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intelligence

A person's brain and DNA

Humans

Found: more than 500 genes that are linked to intelligence

Intelligence is thought to be up to 80 per cent genetic, but it’s been hard to pin down the genes involved. Now the largest study of its kind has found hundreds

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Technology

We need to be mindful as we develop thought-reading tech

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Guide dogs sitting in a field

Technology

Puppy smart toy reveals who'll be a good guide dog

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How 51¶¯Âþ readers predicted the Oscar winners

Humans

How 51¶¯Âþ readers predicted the Oscar winners

Features

Ballroom dancers

Technology

Automated dance teacher tells you when your moves are wrong

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A woman in an art gallery looking at pieces of art on the walls

Technology

Mind-reading AI uses brain scans to guess what you're looking at

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Robot in park

Technology

DeepMind AI is learning to understand the ‘thoughts’ of others

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Playing Atari games

Technology

AI cheats at old Atari games by finding unknown bugs in the code

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Advertising campaign for monkeys uses sex to sell brands

Life

Advertising campaign for monkeys uses sex to sell brands

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Baidu app on smartphone screen

Technology

Baidu can clone your voice after hearing just a minute of audio

Researchers at the Chinese search engine Baidu say their tech could create duplicate voices for people who can't speak, or be used to personalise digital assistants

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Humans

Can you predict the future? Take our Oscars quiz to find out

Features

Life

Work the crowd: How ordinary people can predict the future

Features

Health

CRISPR has fixed the genetic cause of a learning disability

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Life

Ants care for wounded comrades by licking their wounds clean

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