For example, in 1948 Italian zoologist Tina Franceschi took tardigrades that had been gathering dust in a museum for over 120 years and added water, after which one of the creature’s front legs started moving. Although the creature never fully revived, in 1995, desiccated tardigrades were brought back to life after eight years. The tun state helps preserve the animal’s …
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Kerry Wan/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. After the initial setup, most people rarely engage directly with their smart TV. With wireless connectivity, phone apps, and remote controls, there’s little need to. Tucked next to the essential HDMI ports, a USB 2.0 port — likely sitting unnoticed on the back or side panel — offers more potential …
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Palantir Technologies just achieved a milestone that would have seemed outlandish even to its boldest promoters a year ago: a first-ever billion-dollar quarter, propelled by a runaway boom in artificial intelligence that is now fundamentally transforming how the company operates—and how many employees it believes it needs. The software and data analytics giant reported $1 billion in revenue for its …
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After spending months without eating, drinking, or moving, hibernating mammals must rebound from extreme physiological changes. Two new studies suggest that the genetic “superpowers” underlying this incredible resilience may also be present in the human genome. For these studies, published Thursday, July 31, in the journal Science, researchers at the University of Utah honed in on the specific DNA regions …
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