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Tue. 12/01 - China's Chang'e 5 Lands on the Moon


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Scientists have used AI to make a massive breakthrough in protein folding that could cause huge ripples in drug treatments and understanding the human body. China has landed a robotic spacecraft on the moon and is bringing back souvenirs. Leave some milk and cookies in the Zoom chat because Santa Claus is officially going virtual. And another quick update on The Monolith.

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  • Links:

    London A.I. Lab Claims Breakthrough That Could Accelerate Drug Discovery (NY Times)
  • DeepMind AI cracks 50-year-old problem of protein folding (The Guardian)
  • DeepMind 101 megathread (Dr. Adam Rutherford, Twitter)
  • China’s Chang’e 5 mission lands on the Moon (The Verge)
  • China's Chang'e 5 lands on the moon to collect the 1st fresh lunar samples in decades (Space)
  • Yes, Virtual Santa Claus Meet and Greets Are Happening on Zoom (Gizmodo)
  • The Santa Claus Man: The Rise and Fall of a Jazz Age Con Man and the Invention of Christmas in New York (Alex Palmer)
  • Ripley’s Offering $10,000 Reward For The Missing Utah Monolith (Ripley's)
  • Another Mysterious Monolith Suddenly Appears — This Time In Romania (NPR) 
  • Monolith at Four Seasons Total Landscaping (It’s Full Of Stars, Twitter)
  • Kottke.Org
  • Jackson Bird on Twitter
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