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Colossal Biosciences, which calls itself “the world’s first de-extinction company,” has created stem cells it thinks will hasten the company’s marquee goal of resurrecting the woolly mammoth. The team’s research describing the accomplishment will be hosted on the preprint server bioRxiv.What Drew John Boyega Back Into Sci-Fi? | io9 InterviewThe cells are induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC), a type of cell that can be reprogrammed to develop into any other type of cell. The cells are especially useful in bioengineering,…

Samsung never fell in the “modular phone” trap that companies like Motorola, Google and LG went into. However, the company did experiment with ways to add functionality through cases – things like the Lens Cover that we looked at a few weeks ago. Now we want to look at a different cover from the same period – the Keyboard Cover for the Samsung Galaxy S6 edge+ and Galaxy Note5 from 2015. The Keyboard Cover on the Galaxy Note5 This was a detachable QWERTY keyboard (and different layouts) that clipped on the front of…

At a quiet cemetery in eastern China, bereaved father Seakoo Wu pulls out his phone, places it on a gravestone and plays a recording of his son.They are words that the late student never spoke, but brought into being with artificial intelligence. "I know you're in great pain every day because of me, and feel guilty and helpless," intones Xuanmo in a slightly robotic voice. "Even though I can't be by your side ever again, my soul is still in this world, accompanying you through life."Stricken by grief, Wu and his wife…

At a quiet cemetery in eastern China, bereaved father Seakoo Wu pulls out his phone, places it on a gravestone and plays a recording of his son.They are words that the late student never spoke, but brought into being with artificial intelligence.Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill CoursesOffering CollegeCourseWebsiteMITMIT Technology Leadership and InnovationVisitIIM KozhikodeIIMK Senior Management ProgrammeVisitIIM LucknowIIML Executive Programme in FinTech, Banking & Applied Risk ManagementVisit"I know…

As odd as it may be to say about the world’s biggest movie franchise, the MCU has a visibility problem right now. Just take a look at The Marvels‘ record-breakingly low opening weekend. Luckily, there’s a way Fantastic Four can fix things. Ironically, one insane but guaranteed cure — one that would 100% send audiences flying into theaters to check out the MCU once more — all rests on the shoulders of Invisible Woman herself, Sue Storm. With the news that Pedro Pascal is very likely going to be our Reed Richards, the…

It isn’t every day that a developer gets a second crack at their first abandoned project. That’s what’s happening with Yuppie Psycho devs Baroque Decay Games, though, as they revisit their horror RPG Catechesis.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvCPf9B6J3Y The game first started in 2012 with its sights set on a modest mobile horror experience. Anyone who has ever worked on anything creative knows how easy it is to get carried away, though. What began as a mashup of concepts inspired by Resident Evil and adventure games…

Though famous Brazilian singer Elis Regina Carvalho Costa (known professionally as Elis Regina) passed away in 1982, she lives on via artificial intelligence in Volkswagen’s new advertisement commemorating the company’s 70 years in Brazil. In the ad, she shares a duet with her daughter, Maria Rita, who is also a popular singer. Though Rita is very much still alive and physically present in the ad, the depiction of her mother is the product of a body double with a recreation of Regina’s face digitally grafted on top.…

Vin Diesel’s Dom Torreto Has Super Powers In The Fast X Movie ( Photo Credit – IMDb ) We wonder if there is anything that we can not expect from the Fast and Furious movies. The decade-long franchise has shocked the pop culture world with things that no one could dream of and was totally unimaginable. Led by Vin Diesel’s Dominic Torreto, the recently released Fast X has shown some of the superhero power that only the character can possess in the movies. While the actor is a part of the superhero franchise, there is…

Image via 20th Century Fox Expectations for Deadpool 3 were already sky-high, with Hugh Jackman’s announced return to the role of Wolverine being the biggest motivator for fans to fill theaters. Now, though, the bar is once again being raised, as rumors surrounding a possible X-Men takeover catch fire online. Just the thought of Ryan Reynolds bringing back Halle Berry as Storm, James Marsden as Cyclops, and Famke Janssen as Jean Grey is enough to send fans into overdrive, but why stop there? What the audience…

In 2020, after over 17 years of service, the Spitzer Space Telescope was deactivated, left to drift in a heliocentric orbit until the Sun eventually expands and swallows it up. As the last of NASA’s “Great Observatories,” the Spitzer performed exceptionally well, delivering tons of data about our universe. A private company has a crazy plan to resurrect NASA’s Spitzer telescope, and it just might work. NASA shut down Spitzer in 2020 after almost 20 years of service. The telescope was still working well when it…