Markey Clinches Democratic Senate Nomination in Massachusetts
Incumbent Sen. Ed Markey wins the Massachusetts Democratic primary, overcoming a challenge framed around generational change.
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Peggy Flanagan Wins Minnesota Democratic Senate Primary
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Artificial Intelligence used to design brand new viruses
Viruses are not alive and it would take another significant leap for AI to generate living organisms. The genetic code of the phage is around 5,400 base pairs (letters) long. The smallest genome of a living cell is around 500,000 base pairs. The human genome is three billion base pairs. Hie says “it would probably…