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Australian scientists have unveiled an idea that could one day help humanity speak to extraterrestrial intelligence — and the key, they say, is already buzzing around on Earth. If humans ever make ...

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The Los Angeles Rams are headed to the NFC Championship Game against the Seahawks, and for a change, quarterback Matthew Stafford did not play the starring role. While facing the Bears on the road, he ...

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From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

A major step toward the industrialization of brain-computer interface technology was taken recently as NeuroXess, a Chinese BCI company, broke ground on a "super factory" project in the Ganjiang New ...