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Scientists at the Chinese Academy of Sciences have developed a quantum engine powered by entanglement—the quantum property ...

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Computer scientist and futurist Ray Kurzweil believes humanity will achieve “longevity escape velocity” in just five years.

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Scientists at Queen Mary University of London and the University of Hong Kong have created a mouse with substituted genes ...