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Study: For babies born with HIV, start treatment right away
When babies are born with HIV, starting treatment within hours to days is better than waiting even the few weeks to months that's the norm in many countries, researchers reported Wednesday.
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Chinese researcher claims first gene-edited babies
A Chinese researcher claims that he helped make the world’s first genetically edited babies — twin girls born this month whose DNA he said he altered with a powerful new tool capable of rewriting the very blueprint of life.
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China to build space-based solar power station by 2035
China plans to accomplish a 200-tonne megawatt-level space-based solar power station by 2035, according to the China Academy of Space Technology (CAST).
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Taiwan scientists find approach to rewrite animals' regeneration memory
A team of scientists from Taiwan have discovered an approach to manipulate zebrafish's regeneration of missing body parts such as tailfins, which may challenge the existing understanding of how animals "memorize" regeneration.
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Chinese astronomers discover dark matter-deficient dwarf galaxies
Chinese astronomers have discovered a special population of dwarf galaxies that mainly consist of baryons with radii of up to tens of thousands of light-years, where they are expected to be dominated by dark matter.
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Grocery-carrying robots are coming. Do we need them?
The first cargo-carrying robot marketed directly to consumers is on sale this holiday season. But how many people are ready to ditch their second car to buy a two-wheeled rover that can follow them around like a dog?
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NASA's Juno spacecraft captures Jupiter's southern hemisphere
NASA's Juno spacecraft has caught a striking view of Jupiter's southern hemisphere as it performed its 23rd close flyby of the giant planet on Nov. 3 this year, said a release of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).
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Two astronauts complete 2nd spacewalk to repair cosmic particle detector
Two astronauts completed on Friday the second complex spacewalk outside the International Space Station (ISS) to repair a cosmic particle detector in searching for dark matter and antimatter.
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1st in vitro Puerto Rico crested toad gives scientists hope
A critically endangered Puerto Rican toad was for the first time born via in vitro fertilization as U.S. scientists attempt to save it from extinction, officials announced Friday.
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NASA's InSight lander heat probe resumes working on Mars
NASA's InSight lander has resumed its heat flow probe digging on Mars again after months of efforts, the mission team said on Twitter.
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