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Some chimpanzees

Life

Our cousins chimps and bonobos use similar sign languages

Despite diverging a million years ago, chimps and bonobos use a very similar sign language, suggesting the meanings of their gestures may have a biological basis

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Wikie a killer whale, swims with her calf in Marineland aquatic park

Life

‘Speaking’ orca is further proof they shouldn’t be kept captive

Analysis

Library

Technology

AI that cracked ancient secret code could help robot translation

News

Some people identify smells as easily as if they were colours

Humans

Some people identify smells as easily as if they were colours

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Woman and robot

Technology

Chit-chat makes humans and robots work together better

News

tablet

Humans

How your digital style gives you away – and how to hide it

Features

language

Humans

Language: Unlocking the past's most powerful secret

Culture

Enigma machine

Technology

Cracking it: Enigma’s Alan Turing and Linear B’s Michael Ventris

Culture

Two young women at party

Technology

An AI has learned how to pick a single voice out of a crowd

News

earbuds

Technology

Google's new earbuds act as two-way translators in your ear

If you have a Google Pixel phone, you’ll soon be able to speak 40 languages thanks to the new earbuds the firm announced last week

News

Humans

This AI can tell true hate speech from harmless banter

News

Technology

China's struggle to overcome technological imperialism

Culture

Humans

Brain farts: 9 ways your brain can make you feel stupid

Features

Health

Blind people repurpose the brain's visual areas for language

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