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Has Google's LaMDA artificial intelligence really achieved sentience?

Has Google's LaMDA artificial intelligence really achieved...

Blake Lemoine, an engineer at Google, has claimed that the firm's LaMDA artificial...

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England food strategy ducks big questions on health and environment

England food strategy ducks big questions on health and...

A major policy paper fails to address big health and environmental issues it was...

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Parts of the brain form a circuit that may fuel smoking addiction

Parts of the brain form a circuit that may fuel smoking...

Some smokers lose their cravings after experiencing damage to specific parts of...

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Robot can find keys in a bag just by listening as it rummages around

Robot can find keys in a bag just by listening as it rummages...

A robotic arm with an attached microphone learned to locate objects in a bag based...

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AI finds hidden evidence of ancient human fires 1 million years ago

AI finds hidden evidence of ancient human fires 1 million...

An AI tool has spotted subtle evidence of changes in flint tools that indicate ancient...

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Black people less likely than white to get Parkinson’s surgery in US

Black people less likely than white to get Parkinson’s...

Researchers analysed more than 50,000 deep brain stimulation procedures carried...

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Quantum computers could create completely new forms of matter

Quantum computers could create completely new forms of...

The way we can tweak interactions between qubits in quantum computers means the...

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Covid-19 in pregnancy linked to delays in babies reaching milestones

Covid-19 in pregnancy linked to delays in babies reaching...

In a small study, babies born to women who caught covid-19 while pregnant had a...

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Scientists covered a robot finger in living human skin

Scientists covered a robot finger in living human skin

Wrapping robots in human skin that has been grown in a lab may help us to feel more...

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Galapagos tortoise thought extinct for 100 years has been found alive

Galapagos tortoise thought extinct for 100 years has been...

A single female of the Fernandina Island tortoise species that was thought to be...

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Dogs have two gene mutations that explain why they are friendly

Dogs have two gene mutations that explain why they are...

A genetic and behavioural study has identified two mutations in a gene called melanocortin...

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Experimental umbilical cord stem cell therapy treats rare disease

Experimental umbilical cord stem cell therapy treats rare...

A girl with a rare disorder can now breathe more easily after receiving transfusions...

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Quantum computers proved to have ‘quantum advantage’ on some tasks

Quantum computers proved to have ‘quantum advantage’ on...

Not only do quantum computers have the edge over classical computers on some tasks,...

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A new kind of time crystal has been created and lasts 10 milliseconds

A new kind of time crystal has been created and lasts 10...

A time crystal has been created by firing lasers at rubidium atoms. It only lasts...

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Thousands of previously undescribed viruses found by huge ocean survey

Thousands of previously undescribed viruses found by huge...

A massive survey of the world's oceans has uncovered 5000 viruses that are new to...

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Polystyrene-eating beetle larvae could help us recycle plastics

Polystyrene-eating beetle larvae could help us recycle...

Enzymes made by gut bacteria in larvae of the beetle Zophobas morio can degrade...