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MIT engineers grew an artificial, muscle-powered structure that pulls both concentrically and radially, much like how the iris in the human eye acts to dilate and constrict the pupil. Image: MIT
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MIT engineers create artificial muscle that mimics real tissue

The breakthrough could lead to soft, wiggly robots

A ski lift at the Kalavrita ski centre on Mount Helmos is silhouetted as the moon rises near the town of Kalavrita, Greece, August 14, 2019. Photo: REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis/File Photo
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A micromoon will grace the night skies this weekend

Shown here are two of three wolves genetically edited by scientists to have traits of a dire wolf, a prehistoric animal that went extinct about 12,500 years ago. Photo: Colossal Biosciences/Press Release
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Meet the dire wolf puppies: How a Texas lab brought an extinct species back to life after 12,500 years

Representational image. Photo: Collected
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Scientists discover 'vast city' underneath Egypt's Giza pyramid, reveal new details about mysterious structures

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Events

Bangladesh Astronomical Association, Alliance Francaise de Dhaka hosts astronomy event on Einstein's birthday

A formation is seen from SpaceX's next-generation Starship spacecraft's launch atop its Super Heavy booster on its eighth test at the company's Boca Chica launch pad in Brownsville, Texas, US, March 6, 2025. REUTERS/Joe Skipper
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SpaceX's Starship explodes in space, again raining debris over Caribbean

The entrance to the international gene bank Svalbard Global Seed Vault (SGSV) is pictured outside Longyearbyen on Spitsbergen, Norway. File Photo: Reuters
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Arctic doomsday seed vault gets more than 14,000 new samples

Representational Image of brain anatomy. Photo: Collected
Health

Chinese scientists make breakthrough in blocking Parkinson’s progression

Photo: The researchers.
Tech

Mice with two fathers survive adulthood

An artist's concept shows the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy, known as Sagittarius A*, surrounded by a swirling accretion disk of hot gas, in this undated illustration obtained by Reuters on February 18, 2025. The black hole's strong gravity bends light from the far side of the disk, making it appear to wrap above and below the black hole. Several flaring hot spots that resemble solar flares are seen in the disk. Illustration: NASA, ESA, CSA, Ralf Crawford (STScI)/Handout via REUTERS
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Webb telescope observes violence around Milky Way's central black hole

An artist’s impression of an asteroid. Newly discovered 2024 YR4 has an almost 99% chance of safely passing Earth in 2032. Photo: ESA-Science Office
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A 'city-killer' asteroid might hit Earth — how worried should we be?

This photo provided by Firefly Aerospace shows Firefly’s Blue Ghost lunar lander captures the Blue Marble while in Earth orbit on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025. (Firefly Aerospace via AP)
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Private US spacecraft headed to moon captures glorious view of Earth

This photo provided by Bournemouth University in January 2025 shows burials being investigated at an Iron Age Celtic cemetery as part of the Durotriges tribe project dig in Dorset, southwest England. (Bournemouth University via AP)
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Ancient DNA reveals women’s key role in Celtic social networks in Britain