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Scientists use AI to create completely new anti-venom proteins
‘To find something that works in the first attempt, that’s very shocking.’
Yes, ginger ale really does taste better on a plane. Here’s why.
Plus other weird things we learned this week.
Rachel Feltman
At Popular Science, we report and write dozens stories every week. And while a lot of the fun facts we stumble across make it into our articles, there are lots of other weird facts that we just keep around the office. So we figured, why not share those with you? Welcome to The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week.
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New foot-long crustacean named after Darth Vader
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