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Mind

Your brain is like 100 billion mini-computers all working together

Recording the electrical activity of the fine branches of human neurons has revealed that our brain cells are much more sophisticated than those of other animals

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Mind

Your genes affect which university you go to but that’s no surprise

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Patricia Vargas: Should robots have rights?

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Patricia Vargas: Should robots have rights?

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Technology

AI alchemists spit out the recipe for any molecule you want to make

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Technology

Data-driven medicine is welcome but patients must always come first

Leader

Making games like Red Dead Redemption 2 shouldn’t be such hard work

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Making games like Red Dead Redemption 2 shouldn’t be such hard work

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David Reich: The truth about us, and where we come from

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David Reich: The truth about us, and where we come from

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Technology

AIs invent weird new limbs to beat virtual obstacle courses

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Technology

AI's dirty secret: Energy-guzzling machines may fuel global warming

Insight

People in Chile are currently evolving the ability to digest goat milk

Humans

People in Chile are currently evolving the ability to digest goat milk

Most Europeans have a genetic mutation that allows adults to digest milk, but it is less common elsewhere. Now it is spreading through Chile, and we don't know why

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Life

Find out how outrageously weird octopuses are – take our quiz

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Technology

Why the quest for ethical AI is doomed to failure

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Technology

AI has reimagined nature and it’s both amazing and terrifying

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Technology

Facebook's AI is writing short stories and they actually make sense

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