Chinese scientists created mice with 2 dads - and they survived to adulthood - By - Nicoletta Lanese - published - 28 January 25 - By modifying 20 regions of the genome, scientists successfully bred mice with two male parents and raised them to maturity.

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Fertility, Pregnancy & Birth

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Massive tuberculosis outbreak sickens dozens in Kansas - By - Nicoletta Lanese - published - 28 January 25 - An ongoing tuberculosis outbreak in two Kansas counties has sickened dozens since January 2024.

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Viruses, Infections & Disease

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Boom Supersonic XB-1 smashes the sound barrier, becoming the 1st civil aircraft to go supersonic in US history - By - Rory Bathgate - published - 28 January 25 - By achieving a top speed of Mach 1.1, Boom Supersonic has broken records and is on course to revive supersonic passenger travel.

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DeepSeek stuns tech industry with new AI image generator that beats OpenAI's DALL-E 3 - By - Patrick Pester - published - 28 January 25 - Chinese AI lab DeepSeek has released a new image generator, Janus-Pro-7B, which the company says is better than competitors.

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Doomsday Clock is now 89 seconds to midnight, the closest yet to catastrophe - By - Stephanie Pappas - published - 28 January 25 - The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has moved its Doomsday Clock closer to Armageddon than ever before.

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New glowing molecule, invented by AI, would have taken 500 million years to evolve in nature, scientists say - By - Patrick Pester - published - 28 January 25 - An artificial intelligence model has created a new protein that researchers say would have taken 500 million years to evolve in nature - if nature were capable of producing such a thing.

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Last ice age quiz: How much do you know about Earth's frosty past? By - Sascha Pare - published - 28 January 25 - How did woolly mammoths survive the last ice age? And how thick was the ice over New York City? Test your knowledge by taking our quiz.

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People who can't 'see with their mind's eye' have different wiring in the brain - By - Marianne Guenot - published - 28 January 25 - People with aphantasia still generate brain activity when attempting to visualize, but that image may be getting lost in translation, a new study suggests.

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Italy's 'ticking time bomb' plays peek-a-boo through a mysterious hole in the clouds - By - Harry Baker - published - 28 January 25 - Earth from space - This 2022 satellite photo shows the summit of "one of the world's most dangerous volcanoes," Mount Vesuvius, peering up through a strange gap in the clouds.

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Over 400 gold and silver Roman-era coins unearthed in the Netherlands depict rulers from Rome, Britain and Africa - By - Kristina Killgrove - published - 27 January 25 - A hoard of over 400 coins dated to the first century is a rare mix of Roman and British money.

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Sperm cells carry traces of childhood stress, epigenetic study finds - By - Marianne Guenot - published - 27 January 25 - Fathers exposed to high stress in childhood had different epigenetic markers that may affect their offspring, though more research is needed.

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We may finally know what causes Mars' gigantic, planet-wide dust storms - By - Abha Jain - published - 27 January 25 - Mars' southern hemisphere absorbs a lot of the sun's energy during the Red Planet's spring, and that may be causing Mars' dust storms, a new study suggests.

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What is alkaline water, and does it have any benefits? By - Manuela Callari - published - 26 January 25 - Despite the health claims surrounding alkaline water, scientific evidence suggests its purported benefits may be overhyped.

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Food & Diet

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