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GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - NOVEMBER 13: A general view ahead of the stocktake plenary on day 14 during COP26 at SECC on November 13, 2021 in Glasgow, Scotland. On day fourteen of the 2021 COP26 climate summit in Glasgow the focus is on delegations' negotiations to agree the final text for the COP26 Agreement.

Technology

AI climate negotiators can debate 100 years worth of policy in seconds

A simulation consisting of 27 AIs representing different regions in climate negotiations is part of a competition to find out which policies and incentives could have the best chances of success

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aerial view of a Bull Shark (Carcharhinus leucas). reefs of the Sea of Cortez, Pacific ocean. Cabo Pulmo, Baja California Sur, Mexico. The world's aquarium.; Shutterstock ID 623521508; purchase_order: 10 Sept 2022 issue; job: Photo; client: NS; other:

Life

Two new books about sharks reveal how and why we should conserve them

Culture

An artificial intelligence could gauge how much pain a laboratory mouse is in based on its grimaces, potentially aiding the development of pain-relieving drugs

Health

AI that can see pain in a mouse's face could aid drug development

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An image of the digita humanoid soccer players

Technology

DeepMind AI learns to play soccer using decades of match simulations

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When Animals Dream review: Making the case for 'animalhood'

Life

When Animals Dream review: Making the case for 'animalhood'

Culture

Someone pointing on a phone

Technology

Your smartphone could recognise you just by the way you hold it

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An artificial intelligence that analyses the microbiome and then recommends personalised diets may relieve chronic constipation more effectively that the standard treatment

Health

AI that recommends diets based on the microbiome relieves constipation

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Jumping spider close up eyes

Video

Are these spiders dreaming? REM-like sleep exhibited in arachnids

no-section

A pobblebonk frog (Limnodynastes terraereginae) in south-east Queensland, Australia

Life

Pobblebonk frogs have a weird trick for surviving very acidic pools

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A white-tailed deer munches on a sea turtle bone

Life

Deer in Costa Rica gnaw on sea turtle bones

White-tailed deer in the Guanacaste Conservation Area in Costa Rica have been spotted regularly chewing on sea turtle bones. The behaviour may be an attempt to boost nutrient intake

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Technology

AI learns how to recognise the species of splatted mosquitoes

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Life

Cambridge lab for clever birds saved from closure by public donations

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Humans

Mistakenly calling AIs 'sentient' is more dangerous than we think

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Life

Wasps can grasp abstract concepts such as 'same' and 'different'

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