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AI can pick out specific odours from a combination of smells

Technology

AI can pick out specific odours from a combination of smells

An AI can detect the presence of smells and even distinguish between scents like ammonia or carbon monoxide, which could be useful for detecting hazardous odours

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Hunt through satellite images of Earth with an AI search engine

Technology

Hunt through satellite images of Earth with an AI search engine

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Car charging

Technology

AI could help make fast-charging, long-lasting electric car batteries

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Life

Spiders think with their webs, challenging our ideas of intelligence

Features

AI

Health

AI is being used to select embryos for women undergoing IVF

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Posters in India

Technology

Deepfake software translates videos from one language to another

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Mind

DeepMind found an AI learning technique also works in human brains

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African grey parrot

Life

African grey parrots are smart enough to help a bird in need

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Cuttlefish wearing 3D glasses prove they sense depth just like us

Life

Cuttlefish wearing 3D glasses prove they sense depth just like us

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MRI shows brain tumor at right parietal lobe of cerebrum

Health

AI matches humans at diagnosing brain cancer from tumour biopsy images

Artificial intelligence can now diagnose some cancers from brain tumour biopsies with the same level of accuracy as humans

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Mathematics

Facebook's AI mathematician can solve university calculus problems

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Humans

Quiz of the year: Test your knowledge of 2019's science stories

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Space

51¶¯Âþ ranks the top 10 discoveries of the decade

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Technology

Why algorithms love giraffes and create hilarious recipes

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