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learning

Fingers rolling a marijuana joint

Health

A little cannabis every day might keep brain ageing at bay

A mouse study suggests marijuana may have the opposite effect on older people than it has on the young, boosting learning and memory instead of impairing it

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A robot in the classroom

Technology

Inquisitive bot asks questions to test your understanding

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Robot high-fiving man

Technology

Robots taught to work alongside humans by giving high fives

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A chimp holding a leaf, possibly drinking from it

Life

Chimps pass on sponge drinking trick like a family tradition

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Screenshot from the Atari game Montezuma’s Revenge

Technology

AI learns to play video game from instructions in plain English

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Deep learning tells giraffes from gazelles in the Serengeti

Life

Deep learning tells giraffes from gazelles in the Serengeti

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Robot

Technology

New computer vision challenge wants to teach robots to see in 3D

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algorithms

Technology

Bias test to prevent algorithms discriminating unfairly

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brain scans

Technology

MRI brain scans train machines to see the world more like us

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rhino horn

Life

Can data save rhinos? How to attack wildlife crime at source

By the time surveillance technology catches a poacher, it's already too late. Now researchers are training a new generation of technology on the demand for endangered animals, not the supply

Insight

Humans

How we lost the world-changing power of useless knowledge

Culture

Technology

What makes a good surgeon? Video analysis rates suturing skills

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Technology

Humans control robots with their minds by watching for mistakes

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Technology

AI learns to write its own code by stealing from other programs

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