detail outside our solar system, and they are 75 times the size of our sun
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Erratum for the Research Article “Adjuvantation of a SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine with controlled tissue-specific expression of an mRNA encoding IL-12p70” by B. Brook et al. | Science Translational Medicine

In the Research Article “Adjuvantation of a SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine with controlled tissue-specific expression of an mRNA encoding IL-12p70” by B. Brook et al., there was an error in Fig. 3D. The y axes were incorrectly labeled “% CD44+CD4+IFN-γ+ cells” and “% CD44+CD4+TNF+ cells.” The axes should be labeled “% CD44+CD8+IFN-γ+ cells” and “% CD44+CD8+TNF+ cells,” respectively. Figure 3D has now been corrected, and the main text has been updated to include that no difference was observed in the CD8+IFN-γ+ or CD8+TNF+ T cell responses. In the Fig. 2C caption, “BNT162b” has been corrected to “BNT162b2.” In the fig. S12 caption, the sentence “Mouse inguinal lymph nodes were evaluated by histology (A to O), and inguinal and popliteal lymph nodes were evaluated by (P) flow cytometry (Q) and weight” was corrected to “Mouse inguinal lymph nodes were evaluated by histology (A to M), and inguinal and popliteal lymph nodes were evaluated by (N) flow cytometry (O) and weight.” The online PDF and HTML (full text) and Supplementary Materials PDF have been updated. These corrections do not affect the interpretation of the data or the conclusions of the paper.
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BATF is a major driver of NK cell epigenetic reprogramming and dysfunction in AML | Science Translational Medicine

BATF deletion prevents epigenetic rewiring and enhances the antitumor activity of NK cells in AML.
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HIF-2α drives hepatic Kupffer cell death and proinflammatory recruited macrophage activation in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis | Science Translational Medicine

HIF-2α regulates macrophage subtype–specific growth and function to enhance the development of NASH in obesity.
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A spatially resolved single-cell lung atlas integrated with clinical and blood signatures distinguishes COVID-19 disease trajectories | Science Translational Medicine

A single-cell lung atlas integrated with clinical and blood signatures can predict disease trajectories in COVID-19 progression.
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Targeted partial reprogramming of age-associated cell states improves markers of health in mouse models of aging | Science Translational Medicine

Reprogramming aged cells through targeted overexpression of Oct4, Sox2, and Klf4 leads to beneficial health effects in progeroid and aged mice.
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Huge new volcano has burst through the surface of Jupiter’s moon Io

New Scientist - Space - Wed, 11/09/2024 - 13:51
In between two spacecraft visiting Jupiter’s moon Io, a volcano spreading material over hundreds of kilometres has appeared
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Meet Valkyrie, NASA’s humanoid robot paving way to the moon and Mars

New Scientist - Technology - Wed, 11/09/2024 - 13:00
NASA’s Valkyrie is undergoing tests to understand what it would take to get a humanoid robot onto offshore facilities or into space. New Scientist's James Woodford took the controls to see what it is capable of
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Daily Brain Teaser for Sep 11, 2024

Daily Brain Teaser - Wed, 11/09/2024 - 03:00
What Can You Make of This?

What phrase does this rebus represent?

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HI
HIS
HIST
HISTO
HISTOR
HISTORY


Check Braingle.com for the answer.
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Astronomers worried by launch of five new super-bright satellites

New Scientist - Space - Tue, 10/09/2024 - 15:42
Five satellites due to launch this week could be brighter than most stars, and astronomers fear the growth of such constellations could have a catastrophic impact
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SpaceX's Polaris Dawn mission blasts off for first civilian spacewalk

New Scientist - Space - Tue, 10/09/2024 - 14:07
Four private astronauts are riding a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule further from Earth than any human since 1972, where they will attempt the first ever civilian spacewalk
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Cloud atlas of Mars reveals an atmosphere unlike our own

New Scientist - Space - Tue, 10/09/2024 - 13:43
Using images captured by the European Space Agency’s Mars Express spacecraft, researchers have created a cloud atlas of Mars, to better understand the climate of the Red Planet
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I took control of NASA's Valkyrie robot and it blew my mind

New Scientist - Technology - Mon, 09/09/2024 - 21:00
Are humanoid robots the future of space exploration? New Scientist reporter James Woodford took NASA's Valkyrie for a spin to find out
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Smart speakers at crime scenes could provide valuable clues to police

New Scientist - Technology - Fri, 06/09/2024 - 17:25
Information on faces recognised, voice commands and internet searches can be extracted from an Amazon Echo smart assistant without help from the user or manufacturer
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NATO tests autonomous drone technology in DARPA-style competition

New Scientist - Technology - Fri, 06/09/2024 - 16:58
In a basement beneath City St George's, University of London, senior NATO leaders watch on as four research teams demonstrate the latest in AI-controlled, autonomous drone technolo0gy
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Can we spot every incoming asteroid before they hit Earth?

New Scientist - Space - Thu, 05/09/2024 - 19:44
News of the asteroid 2024 RW1 impacting near the Philippines may have come as a shock this week, but space agencies and astronomers around the world are keeping an eye out to protect us
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