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Off Kekova Island in Antalya, archaeologists have found the cargo of a small trade ship that sank 4,400 to 4,700 years ago, making it the oldest shipwreck known anywhere. Some of its clay jars still hold a mysterious residue.
Mount Sinai researchers, NASA and Space Tango have launched lab-grown mini hearts and brains on CRS-35 to see how microgravity and radiation speed up aging, with lessons for astronauts and for patients on Earth.
Sukunaarchaeum mirabile has the smallest archaeal genome ever recorded. It keeps its own ribosomes but has almost no metabolism, which pushes hard on the line between cells and viruses.
OpenAI has published hundreds of AI-generated proofs covering 372 open problems. Some mathematicians see a new era of exploration, others a threat to the discipline itself.