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Growing up in Greece, wildfires were a constant presence each summer. In 2007, I remember watching TV footage of fires ...

Researchers at Colorado State University have determined how to use artificial intelligence to modify antibodies so they act ...

Scientists at the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IMBB-FORTH) and the University of Crete, together with ...

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Our prehistoric human ancestors relied on deliberately modified and sharpened stone tools as early as 3.3 million years ago.

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