Billion-dollar startup plans to bring the dodo back from the dead, and claims it can also revive the woolly mammoth

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Collossal Biosciences aims to revive the long-extinct dodo using gene editing.

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A heart-shaped pendant linked to Henry VIII was dug up on an English farm, pointing to a more romantic side to the Tudor king

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This pendant is thought to be associated with Henry VIII. An amateur detectorist discovered the locket by chance in a field in England.

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Ghostly flying 'whirlpool' that appeared above Hawaii could be leftover SpaceX rocket fuel

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A blue spiral flies through the night sky on January 18. Photo captured by a National Astronomical Observatory of Japan camera.

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SpaceX astronauts will receive the Congressional Space Medal of Honor

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Vice President Kamala Harris will today award the Congressional Space Medal of Honor for the first time since 2006. The recipients are Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken, who became the first astronauts to fly to space on a crewed SpaceX mission in 2020.

The Green Comet will be closest to earth on Feb 1. Here's the science behind its ghoulish glow.

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Comet ZTF, as photographed on January 18, 2023.

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Tyre Nichols' death has reignited the debate around police brutality. Here are 5 proven ways to reduce it - and 2 strategies that don't work.

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Protesters rally as Philadelphia Police officers and Pennsylvania National Guard soldiers look on, June 1, 2020.

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Princeton computer science professor says don't panic over 'bullshit generator' ChatGPT

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ChatGPT, a AI chat bot, has gone viral in the past two weeks.

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The world is 'dangerously unprepared' to handle the next pandemic, the Red Cross says in a scathing report

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An employee of the German Red Cross (DRK) stands at a coronavirus test center at Hamburg Airport in 2020.

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Should you warm your car up in the winter before driving? I spoke with more than 30 mechanics and couldn't get a straight answer.

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When warming up your car in the winter, experts said to consider the environment and maintaining the engine.

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10 things about ancient Egypt that movies and TV got wrong, according to an expert

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Anthony Browder, Egyptologist, reviews ancient-Egyptian facts that movies and series got wrong.

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