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AI uses throat vibrations to work out what someone is trying to say

Throat vibrations made by people who find it difficult to speak, such as after a stroke, can be analysed by AI and used to create sentences

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Patrícia Medici is a world expert in lowland tapirs
Life

Patrícia Medici: Tapirs are the gardeners of Brazil’s rainforest

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Health

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

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Space

Pluto may have captured its moon Charon with a brief kiss

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Life

Secrets of velvet ant’s venom explain what makes its sting so painful

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Health

5 graphs that show how the world suddenly changed when covid-19 hit

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Environment

Permafrost thaw beneath Arctic lakes poses surprise pollution threat

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Earth

Electric fields could mine rare earth metals with less harm

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Environment

Global treaty is failing to curb ultra-potent greenhouse gas emissions

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Humans

Climate change may have killed ancient ‘hobbit’ hominins

Homo floresiensis, a metre-tall ancient hominin, lived on the South Pacific island of Flores and hunted dwarf elephants until about 50,000 years ago – and now it seems climate change played a role in the downfall of both species

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Health

US teens are using less of every substance – except for one

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Technology

Glowing biological quantum sensor could track how cells form

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Crystal-based cooling could make fridges more sustainable

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Technology

Delicate robot hands know just how hard to squeeze

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