Object mistaken as a galaxy is actually a black hole pointed directly at Earth

DeepMind's AI used to develop tiny 'syringe' for injecting gene therapy and tumor-killing drugs | We're nowhere near reaching the maximum human life span, controversial study suggests | Female spiders play dead during sex so males don't have to worry about being eaten Created for {EMAIL} | [Web Version]( March 30, 2023 CONNECT WITH LIVESCIENCE  [Facebook]( [Twitter](  [LIVESCIENCE]( Amazing science every day [SIGN UP]( ⋅ [WEBSITE](  [] Top Science News [] [Object mistaken as a galaxy is actually a black hole pointed directly at Earth]( [Object mistaken as a galaxy is actually a black hole pointed directly at Earth]( (NASA/ JPL-Caltech) In a distant galaxy, a supermassive black hole spewing radiation at near light speed has shifted its angle by a whopping 90 degrees to point directly toward Earth — a sharp turn that's puzzling physicists. Active galactic nuclei (AGN) are the hungry black holes at the cores of many other galaxies. Full Story: [Live Science]( (3/29) [] Your Health [] [DeepMind's AI used to develop tiny 'syringe' for injecting gene therapy and tumor-killing drugs]( [DeepMind's AI used to develop tiny 'syringe' for injecting gene therapy and tumor-killing drugs]( (Joseph Kreitz, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT) Scientists have developed a molecular "syringe" that can inject proteins, including cancer-killing drugs and gene therapies, directly into human cells. And the researchers did it using an artificial intelligence (AI) program made by Google's DeepMind called AlphaFold. Full Story: [Live Science]( (3/29) [] [We're nowhere near reaching the maximum human life span, controversial study suggests]( [We're nowhere near reaching the maximum human life span, controversial study suggests]( (ROSLAN RAHMAN / Staff via Getty Images) Scientists have long debated the greatest possible age of a person, with previous studies placing the limit at up to 150 years. But in the past 25 years, no one has surpassed the record for the world's oldest person, held by Jean Louise Calment, who died at age 122 in 1997. Full Story: [Live Science]( (3/29) [] Curious Creatures [] [Female spiders play dead during sex so males don't have to worry about being eaten]( [Female spiders play dead during sex so males don't have to worry about being eaten]( (Andrea Pane; (CC BY-NC 4.0)) Female funnel weaving spiders engage a bizarre behavior to mate: They play dead during sex so males are less worried that they might be eaten when the deed is done, a new study shows. That, in turn, makes it easier for females to choose the best mates, by playing dead for appealing partners and fighting off the scrubs. Full Story: [Live Science]( (3/29) [] [Inbreeding may be causing orca population in the Pacific Northwest to crash]( [Inbreeding may be causing orca population in the Pacific Northwest to crash]( (Ron Sanford via Getty) Southern Resident killer whales, a small population of orcas living in the Pacific Ocean off the northwest coast of North America, are so isolated that they've taken to inbreeding, which has contributed to their decline, a new study finds. It wasn't until researchers conducted genomic sequencing that they saw how dire the situation had become. Full Story: [Live Science]( (3/30) [] Daily Quiz [] When do scientists think someone will break the record for the world's oldest person, held by a 122-year-old woman who died in 1997? (Learn the answer [here]() [Vote]( [Within the next 5 years]( [Vote]( [Within the next 15 years]( [Vote]( [Within the next 20 years]( [Vote]( [Within the next 40 years](   [Sign Up]( | [Update Profile]( | [Unsubscribe]( [Privacy Policy]( | [Cookies Policy]( | [Terms and Conditions]( CONTACT US: [FEEDBACK](mailto:livescience@smartbrief.com) | [ADVERTISE]( Future US LLC © Full 7th Floor, 130 West 42nd Street, New York, NY, 10036