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Scientists used powerful new sequencing technology to detect the bacteria and fungi that have accumulated on Da Vinci's drawings over the centuries.
The Treasury Department is likely to consider additional regulations of the blockchain economy over the next four years. (via @arstechnica )
To cope with lockdown, two mathematicians threw themselves into their research. They ended up solving a century-old geometry question over Zoom (via @QuantaMagazine )
It started as a meme: Traders on the subreddit Wall Street Bets helped GameStop’s stock price skyrocket *after* traditional analysts deemed it a clunker. Then things turned ugly
Welcome to the coldest town on Earth: Oymyakon, Russia. It earned that title in February 1933, when the temperature plunged to -90. Conditions are so cold here that people regularly consume frozen meat and keep their cars running 24/7: 📷: Amos Chapple
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”People are suffering, people are dying, entire ecosystems are collapsing. We are in the beginning of a mass extinction and all you can talk about is money and fairytales of eternal economic growth.” Watch Greta Thunberg speak at the UN Monday morning.
Don't look now, but @BostonDynamics ' robot Atlas is back. And now it can do parkour.
After almost eight years of exclusivity with EA, Lucasfilm Games will be joining forces with Ubisoft to create an open-world Star Wars game. And that’s just the beginning.
BREAKING: Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri has announced that likes will disappear from the platform for US users starting as soon as next week.
In other news, this @BostonDynamics robot just learned how to open doors and let itself out.
Yes, those were 300 drones flying in formation during Lady Gaga's half-time show. Here's how Intel pulled it off
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