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MC8MNB This view shows some of the suckers on this eight armed cephalopod. Day octopus, Octopus cyanea, Hawaii.

Life

Octopus brains may have become complex the same way human brains did

The relatively high intelligence of octopuses may be due in part to high numbers of microRNAs that could let them generate more types of neurons

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The meteorite as seen by the drone

Technology

Drones and AI help find pebble-sized meteorite that landed in 2021

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Monk parakeet is looking at camera with curiosity expression. Quaker parrot is sitting on mans shoulder at home. ; Shutterstock ID 1047353692; purchase_order: 5 March 2022; job: Culture 12th March 2022; client: NS; other:

Humans

The Parrot in the Mirror review: Why humans evolved to be like birds

Culture

How a rodent’s fear of cats shapes rainforests in Panama

Life

How a rodent’s fear of cats shapes rainforests in Panama

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Inhaling leaded petrol as a child may affect an adult's IQ

Health

Leaded petrol may have lowered the IQ of over half the US population

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pics of mother/infant bonobos supplied by the study authors

Life

Adjusting to a new sibling is highly stressful for bonobo infants

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Chess enthusiasts watch World Chess champion Garry Kasparov on a television monitor as he holds his head in his hands at the start of the sixth and final match 11 May 1997 against IBM's Deep Blue computer in New York. Kasparov lost this match in just 19 moves giving overall victory to Deep Blue with a score of 2.5-3.5. / AFP / STAN HONDA (Photo credit should read STAN HONDA/AFP via Getty Images)

Humans

How to Stay Smart in a Smart World review: Why humans still trump AI

Culture

How artificial intelligence can help us figure out how life began

Technology

How artificial intelligence can help us figure out how life began

Features

Suckling piglets

Life

Female mammals that suckle another’s young have more offspring

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Meet the robots that can reproduce, learn and evolve all by themselves

Technology

Meet the robots that can reproduce, learn and evolve all by themselves

Machines that can mate and produce offspring can help us clean up nuclear sites, explore asteroids and terraform distant planets – but could they prove a threat, asks Emma Hart, who is helping develop them

Features

Life

Guppy fish can see optical illusions - but not in the same way we do

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Life

Rats can track the passage of time and judge their accuracy

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Technology

People are bad at spotting fake LinkedIn profiles generated by AI

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Life

Orangutans can learn how to use stone tools as hammers and knives

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