America was winning the race to find Martian life. Then China jumped in. In July 2024, NASA’s Perseverance rover came across a peculiar rocky outcrop on Mars covered in strange spots. On Earth, these ...

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Anesthetizing the retina of a “lazy” eye for just two days can restore vision in mice.

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