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Google Unveils A.I. for Predicting Behavior of Human Molecules
The system, AlphaFold3, could accelerate efforts to understand the human body and fight disease.
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Ian Gelder, ‘Game of Thrones’ Actor, Dies at 74
He played Kevan Lannister, the brother of feared patriarch Tywin, and was diagnosed with bile duct cancer five months ago.
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Afraid of Cicadas? This Entomologist Wants to Change That.
Sammy Ramsey casts the mass emergence of the big, red-eyed bugs as a love story, not an insect apocalypse.
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Three Reasons the Campus Protests Are Part of the Problem
Readers have been asking me, and I have been asking myself of late, how I feel about the campus demonstrations…
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He Knows It’s Important to Admit Mistakes. He’s Made Many.
Glenn Loury thought maybe the world — maybe he — had been wrong about Derek Chauvin, the police officer convicted…
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Why Conservative and Liberal Catholics Can’t Escape One Another
Before Pope Francis was elected, conservative Catholics had fallen into a habit of dismissing the more liberal form of Catholicism…
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Iran and Israel Weren’t Always Enemies
“History is littered,” the British writer and politician Enoch Powell said, “with the wars which everybody knew would never happen.”…
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When These Snakes Play Dead, Soiling Themselves Is Part of the Act
Dice snakes found on an island in southeastern Europe fully commit themselves to the role of ex-reptile.
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At the Met Gala, Celebrities Are Nearly Nude. Are We Not Aroused?
Watching the red carpet at Monday night’s Met Gala, I couldn’t help but recall a prediction I’d heard from Emily…