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Light bulb moment for understanding DNA repair switches

Researchers from the University of Birmingham have uncovered answers that provide the detail to explain two specific DNA repair processes…

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Health

Study sheds light on how inherited cancer mutations drive tumor growth

Most cancer genome studies have focused on mutations in the tumor itself and how such gene variants allow a tumor…

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Tech

nEye Systems, which is developing data center chips that use light to send data, raised a $58M Series B led by CapitalG, bringing its total funding to $72.5M (Stephen Nellis/Reuters)

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World

Ancient fossil sheds big light on evolution mystery: Solving a 100-year arthropod mystery

For over a century, the Cambrian arthropod Helmetia expansa remained a mystery. Discovered by paleontologist Charles Doolittle Walcott in 1918,…

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TV-Film

‘Soldiers of Light’ Exposes Far-Right Aligned ‘Healing’ Movement

When artist and filmmaker Johannes Büttner stumbled upon an old school acquaintance he hadn’t heard from for years online, it…

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Lifestyle

Why Yellow Light Bulbs Keep Insects Away, According to an Entomologist

Adding lamps, string lights, and other outdoor lighting is a great way to make your yard and porch look charming…

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TV-Film

Forbidden City, Cinema as Light

The poster for the 15th edition of the Beijing International Film Festival (BJIFF) has some inspirations and messages that may…

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Tech

Can Using the Light Phone III Help Cure ‘Brain Rot’?

Dear readers, I have a confession: I am suffering from an ailment that the younger ones call “brain rot,” the…

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TV-Film

Bill Murray Says ‘Being Mortal’ Misconduct Was ‘Light’ and ‘Funny’

Bill Murray is opening up about the aftermath of the Being Mortal set complaints that forced the film into cancellation…

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Health

How researchers are shining a light on kidney disease

For patients with polycystic kidney disease (PKD), a common genetic disorder that ravages the waste-removing organ with cysts, dialysis and…

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