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An early-warning system for climate 'tipping points' is an awful idea

Environment

An early-warning system for climate 'tipping points' is an awful idea

Improving our understanding of sudden climate shifts is welcome. But framing this as creating an "early-warning system" is wrong on so many levels it is hard to know where to begin, says Bill McGuire

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Content moderation offers little actual safety on Big Social Media

Technology

Content moderation offers little actual safety on Big Social Media

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We need a global environmental court – and we need it now

Environment

We need a global environmental court – and we need it now

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Why humanoid robots are missing the point

Technology

Why humanoid robots are missing the point

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Why I'm deeply sceptical about comparisons between humans and machines

Technology

Why I'm deeply sceptical about comparisons between humans and machines

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

Technology

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

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Why an increasing belief in alien visitations is a real-world problem

Society

Why an increasing belief in alien visitations is a real-world problem

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These interstellar spaceship designs are wildly impractical

Space

These interstellar spaceship designs are wildly impractical

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The human sense of smell is quite good, and matters more than you know

Mind

The human sense of smell is quite good, and matters more than you know

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What's next in the fight against malaria?

Health

What's next in the fight against malaria?

This month marks a year since the malaria vaccine rollout began. Here's what we still need in order to beat a disease as old as ancient Egypt, says Azra Ghani

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Technology

Children are being overlooked in conversations about AI

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Health

The problems with Dry January – and what you could try doing instead

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Health

How the covid-19 pandemic distorted our experience of time

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Technology

Should chatbots have rights – and should we care?

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