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Biggest-ever supercomputer simulation delves into universe’s evolution | Science & Tech News
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Astronomers have performed the biggest-ever computer simulations to investigate how the universe evolved from the Big Bang. Project Flamingo calculated how ordinary matter, dark matter and dark energy evolved according to the laws of physics. Virtual galaxies and clusters of galaxies emerge in detail as the simulations progress. Researchers hope they can compare the virtual…
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Swedish scientist Svante Paabo wins Nobel Prize for work on human evolution | Science & Tech News
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A Swedish scientist who used DNA sequencing to find the link between extinct people and modern humans has been awarded the 2022 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine. Svante Paabo was given what is arguably the most prestigious prize in the scientific world for discoveries “concerning the genomes of extinct hominins and human evolution”. He…