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Banded mongoose group approaching with curiosity (Mungos mungo). Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. March 2018.

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Inside the complex and extremely violent world of warring mongooses

Banded mongooses have long been used as a model of animal cooperation. Now, researchers in Uganda are starting to get to grips with the harsh realities of their long-running and bloody battles

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Dogs can tell when you want to give them a treat – even if you don’t

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Technology

Google's AI is best yet at answering medical and health questions

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A brown ghost knifefish

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Ghost knifefish make electric 'chirps' to spot where other fish are

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Researchers have suggested that monitoring audio clips on social media could be a relatively quick, inexpensive way of tracking coronavirus cases in the community

Health

AI detects if YouTubers are infected with omicron coronavirus variant

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Technology

Smart office chair recognises what position you are sitting in

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ChatGPT chatbot on phone screen

Technology

Huge AI models can be halved in size without degrading performance

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Two people, little girl playing with toy blocks, her mother is sitting next to her at home.

Mind

Children aged 5 are better at switching their attention than chimps

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Slight overheating chicken eggs during their incubation makes male chicks more sociable

Life

Male chicks are more sociable if they were grown in warmer eggs

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Technology

ChatGPT detector could help spot cheaters using AI to write essays

A tool called GPTZero can identify whether text was produced by a chatbot, which could help teachers tell if students are getting AI to help with their homework

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Technology

Should schools ban ChatGPT or embrace the technology instead?

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Why it is important to explore the outer limits of knowledge

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Life

Why we shouldn't attribute human motivations to animals like bees

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Male and female gibbons sing duets in time with each other

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