# 🔬 Harvard Just Turned a Silicon Chip Into a DNA Factory — Plus Metal-Jawed Sea Worms, Lab-Made Black Holes & More

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Published: 2026-07-20T12:04:28+00:00
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Harvard scientists have engineered a silicon chip capable of writing DNA using only electricity and water, potentially revolutionizing biotechnology the same way chips transformed computing. A bold new analysis from a leading computer scientist argues that AI can never truly think like a human, tracing the problem back to a fundamental flaw in how the field interpreted Alan Turing's famous test. Researchers have also recreated the Penrose process in a lab for the first time, turning a 50-year-old black hole energy theory into a real-world demonstration. On the biology front, a newly identified sea worm species has jaws made of what may be an entirely new class of natural material with metal-like properties, while a landmark USC-led study is upending how scientists approach dementia prevention by revealing that risk factors vary dramatically by geography. Subscribe to Peer Review'd Newsletter: https://peerreviewd.com/ Love Science? Check out our other Science tools: 60sec.site and Artificial Intelligence Radio

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