Elon Musk claims the first human patient has received a Neuralink brain implant

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Thousands of people have expressed interest in participating in the FDA trial for Neuralink, Bloomberg reported.

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Japan's moon probe landed upside-down but somehow it still works

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Imagery from one of its rovers shows the SLIM probe landed at a peculiar angle.

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Researchers spotted a baby great white for the first time ever, and it could help solve one of shark science's biggest mysteries

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For what may be the first time, footage shows a baby white shark swimming off the coast of California.

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Black hole 'particle accelerators' are causing mysterious cosmic rays to rain down on Earth at the speed of light

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An artist's impression shows a microquasar that allowed scientists to find the location of a natural particle accelerator.

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Lise Meitner helped discover nuclear fission but never won a Nobel Prize for her brilliance despite 49 nominations

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Otto Hahn (left) won a Nobel Prize for the discovery of nuclear fission and would later downplay his colleague Lise Meitner (right) for her critical role in the discovery.

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Black holes are rampaging through our universe at more than 2.2 million mph and scientists think they now know why

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On rare occasions, black holes can get kicked into space after they form.

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Video shows an alligator 'frozen' in ice during a cold blast in Texas — but it's still alive

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An alligator brumating, sticking its snout through frozen water

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How scrappers cash in on gold from your old computer

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One ton of circuit boards from old e-waste can contain 100 times more gold than a ton of mined gold. Now, scrappers like Wade Crawley in Sydney, Australia, are cashing in. He's partnered with Mint Innovation, a company that invented a safer and cleaner way to recover precious metals from electronics.

A marsupial in Australia will sacrifice sleep for sex, before dying and being eaten by its mate, say scientists

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A male antechinus.

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NASA's Mars helicopter broke during a mysterious communication blackout. Now it will never fly again.

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NASA's Ingenuity helicopter on Mars, in a close-up from the Perseverance rover's cameras.

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