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Most Europeans may have had dark skin until less than 3000 years ago

Ancient DNA from 348 individuals suggests that pale skin became the predominant characteristic of people living in Europe much later than assumed

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GDKEG6 Oil refinery at twilight

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How the future rise of AI lawyers could force Big Oil to pay up

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Quantum computer circuitry illustration. Conventional computers store information as 'bits', with each transistor holding either a 1 or a 0. Quantum computers use quantum bits, or qubits, which operate according to two principles of quantum physics. One of the principles, supposition, allows a qubit to store a 1 and a 0 at the same time. This means two qubits can hold four values at once. The second principle, entanglement, means that the state of one qubit can depend on the state of another. As you expand the number of qubits, the machine becomes exponentially more powerful.

Technology

Why AI firms should follow the example of quantum computing research

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Dating apps should fix their problems before saddling us with new ones

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Dating apps should fix their problems before saddling us with new ones

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Humans

Fossil proteins may soon reveal how we're related to Australopithecus

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Technology

People are starting to trust AI more – and view it as more human-like

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Technology

AI chip smaller than a grain of salt uses light to decode data

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2SA3JYH Various Artificial Intelligence mobile apps, DeepSeek open-source large language models app on January 28, 2025 in Prague, Czech Republic.

Technology

DeepSeek has burst the AI hype bubble – now all bets are off

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2YJ64RA . Benedetta Cappa Marinetti (Benedetta) (Rome 1897 - Venice 1977) Velocit? di motoscafo, 1919-1924 Oil on canvas, 70 x 110 cm

Society

How futurism took an abrupt right turn in the 20th century

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Life

Bonobos can tell when they know something you don't

Recognising that someone lacks information you possess is key for effective communication and cooperation, and bonobos seem to share this skill with humans

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Life

How humans evolved to think about risk may cost Earth dearly

Culture

Technology

Why China's DeepSeek is threatening to disrupt the AI industry

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Society

What Trump's first week means for climate, science, health and tech

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Environment

Trump-backed Stargate Project could strain the US energy grid

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