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Teaching AIs to make mistakes like kids would make them learn faster

AIs don't think like children, but if they made a common assumption that children use whilst learning a language they would become better faster | Continue reading

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Antarctic sea ice is declining dramatically and we don’t know why

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Was Mexico’s freak summer hail storm due to global warming?

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We need to shut power plants early to stay under 1.5°C warming

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Interstellar object 'Oumuamua almost definitely not aliens, we think

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YouTube anti-vax videos are on the decline but are yet to be wiped out

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We are much less security savvy with our smartphones than we think

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We could kill cancer cells by hijacking their odd electrical current

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Deadly drug-resistant fungal disease has ‘infested' New York City

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Shocking evidence shows people in vegetative states may be conscious

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European heatwave: France hits highest recorded temperature of 44.3°C

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Planet in triple-star system may be our best chance to find alien life

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When US pulls overseas abortion funding, abortion rates go up not down

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Remains of Genoa bridge demolished one year after deadly disaster

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Gettysburg Address stored in DNA using a binary code made of holes

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Impossible Foods boss says we should tax meat to boost veg-based diets

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Second world war bomb explodes after three-quarters of a century

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Tiny flying insect robot has four wings and weighs under a gram

This tiny insect-inspired robot weighs just 259 milligrams, has four wings that flap 170 times per second and is powered by six mini solar panels | Continue reading

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NASA is sending a drone to fly around Titan looking for signs of life

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Mystery radio waves from space tracked to a surprising home galaxy

For the second time, astronomers have tracked a strange blast of radio waves from space to its host galaxy – and it is strangely different from the first one | Continue reading

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Mystery radio waves from space tracked to a surprising home galaxy

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We jump to conclusions even when it pays to wait for the facts

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Shatterproof phone screens could be made from seashell-like glass

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New kind of light is a vortex beam that twists faster as it moves

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Our brains replay experiences when we rest to help us make decisions

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Miniature brains grown in the lab have human-like neural activity

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It turns out planes are even worse for the climate than we thought

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Yuri Gagarin

Yuri Gagarin was a Soviet cosmonaut famous for being the first human ever to enter space, spending 108 minutes orbiting the globe in the Vostok 1 spacecraft. | Continue reading

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Miniature brains grown in the lab have human-like neural activity

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Ancient crocodile cousins evolved vegetarianism at least three times

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It turns out planes are even worse for the climate than we thought

Aeroplane contrails have a larger warming effect than all the CO2 emitted by planes that has accumulated in the atmosphere since the first ever flight | Continue reading

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Swimming in the sea completely changes the microbes on your skin

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Flightless bird three times the size of an ostrich used to roam Europe

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HPV vaccine has significantly cut rates of cancer-causing infections

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Neanderthals from Europe may have ousted their Siberian relatives

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Barefoot walkers have tough feet but sense the ground just as well

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Tiny flying insect robot has four wings and weighs under a gram

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Several IVF attempts can signal higher risk for any eventual pregnancy

Women who undergo repeated cycles of IVF are more likely to have problems with their placenta if they later become pregnant | Continue reading

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Bystander effect: Famous psychology result could be completely wrong

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The magnetic north pole is moving and a liquid-metal ball explains why

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AIs that diagnose diseases are starting to assist and replace doctors

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I travelled to a future where AI cameras track your every move

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Will robots take my job? No, but they will break it into tiny bits

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Non-addictive CRISPR-edited tobacco could help eliminate smoking

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UK has halved air pollution deaths since 1970 but must still do more

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Two hours a week spent outdoors in nature linked with better health

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Non-addictive CRISPR-edited tobacco could help eliminate smoking

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What is bitcoin and how does it work?

Bitcoin is a digital currency which operates free of any central control or the oversight of banks or governments. Instead it relies on peer-to-peer software and cryptography. | Continue reading

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