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ITALY. Venice. A tourist takes a picture while pigeons surround her. 2005.

Life

The amazing talents of pigeons – and why we should learn to love them

Rats of the sky? Pigeons are often the target of human ire, but there's a lot to cherish – or at least appreciate – in these scrappy survivors

Features

Technology

Energy-hungry AI is already harming health – and it's getting worse

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Humans

Game-changing archaeology from the past 5 years – and what’s to come

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The ancient board games we finally know how to play – thanks to AI

Humans

The ancient board games we finally know how to play – thanks to AI

Features

Technology

Chips linked with light could train AI faster while using less energy

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Comparison between fossil footprints thought to be from Homo erectus and Paranthropus boisei

Humans

Ancient footprints show how early human species lived side by side

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Suzanne Treister, Fictional Videogame Stills/Are You Dreaming?

Video

Electric Dreams is past echo of today’s debates on AI-generated art

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Technology

AI can analyse a decomposing body to help pinpoint the time of death

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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

A recent scandal over food hygiene ratings shows how deception destroys trust within society. We need to fight back, says Jonathan R. Goodman

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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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Humans

How we misunderstood what the Lucy fossil reveals about ancient humans

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Technology

People prefer AI-generated poems to Shakespeare and Dickinson

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