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Scientists have launched a fresh effort to find out what could be producing oxygen at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean.

Engineers at the Huazhong University of Science and Technology in Wuhan, Hubei province, have developed a breakthrough ...

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A competition calling for research projects involving so-called AI scientists shows just how fast this technology is moving.