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Humanoid robots show off creepily impressive kung-fu moves during Lunar New Year festival in China
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Humanoid robots show off creepily impressive kung-fu moves during Lunar New Year festival in China

Improvements to the AI that powers Unitree's H2 and G1 humanoid robots, alongside mechanical upgrades, have resulted in a dazzling kung-fu demonstration.

Occupy Mars? Or the Moon? Get a Reality Check on Elon Musk's Plans
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Occupy Mars? Or the Moon? Get a Reality Check on Elon Musk's Plans

SpaceX founder Elon Musk now says he wants to build a city on the moon before building a city on Mars. Is either scenario realistic? In the latest episode of the Fiction Science podcast, biologist Scott Solomon, the author of a new book titled "Becoming Martian," does a reality check on humanity's prospects for living on other worlds.

Our adorable, noodle-like ancestor had 4 eyes, half-a-billion-year-old fossils reveal
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Our adorable, noodle-like ancestor had 4 eyes, half-a-billion-year-old fossils reveal

The earliest recorded vertebrates had four eyes to escape predators in the ancient Cambrian ocean, according to half-a-billion-year-old fossils from China that shed light on our evolutionary origins.

Sleep deprivation harms the gut via the vagus nerve, early study reveals
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Sleep deprivation harms the gut via the vagus nerve, early study reveals

New research reveals that sleep deprivation sends aberrant signals through the vagus nerve, triggering a serotonin surge that can kill gut stem cells.

The Link Between Air Pollution And Alzheimer's Is Now Clearer Than Ever
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The Link Between Air Pollution And Alzheimer's Is Now Clearer Than Ever

The air we breathe is harming us.