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The larger bamboo lemur eating a bamboo shoot. This endangered species is at greater risk of extinction as climate change forces them to rely on less woody, dry and less nutritious bamboo.

SciTech Briefs

This week scientists discover an asteroid from an alien solar system, how climate change affects Madagascar's greater bamboo lemurs, and replacing DNA/RNA errors.

Google’s DeepMind AI learns to play Go on its own

Google's DeepMind AI defeats high-ranked Go players, after learning the game on it own in three days.

The skeleton of a wooly mammoth at a German museum. Scientists are trying to revive the species which raises an ethical debate.

Reviving extinct species has unclear consequences

Ethical concerns have been raised as scientists try to revive extinct woolly mammoths.

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