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animal intelligence

Morti the robot

Technology

A four-legged robot can learn to walk in an hour like a newborn foal

A quadruped robot can learn how to walk by adjusting its gait after every stumble, mimicking the way animals learn how to move

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Man wearing an EEG cap to record brainwaves

Technology

AI can use your brainwaves to see things that you can't

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AI can turn 3D images into the style of different artworks

Technology

AI can convert almost any 3D scene into the style of a famous artwork

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Brick houses in Boston, Massachusetts

Technology

'Fair' AI could help redress bias against Black US homebuyers

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The State Senate Chambers in the Kentucky State Capitol

Technology

DeepMind’s AI develops popular policy for distributing public money

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Young woman's eye with futuristic circular element showing user interface data screen panel

Technology

Artificially intelligent robot perpetuates racist and sexist prejudice

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Chimpanzees hunt for fruit in video game to test navigation skills

Life

Chimpanzees hunt for fruit in video game to test navigation skills

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African pouched rats are being trained to locate survivors trapped under debris and could be deployed at real-world disaster sites as early as next year.

Life

Backpack-wearing rats could start search-and-rescue missions next year

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The Bronx Zoo

Life

Why has a court decided not to grant Happy the elephant personhood?

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Agama lizard

Life

Lizard unfurls its face like a flower as a way to scare off predators

The toad-headed agama can unfold colourful skin flaps at the corners of its mouth to produce a vibrant display, but a study suggests this behaviour hasn’t evolved to impress mates – it may actually help to startle predators

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Humans

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

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Video

Serah Reikka: What's it like to be a virtual influencer?

Video

Mathematics

AI translates maths problems into code to make them easier to solve

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Life

Lizard can switch from female to male before birth, but not vice versa

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