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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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‘Speaking’ orca is further proof they shouldn’t be kept captive
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Humans
AI that cracked ancient secret code could help robot translation
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Humans
Some people identify smells as easily as if they were colours
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Humans
Chit-chat makes humans and robots work together better
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Humans
How your digital style gives you away – and how to hide it
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Humans
Language: Unlocking the past’s most powerful secret
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Humans
Cracking it: Enigma’s Alan Turing and Linear B’s Michael Ventris
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Technology
An AI has learned how to pick a single voice out of a crowd
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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
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Humans
This AI can tell true hate speech from harmless banter
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Humans
Brain farts: 9 ways your brain can make you feel stupid
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China’s struggle to overcome technological imperialism
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Health
Blind people repurpose the brain’s visual areas for language
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