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animal intelligence

Life

Orcas have begun wearing salmon hats again – and we may soon know why

About 40 years ago, researchers noticed a population of orcas had begun swimming around with dead fish on their heads, and now the craze is back

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How a unique puppy kindergarten lab put the science into dog training

Life

How a unique puppy kindergarten lab put the science into dog training

Features

Our trust in society is eroding. We need to fight back

Society

Our trust in society is eroding. We need to fight back

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Technology

AI simulations of 1000 people accurately replicate their behaviour

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Technology

Google DeepMind AI can expertly fix errors in quantum computers

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People prefer AI-generated poems to Shakespeare and Dickinson

Technology

People prefer AI-generated poems to Shakespeare and Dickinson

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To truly understand non-human grief, we need to think like the animals

Life

To truly understand non-human grief, we need to think like the animals

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Google Street View helps map how 600,000 trees grow down to the limb

Technology

Google Street View helps map how 600,000 trees grow down to the limb

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Technology

Audio AIs are trained on data full of bias and offensive language

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AI helps robot dogs navigate the real world

Technology

AI helps robot dogs navigate the real world

Four-legged robot dogs learned to perform new tricks by practising in a virtual platform that mimics real-world obstacles – a possible shortcut for training robots faster and more accurately

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Mind

Why hairy animals shake themselves dry

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Technology

One in 20 new Wikipedia pages seem to be written with the help of AI

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Environment

Data centres may soon burn as much extra gas as California uses daily

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Technology

AI can use tourist photos to help track Antarctica’s penguins

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