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Meet the 6 women innovators featured in a new STEM exhibit at Seattle’s Pacific Science Center

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The six 3D-printed statues of women on display as part of the Pacific Science Center’s “Science for Everyone” exhibit in Seattle. Short for “If she can she it, then she can be it,” the IF/THEN display is part of the broader “Science for Everyone” exhibit at the Science Center.

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A Black Biologist Pioneered Animal Intelligence Research, but His Work Was Buried

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Black biologist Charles Henry Turner was doing groundbreaking research into animal cognition at the turn of the 20th century, yet his ideas never gained traction on account of racism and his seemingly radical viewpoint. Many concepts proposed by Turner are now accepted science, and a group of researchers to say it’s… Read more.

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A Scott Pilgrim anime adaptation is reportedly in development for Netflix

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An anime adaptation of the cult comic book series could be a perfect fit. Netflix is developing an anime adaptation of the Scott Pilgrim graphic novel series, according to a report from The Hollywood Reporter. This potential anime adaptation isn’t the only recent Scott Pilgrim revival. Image: Universal Pictures.

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A Carnivorous Plant Has Been Hiding in Plain Sight in North America

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In the boglands of the northwestern United States and Canada, an unassuming plant has been trapping and eating insects, totally unbeknownst to science. Today, researchers report that Triantha occidentalis is now the 12th known independent evolution of carnivory—the consumption of animal flesh—in the plant kingdom. Read more.

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Scientists are using AI to study bee behavior, zebra movement, and insects on treadmills

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Such methods have life science applications beyond biomedical fields such as protein design, a more well-known use case. Researchers are leveraging AI to study how animals move their bodies, migrate, sense their environment, behave, and more. “AI

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Founders with unique backgrounds unite over climate concerns and launch new venture fund

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Salpeter is co-founder of Sweet Farm, which supports animal rescue, sustainable agriculture and is a tech accelerator. Salpeter lives in western New York where he runs Sweet Farm , an nonprofit organization that combines sustainable agriculture and animal rescue with a technology startup accelerator. He holds a Ph.D.

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Could AI become conscious? Physicists and neuroscientists search for answers

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It’s a question that has sparked scores of science-fiction plots, from “Colossus: The Forbin Project” in 1970, to “The Matrix” in 1999, to this year’s big-budget tale about AI vs. humans, “The Creator.” Basically a closer stand-in for an animal, or even a human, or even a superhuman brain.