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Genetic Research

May 16, 2026
Education/Health

Thailand’s ‘Last Titan’ Dinosaur Stuns Scientists With Nine Elephant-Sized Scale

Scientists have unveiled a colossal new dinosaur species discovered in Thailand, estimating that the enormous creature weighed as much as nine adult Asian elephants. The newly identified long-necked herbivore, named Nagatitan chaiyaphumensis,

Health

Iran Launches Primate Lab to Pioneer Parkinson’s Cell Therapy

Attaollah Poorabbasi, secretary of the Cognitive Sciences and Technologies Headquarters of Iran’s Vice Presidency for Science and Technology, told Tasnim News Agency that the initiative is supported in collaboration with the Royan Institute. Researchers at the institute have been developing

January 5, 2026

Neuralink to Scale Up Brain Implants with Automated Surgery in 2026

Diplomacy/Education/Human Rights

Elon Musk’s company Neuralink will begin “high-volume production” of its brain-computer interface (BCI) devices and transition to fully automated surgical implantation in 2026, Musk

Ancient Dog Skulls Reveal Surprising Diversity Long Before Modern Breeding

Education/Health

A sweeping analysis of more than 600 ancient and modern dog and wolf skulls suggests that the extraordinary variety seen in today’s dog breeds

Thailand’s ‘Last Titan’ Dinosaur Stuns Scientists With Nine Elephant-Sized Scale

May 16, 2026
Education/Health

Scientists have unveiled a colossal new dinosaur species discovered in Thailand, estimating that the enormous creature weighed as much as nine adult Asian elephants. The newly identified long-necked herbivore, named Nagatitan chaiyaphumensis,

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Iran Launches Primate Lab to Pioneer Parkinson’s Cell Therapy

January 5, 2026
Health

Attaollah Poorabbasi, secretary of the Cognitive Sciences and Technologies Headquarters of Iran’s Vice Presidency for Science and Technology, told Tasnim News Agency that the initiative is supported in collaboration with the Royan

More

Neuralink to Scale Up Brain Implants with Automated Surgery in 2026

January 1, 2026
Diplomacy/Education/Human Rights

Elon Musk’s company Neuralink will begin “high-volume production” of its brain-computer interface (BCI) devices and transition to fully automated surgical implantation in 2026, Musk announced Wednesday on the social media platform X.

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Ancient Dog Skulls Reveal Surprising Diversity Long Before Modern Breeding

November 15, 2025
Education/Health

A sweeping analysis of more than 600 ancient and modern dog and wolf skulls suggests that the extraordinary variety seen in today’s dog breeds began thousands of years earlier than the Victorian

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Human Gene Editing and the CRISPR Revolution

November 14, 2025
Columns/Editor's Choice

A major medical milestone took place in May 2025, when doctors at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia used CRISPR-based gene editing to treat a child with a rare genetic disorder. Unlike earlier CRISPR (Clustered

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China Pushes Ethical Boundaries in Race to Lead Global Biotech

October 29, 2025
China/World

China is accelerating its quest to become a global biotechnology powerhouse, using genetically modified animals in groundbreaking experiments that would face multiple ethical hurdles in the United States or Europe, Bloomberg reports.

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Human Eggs Created from Skin Cells in Landmark Fertility Study

October 1, 2025
Education/Health

Scientists have taken a major step toward a fertility breakthrough that could one day allow infertile women and gay men to have genetically related children. In a study reported by The Times

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China Accelerates Brain-Computer Interface Development Amid US Competition

September 19, 2025
China/World

China’s push into brain-computer interface technology is gaining momentum, challenging the long-standing leadership of US companies like Elon Musk’s Neuralink Corp., Bloomberg reports. While Neuralink has pioneered implanting chips into patients’ brains

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Scientists Explore Aging Therapies as Global Leaders Discuss Immortality

September 7, 2025
Diplomacy/News

This week, scientists gathered in Manchester for a conference on aging to share groundbreaking research aimed at understanding the biological mechanisms that drive aging and age-related diseases. Experts presented studies that investigate

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How Gilbert White Transformed Nature Writing — and Inspired Darwin

August 26, 2025
Education/Health

In a recent feature published in Nature, the life and legacy of Gilbert White — the eighteenth-century English curate, naturalist, and self-taught biologist — are revisited through historian Jenny Uglow’s new illustrated

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Chinese Scientists Turn CO₂ into Sugar in Climate Breakthrough

July 14, 2025
Education/News

Chinese researchers have developed a groundbreaking method to convert carbon dioxide into white sugar, offering a potential solution to global challenges such as climate change and food insecurity. The team from the

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Japan’s Big Bet on Stem Cell Therapies Could Soon Pay Off

April 17, 2025
Health

Japan is on the verge of a major breakthrough in medicine, thanks to years of work on induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS cells) — a type of cell that can be turned

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Unlocking Ape Genomes: A Breakthrough in Human Evolution and Conservation

April 10, 2025
Education/Health

The sequencing of complete ape genomes marks a significant milestone in genetics, providing researchers with a clearer understanding of what makes humans distinct from other species. This achievement, which has been more

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Colossal Biosciences Claims ‘De-Extinction’ of Dire Wolves

April 9, 2025
Artificial Intelligence/Technology

Colossal Biosciences, the Texas-based biotech startup known for its ambitious plans to bring back extinct species, is making headlines again—this time for claiming to have resurrected the dire wolf, a prehistoric predator

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Humanlike “Teeth” Grown in Mini Pigs: A Breakthrough for Dental Implants

February 7, 2025
Education/World

Losing a tooth often leaves people with limited options for replacement, such as titanium implants or plastic dentures. However, groundbreaking research from Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, highlighted in MIT Technology

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