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Bonobos can tell when they know something you don't

Recognising that someone lacks information you possess is key for effective communication and cooperation, and bonobos seem to share this skill with humans

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NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 09: Traders work the floor of the New York Mercantile Exchange November 9, 2005 in New York City. Following a report that inventories of crude and gasoline grew in the last week, oil prices dropped Wednesday. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Life

How humans evolved to think about risk may cost Earth dearly

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Why China's DeepSeek is threatening to disrupt the AI industry

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Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, USA, 23 January 2025.

Society

What Trump's first week means for climate, science, health and tech

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Environment

Trump-backed Stargate Project could strain the US energy grid

Analysis

The human sense of smell is quite good, and matters more than you know

Mind

The human sense of smell is quite good, and matters more than you know

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Technology

Brain implant lets man with paralysis fly a virtual drone by thought

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Physics

AI could assemble a record-breaking quantum computer out of cold atoms

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Meta allowed pornographic ads that break its content moderation rules

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Humans

Has a volcanic eruption ever wiped out a species of hominins?

Volcanoes have been proposed as the reason for the extinction of the Neanderthals and the hobbits of Indonesia, but the end of those species may not have come from a single, dramatic event

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Technology

Vaccine misinformation can easily poison AI – but there's a fix

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Technology

AI helps radiologists spot breast cancer in real-world tests

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Technology

AI uses throat vibrations to work out what someone is trying to say

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AI chatbots fail to diagnose patients by talking with them

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