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NASA's Perseverance rover cored and stored the first sample of the mission's newest science campaign on Thursday, March 30…. Perseverance has collected a total of 19 samples and three witness tubes, and it recently deposited 10 tubes as a backup cache on the Martian surface as part of the NASA-ESA (European Space Agency) Mars Sample Return campaign.
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This is a sentimental story about Twitter, a little Twitterbilly elegy…. I spilled tears, heavy Patsy Cline tears, for the platform for the first time a few weeks ago, during a walk with Amanda Guinzburg, a writer and photographer I'd long followed on Twitter for her excellent tweets about American politics and photos of libidinous flowers.
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"The Era of Simulacrum: Grappling with AI-Generated Realities and Their Countermeasures." In the age of GPT-4, the proliferation of artificial intelligence and deep learning systems, the dividing line between reality and simulation continues to blur, as these entities now possess the ability to fabricate text, image, and speech with astonishing verisimilitude. The intrusion of this advanced simul
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https://futurism.com/neoscope/scientists-tiny-robots-inspect-cells from the article – A team of researchers at Tel Aviv University in Israel has come up with tiny micro-robots that can scan individual cells to tell whether they're healthy or in trouble. These tiny cell inspectors, a mere ten microns across each, are even capable of transporting desired cells to a different location with the use o
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We've been working on a unique experiment: giving ChatGPT full control of a YouTube channel's content, while using the production team behind Slidebean to bring it to life. ChatGPT chose the channel's theme, developed its visual assets, wrote the scripts, and provided guidance on the video production process. The result is a channel called "Tech Horizons," focusing on AI and its impact on society
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A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week: Sun, Mar 26, 2023 thru Sat, Apr 1, 2023. Story of the Week AI Can Spread Climate Misinformation 'Much Cheaper and Faster,' Study Warns A new study suggests developers of artificial intelligence are failing to prevent their products from being used for nefarious purposes, including spreadin
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Den långväga besökaren Oumuamua är en komet, hävdar nu två amerikanska forskare. De vill med det nu sätta punkt för flera år av spekulationer om vad för slags himlakropp som passerade vårt planetsystem 2017. Dess märkliga bana har fått den teoretiska fysikern Avi Loeb spekulera om en främmande rymdfarkost. – Den beter sig inte som en komet och är heller ingen komet, säger han till SVT.
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Hello everyone, I'm writing this post as a first year engineering student who's thinking of reorienting myself. I like scientific subjects like mathematics, sturctural engineering and mechanical design, I also love biology(bio-mechanics and how to body works aswell as neuroscience) , sociology and philosophy. I was hoping to get some info on what it is people who studied cognitive science end up
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Nature Communications, Published online: 01 April 2023; doi:10.1038/s41467-023-37500-1 The optical quality of large-area transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) monolayers is usually limited by surface defects and inhomogeneities. Here, the authors report a method based on 1-dodecanol encapsulation to improve the optical properties of TMD monolayers over mm-scale, enabling the fabrication of an arr
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The generative AI tool can write code on request, making the specialist skill of programming open to everyone Benedict Evans, a tech analyst whose newsletter is required reading for those who follow the industry, made an interesting point this week. He had, he said, been talking to generalist journalists who "were still under the impression that ChatGPT was a trivial parlour trick and the whole t
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Hayley Myers was worried about relocating back to her home city of Coventry after a decade in London, but she hasn't looked back During those seemingly endless days of working from home in the midst of the first lockdown, we decided that enough was enough. My husband and I were squeezed around the dining table, one eye on our laptops and the other on our restless toddler. Pregnant with our second
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Cry Me a River When they're dehydrated or get parts of themselves cut off, plants, like humans, appear to make sounds akin to crying — and scientists say they've now caught it on audio. A new study published in the journal Cell and aptly titled "Sounds emitted by plants under stress are airborne and informative," describes how plants aren't just ambiently wailing into the void, but rather make qu
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Keep an Eye Out You might want to be more vigilant about checking for spam and phishing emails, because those comically bad grammatical errors that once gave the game away? They're going to be a thing of the past, thanks to AI. Case in point: Europol, the European Union's law enforcement agency, has issued a warning about the potential abuse of ChatGPT and other large language model AIs by cyberc
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Bitcoin Booty Ahoy swashbuckling spacefarers: if you're hunting for off-world treasure, look no further than the Moon. As spotted by Gizmodo , the crypto company LunarCrush says it'll be leaving a bounty of 62 Bitcoin near the lunar south pole that's completely up for grabs. So in theory, any adventurer daring enough to hitch a ride to the Moon can snatch up the booty for themselves, which hopefu
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Shell Game Another week, another exoskeleton on Kickstarter. A Shanghai-based startup called Hypershell is trying its luck with an AI-powered exoskeleton that promises to take a big load off the next time you're on a hike or run — and they say it's even small enough to fit inside a backpack. But the jury is still out on whether it's anything more than a sci-fi-looking fashion accessory. To anyone
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A team of researchers at Tel Aviv University in Israel has come up with tiny micro-robots that can scan individual cells to tell whether they're healthy or in trouble. These tiny cell inspectors, a mere ten microns across each, are even capable of transporting desired cells to a different location with the use of electricity or a magnet for later genetic analysis, making them a potentially ground
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Wiki AI As impressive as it is, Wikipedia isn't a perfectly infallible encyclopedia of human knowledge. It's an amalgamation of human-submitted content that can scramble facts or fall victim to bias . The advent of advanced AI raises an interesting question: should an AI be involved in the creation of its entries to facilitate the process? Wikipedia founder — and guy who's constantly asking you f
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Smithghetti An absolutely deranged new video shows an AI's interpretation of famed actor — and noted slapper — Will Smith indulging in a bowl of spaghetti. The clip , which went viral on the unofficial subreddit for AI image generator Stable Diffusion, shows a quickly morphing Smith struggling to keep his physical body contained as he tries to simulate the act of a human being eating a bowl of sp
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Bold Claims The rumor mill has churned out a pretty huge claim against Google's new Bard AI chatbot — but the tech giant is denying, denying, denying . This mini-debacle begins with the allegation, published by The Information , that Google trained had trained its would-be Microsoft competitor chatbot on data from Microsoft's partner OpenAI's ChatGPT — a claim that would, if corroborated, be pret
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A Belgian man died by suicide after spending weeks talking to an AI chatbot, according to his widow. The man, anonymously referred to as Pierre, was consumed by a pessimistic outlook on climate change, Belgian newspaper La Libre reported . His overwhelming climate anxiety drove him away from his wife, friends and family, confiding instead in a chatbot named Eliza. According to the widow, known as
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Nature Communications, Published online: 01 April 2023; doi:10.1038/s41467-023-37505-w Recently there has been interest in exploring the coupling between magnons for use in information processing, however, this is hampered by the fact that such coupling is forbidden due to the different parity of the acoustic and optical magnons. Here, Comstock et al show that the interlayer Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya
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This is an edition of The Wonder Reader, a newsletter in which our editors recommend a set of stories to spark your curiosity and fill you with delight. Sign up here to get it every Saturday morning. The internet was not exactly built to accommodate April Fools' Day. As my colleague Megan Garber put it in 2015, our digital platforms don't tend "to distinguish between stories and facts, between th
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This article was originally published by Undark . Along the eastern coast of North America, North Atlantic right whales and boats navigate the same waters, which can get dicey for both. Fully grown, the whales can top out at more than 50 feet and weigh 140,000 pounds. A midsize, 58-foot-long pleasure yacht weighs about 80,000 pounds and can cost more than $1 million. "No mariner wants to collide
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INNOVATION ChatGPT Is About to Revolutionize the Economy. We Need to Decide What That Looks Like. David Rotman | MIT Technology Review "The optimistic view: it will prove to be a powerful tool for many workers, improving their capabilities and expertise, while providing a boost to the overall economy. The pessimistic one: companies will simply use it to destroy what once looked like automation-pr
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Nature Communications, Published online: 01 April 2023; doi:10.1038/s41467-023-37533-6 This study offers molecular insight into the sialidase and fucosidase decapping apparatus that initiates growth on mucin and promotes nutrient sharing by the dedicated mucolytic symbiont Akkermansia muciniphila with the mucus-associated microbiota.
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W ould you consider a donation to support Weekend Reads, and our daily work ? The week at Retraction Watch featured: Journal pulls papers by embattled scientist at national research center in France One small error for a physicist, one giant blunder for planetary science Exclusive: Committee recommended pulling several papers by former Cornell med school dean Norway demotes Hindawi journal after
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Instead of focusing on the negatives, like how we are all apparently are going to die by an army of robots in 30 years, can we think of the positives? At our current rate, we are already going to be extinct in a couple of hundred years due to climate change. What if, AI was smart enough to fix that problem? What if, AI had the problem solving skills that no other human would be able to comprehend
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I don't know much about how it works, but the whole idea seems off to me. We're intentionally trying to create something with the capacity to operate independently of humans without fully understanding how it works conceptually let alone practically? It seems like developing nukes without fully grasping the implications for geopolitics, prospects of human survival etc. I guess this has always bee
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With the fast pace of progress in the field of AI recently with GPT-4 greatly improving on GPT-3, what might GPT-10 be like? How soon will it be developed? What will its capabilities be and what consequences will it have on the world? submitted by /u/cam292 [link] [comments]
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The final (at this time) bit of conversation with ChatGPT, Part 1 and Part 2 . What if the clothing than becomes such that is masks the outline of the human body or obscures the movement? If the clothing masks the outline of the human body or obscures movement, it could make it more difficult for computer vision algorithms to detect and track individuals. However, it is important to note that suc
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This is the continuation of my previous post, found Part 1 . Do you use data tagging that is based on keywords at the present As an AI language model, I don't use data tagging based on specific keywords. Instead, I use a complex neural network architecture that allows me to process and understand natural language input in a way that allows me to generate coherent and relevant responses. This is a
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This is primarily a follow-up response and brainstorming session to a post and my previous comment. I decided to explore the implementation I mentioned and see what scenarios ChatGPT could potentially generate, as well as do some general knowledge testing and possible pathways an AI system, as an LLM, could be used in the IC. I think this could provide further areas for discussion on this topic a
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Plus: The library ebook app OverDrive is shutting down, Fitbit loses some social features, and we take a stroll on Amazon Sidewalk.
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The closer the rodents live to the centre of the city, the worse their symptoms of lung disease Deteriorating air quality is a major threat to health , and scientists have discovered that humans are not the only ones in danger. Grey squirrels suffer worsening lung damage the closer they live to the centre of a city, according to a study in London. It found the lungs of the rodent residents of Ric
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After his historic indictment was announced Thursday night, former President Donald Trump reacted with his characteristic cool and precision: "These Thugs and Radical Left Monsters have just INDICATED the 45th President of the United States of America." Presumably this was a typo, and he meant INDICTED . But the immediate joining of arms around the martyr was indeed a perfect indication of precis
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The "next-gen remake" is the latest and safest cash cow in video gaming. Take a hit title that came out a decade or more ago on a prior console, spiff it up with updated graphics, controls, and maybe even some new content, and sell it at full price to a nostalgic audience. Since its 2005 debut on the Nintendo GameCube, Capcom's Resident Evil 4 has been lightly reconfigured for a dozen different d
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Nature Communications, Published online: 01 April 2023; doi:10.1038/s41467-023-37453-5 Liver cirrhosis is characterised by extensive fibrosis of the liver, and understanding the underpinning immunological processes is important in designing intervention. Here authors show that Mucosal-Associated Invariant T cells are instrumental to controlling the balance between profibrogenic and restorative ma
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Nature Communications, Published online: 01 April 2023; doi:10.1038/s41467-023-37524-7 The negative electrode reversibility limits the lifespan of Zn metal batteries. Here, authors report an aqueous electrolyte with a reverse micelle structure that improves the reversibility of the Zn metal anode enabling the production of an ampere-hour-level pouch cell with five months lifetime.
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Nature Communications, Published online: 01 April 2023; doi:10.1038/s41467-023-37459-z Parabacteroides distasonis (P. distasonis), part of the gut microbiome, was reported to play a role in diabetes, colorectal cancer and inflammatory bowel disease. Here the authors report that P. distasonis ameliorates liver fibrosis in studies with male mice, potentially via altered bile acid metabolism and hep
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Nature Communications, Published online: 01 April 2023; doi:10.1038/s41467-023-37389-w Bacteria of the genus Streptomyces have complex life cycles involving cellular differentiation and multicellular structures that have never been observed in archaea. Here, the authors show that several halophilic archaea display a life cycle resembling that of Streptomyces bacteria, undergoing cellular differen
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The dilemma for the Republican Party is that Donald Trump's mounting legal troubles may be simultaneously strengthening him as a candidate for the GOP presidential nomination and weakening him as a potential general-election nominee. In the days leading up to the indictment of the former president, which Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced two days ago, a succession of polls showed
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Pressure is mounting on an obscure U.N. body based in Jamaica to hit pause on plans to potentially open the world's deep seas to mining as companies push for permission to extract metals from seabeds in international waters.
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Researchers have uncovered the chemical inner-workings of an electrolyte they developed for a new generation of solid oxide fuel cells. To uncover the location of the proton-introduction reaction, the team studied extensively the hydration reaction of their scandium-substituted barium zirconate perovskite through a combination of synchrotron radiation analysis, large-scale simulations, machine lea
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So after looking at how bad bard is compared to ChatGPT… (especially compared to GPT-4): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fs5mpHq7rcA I'm wondering why does google seem so far behind? They were the clear leader in the space for a LONG time, they had several huge research papers that allowed this tech to be developed, they have insane funding, I think their revenue is like $270 BILLION from peopl
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Reminds me how Thomas Edison got started, his first invention that made big money was the stock ticker tape. Information is key for any investment decision, now and then. An AI that gets enough data input on wages/compensation could recommend any worker a different job or carrer according to the individual talent and situation. Match the individual person, his/her education, work history, charact
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Hello Futurists, Laypeople respond to the theoretical AI extinction threat with reactions ranging from willful ignorance to eye-rolling at Crazy Uncle Eliezer the Conspiracy Theorist. I personally believe that AI does pose a very significant extinction risk, but I also have a hard time determining the degree of such risk within my own 90 percent confidence interval. If you listen to AI alignment
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This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here. Let's begin by assuming you're not planning to watch WrestleMania this weekend. World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), with its ridiculous bombast and barbaric violence, has turned people off for decades
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Three-year-old was on beach in Costa Rica when reptile tried to steal her dessert and bit her hand It could almost be a fable from Aesop, or a story from the Brothers Grimm: the toddler, the lizard and the cake. But for one small child, whose baked treat was snatched by an iguana, it was a tale with a twist. Doctors have revealed that the toddler ended up with an unusual infection after being bit
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AI Taylor Swift is mad. She is calling up Kim Kardashian to complain about her "lame excuse of a husband," Kanye West. (Kardashian and West are, in reality, divorced.) She is threatening to skip Europe on her Eras Tour if her fans don't stop asking her about international dates. She is insulting people who can't afford tickets to her concerts and using an unusual amount of profanity. She's being
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I hear a lot of FUD about AI replacing humans and putting them out of work, or people using it to create false narratives with deep fakes and whatnot. One use case that I think would be incredible is concerning social services. You've heard a ton of horror stories about foster kids being put into homes where they are abused, mistreated, molested, starved, and in some case, even end up dead. Many
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I want to begin by stating that what follows is an opinion/speculation. Also, English is not my first language, so I apologize for any spelling mistakes or ambiguity of reason. Jobs and the economy. Current AI systems are not as potentially dangerous as AGI. Nevertheless, they have a tremendous capacity to create a dystopia, not by direct action as AGI, but by the side effects that they produce.
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I'm thinking about this topic and there is a good solution: In recent years, the development of AI security cameras has garnered significant attention, primarily due to concerns surrounding privacy and bias. The new AI Security Camera system addresses these issues by offering an ethical and unbiased solution that ensures public safety while respecting individual privacy. The AI Security Camera sy
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No Free Clout The swagged out Pope was just too much to handle. Not long after AI-generated images of Pope Francis in immaculate white drip went viral, Midjourney — which was used to create the images — has announced that it's pulling the plug on free trials, as spotted by The Washington Post . Temporarily, anyway. "Due to a combination of extraordinary demand and trial abuse," CEO and founder Da
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Researchers used computational modeling to reveal finer details surrounding the outer shell of the COVID-19 virus. The work expands the scientific community's understanding of SARS-COV-2, and could lead to more refined antiviral therapies and better vaccines.
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Artificial intelligence technologies like ChatGPT are seemingly doing everything these days: writing code, composing music, and even creating images so realistic you'll think they were taken by professional photographers. Add thinking and responding like a human to the conga line of capabilities. A recent study proves that artificial intelligence can respond to complex survey questions just like a
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Researchers have developed a technology for delivering a microrobot to a target point of a hippocampus in an in-vitro environment, connecting neural networks, and measuring neural signals. The findings are expected to contribute to neural network research and the verification and analysis of cell therapy products.
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Researchers have recorded and analyzed sounds distinctly emitted by plants. The click-like sounds, similar to the popping of popcorn, are emitted at a volume similar to human speech, but at high frequencies, beyond the hearing range of the human ear.
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Can monetary policy such as the U.S. Federal Reserve raising interest rates affect the environment? According to a new study, it can. Results suggest that the impact of monetary policy on pollution is basically domestic: a monetary contraction or reduction in a region reduces its own emissions, but this does not seem to spread out to other economies. However, the findings do not imply that the int
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Researchers report that the flow of cerebrospinal fluid in the brain is linked to waking brain activity. The study demonstrates that manipulating blood flow in the brain with visual stimulation induces complementary fluid flow. The findings could impact treatment for conditions like Alzheimer's disease, which have been associated with declines in cerebrospinal fluid flow.
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A fuel cell under the skin that converts blood sugar from the body into electrical energy sounds like science fiction. Yet it apparently works perfectly.
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A team of scientists presents an original oscillating short-term memory model to study the dynamics of landing events at 10 major European airports. The model can estimate how landing volumes will influence those in consecutive hours — a critical ability given airport capacity constraints and external events that cause landing delays. Altogether, the model demonstrates that statistical analyses o
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With CRISPR-Cas9 technology, humans can now rapidly change the evolutionary course of animals or plants by inserting genes that can easily spread through entire populations. An evolutionary geneticist proposes that we call this evolutionary meddling 'genetic welding.' He argues that we must scientifically and ethically scrutinize the potential consequences of genetic welding before we put it into
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Researchers develop a 3D cell culture system to test how inhibiting fibroblast activities can help treat lung cancer. To simulate the tumor microenvironment and mimic real tissues, the team co-cultured lung cancer cells and fibroblasts in a 3D matrix. The researchers then tested the anti-cancer drug cisplatin with and without two anti-fibrotic drugs, nintedanib and pirfenidone. They found that com
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When the Kinks' Ray Davies penned the tune 'Last of the Steam-Powered Trains,' the vanishing locomotives stood as nostalgic symbols of a simpler English life. But for a paleontologist, the replacement of steam-powered trains with diesel and electric engines, as well as cars and trucks, might be a model of how some species in the fossil record died out.
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