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Artificial intelligence has identified a gene capable of turning back the aging clock. Harvard Medical School researchers discovered that administering the SRSF1 gene to aged mice extended lifespan by 14% and slowed frailty progression by 44%. The approach is being hailed as a breakthrough that overcomes the limitations of existing cellular reprogramming techniques by inducing rejuvenation while preserving cells' intrinsic functions. A research team led by Professor George M. Church of Harvard Medical School's Department of Genetics published the findings on the 14th in the international journal Nature Aging. The international collaboration included Dr. Alexandru Plesa of the Wyss Institute.

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory researcher Isaiah Santistevan led the development of three-dimensional simulations exploring how a nuclear device could deflect or disrupt an asteroid threatening Earth. Credit: Blaise Douros/LLNL Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) researchers are developing three-dimensional simulations to examine how a nuclear device could be used to deflect or potentially disrupt an asteroid threatening Earth.

Orcas are hunting great White Sharks around the world, scientists confirmThe killing of great whites by orcas has been reported in the waters of South Africa, California, and Australia, and the implications that the hunting behaviour would have on the marine ecosystem have been considered. In fact, it all started back on May 3, 2017, when the body of a female great white, weighing 1,100 kilograms, washed ashore in Gansbaai, close to Cape Town, with a deep gash through which its 90-kilogram liver had been extracted. Five more corpses of great whites appeared with similar wounds in the coming months, as claimed by shark biologist Alison Towner of Rhodes University. Two adult males, called Port and Starboard, who are supposed to be brothers judging by their dorsal fins that fold differently, were identified as the most probable perpetrators. The connection was officially established in 2022 based on video footage of a drone that caught three orcas chasing and biting a 3-meter great white off Mossel Bay. The sharks quickly disappeared from Dyer Island, one of the best places in the world to witness a great white.