IN A NUTSHELL 🧪 Researchers recreated a chemical reaction in the lab that could explain the origins of life. 🌊 The reaction occurred in conditions mimicking early Earth environments, such as primitive ponds. 🔗 This study shows a natural binding between RNA and amino acids, forming basic protein structures. 🌌 The findings bridge the gap between metabolism and genetics, offering …
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An Amazon-backed AI firm is looking to recreate the lost footage of a Hollywood masterpiece. The Hollywood Reporter published a detailed look at the efforts from the firm Showrunner to use generative artificial intelligence to reconstruct the missing 43 minutes — footage that was burned by studio execs — from the 1942 Orson Welles film The Magnificent Ambersons. Wrote the …
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Chemists at UCL have shown how two of biology’s most fundamental ingredients, RNA (ribonucleic acid) and amino acids, could have spontaneously joined together at the origin of life four billion years ago. Amino acids are the building blocks of proteins, the “workhorses” of life essential to nearly every living process. But proteins cannot replicate or produce themselves — they require …
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First reported by Automaton, veteran programmer Koji Sugimoto (Chrono Trigger, Xenogears, Final Fantasy 10) criticized modern games’ emulation of retro visual glitches, specifically the affine texture warping of the original PlayStation, a frequent feature of lo-fi, throwback indie games. On August 5, Sugimoto responded to a tweet from Unity Japan about a new tool in the engine to let devs …
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“You don’t understand.. she’s my idol,” Jenelle wrote, referring to the viral ‘Teen Mom 2’ scene, in which the reality star expressed her love for Kesha after learning her jail sentence was going to conflict with the date of the singer’s concert that she had tickets to. Teen Mom alum Jenelle Evans and singer Kesha just took fans back — …
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Two Silent Hill F leads have explained why the game leans more towards action than survival horror. In an interview with Game*Spark (as translated by Automaton), Silent Hill series producer Motoi Okamoto and Silent Hill F director Al Yang were asked why the game has more action than previous entries in the series. Yang explained that the shift to action …
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