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Inside China's attempt to boost crop yields with electric fields

Technology

Inside China's attempt to boost crop yields with electric fields

In greenhouses across China, scientists are exposing lettuces and cucumbers to powerful electric fields in an attempt to make them grow faster. Can electroculture work?

Features

IVF

Technology

IVF add-ons are a waste of money – fertility clinics should ban them

Comment

This self-riding bicycle follows you around while you walk

Technology

This self-riding bicycle follows you around while you walk

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The real history of electricity is more gripping than The Current War

Technology

The real history of electricity is more gripping than The Current War

Culture

Earth from the moon

Earth

Is our technology shifting us and the planet into a different era?

Leader

Internet gifs aren't just for the lols: Giphy wants to make money too

Technology

Internet gifs aren't just for the lols: Giphy wants to make money too

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The US embassy in Havana, Cuba

Mind

Brain scans hint the mysterious 'sonic attack' in Cuba was real

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Elon Musk's plans for mind-controlled gadgets: what we know so far

Technology

Elon Musk's plans for mind-controlled gadgets: what we know so far

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Sue Black

Technology

Sue Black on saving Bletchley Park and running for mayor of London

Regulars

Police on duty

Technology

This professor of future crime stops burglaries before they happen

Criminologist Shane Johnson is not quite Tom Cruise in Minority Report, but he does predict where offences will occur and how best to stop them

Features

Technology

AI made from a sheet of glass can recognise numbers just by looking

News

Definition

Clarke's three laws

Technology

Data can now be stored inside the molecules that power our metabolism

News

Technology

Your boss could use your smartwatch to check your productivity levels

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