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Description:Human brain. Coloured composite image with three-dimensional (3D) Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scan of the left hemisphere of a healthy brain. The primary motor cortex is coloured orange, and is involved in controlling movement. The primary somatosensory cortex is coloured turquoise, and receives all sensory input from the body for processing.

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Supercomputer simulates 77,000 neurons in the brain in real-time

A brain-inspired computer can simulate part of the sensory cortex in real time, using tens of thousands of virtual neurons. It is the first time such a complex simulation has run this fast

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A picture of the chip

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Nanotube microchips could make computers more energy efficient

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DNA

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Gene editing turns cells into minicomputers that can record data

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How the US almost introduced a universal basic income – 50 years ago

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Mind

Mind meld: Artificial intelligence is improving the way humans think

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This self-riding bicycle follows you around while you walk

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metabolite molecules

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

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Space

Working hypothesis: from Raspberry Pi to abolishing time

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The truth about the QWERTY keyboard

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Internet early stages

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From the archives: 30 years ago, a nascent ‘Internet’ was under attack

A software worm invaded a supernetwork of computers and sparked a scare. Our report at the time heralded the rise of hacking and the importance of cybersecurity

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Physics

The baffling quantum maths solution it took 10 years to understand

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Your whole office could be a computer thanks to sculpted Wi-Fi waves

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Lee Cronin: Can we make computers with chemicals?

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Humans

Don’t teach kids – I’ve shown their hive mind can learn on its own

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