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So instead, Gemma Galdon and her colleagues decided to reverse-engineer VioGén and do an external audit.

That applied not only to pilots’ reports of objects that seemed to have displayed unusual aeronautical behavior, but a farrago of reports in the press, online, and among committed UFO believers about purportedly secret government programs to collect, examine and even attempt to reverse-engineer technology supposedly retrieved from crashed extraterrestrial UAPs.

He was known for his exhaustive attention to tiny details, digging for subtle bits of evidence — fossilized fleas, swatches of clothing, even the residue from 3,000-year-old beer, which Mr. Kemp helped reverse-engineer, then brew, in 1996.

One consequence of building A.I. systems this way is that it’s difficult to reverse-engineer them or to fix problems by identifying specific bugs in the code.

Seven years removed from the major swing change he made early in his Dodgers career — one that turned the lightly-touted outfield prospect into an everyday player, a 2021 All-Star and the recipient of a $60 million contract before the 2022 season — Taylor tried to reverse-engineer a similar process this offseason.