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medical technology

Forget superintelligence – we need to tackle 'stupid' AI first

Technology

Forget superintelligence – we need to tackle 'stupid' AI first

Tech CEOs and politicians alike are preparing for the day that superintelligent AI takes over, whilst failing to deal with the issues in front of them – from copyright to autonomous killing machines

Leader

Technology

Disney and Universal lawsuit may be killing blow in AI copyright wars

Analysis

A sunflower (flos slois major) Basilius Besler, Hortus Eystettensis. Altdorf, 1613. Courtesy British Library

Life

51¶¯Âþ recommends the British Library’s Unearthed exhibition

Culture

Sentinel-5 seafloor scene

Environment

Could undersea living be the future as sea levels rise?

Comment

This is how to avoid annihilating ourselves in a nuclear war

Society

This is how to avoid annihilating ourselves in a nuclear war

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Caption The ICEPIC sampling tool drilling into the ice at sampling site A of the Matanuska Glacier, AK, field trial. Credit NASA/JPL-Caltech

Technology

See the robot that may one day search for life on Jupiter's icy moon

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How an ancient alchemy technique is transforming modern chemistry

Chemistry

How an ancient alchemy technique is transforming modern chemistry

Features

The FBI is getting new technology to see through walls

Technology

The FBI is getting new technology to see through walls

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Health

Migraine drug that treats headache also eases symptoms like dizziness

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Health

Go-to migraine drug actually does nothing to relieve vertigo symptoms

The drug rizatriptan is often recommended for vestibular migraines, which cause vertigo as well as headache, but doesn't actually seem to be effective

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Mind

No need to stop the 'brain rot': Modern kids aren't less intelligent

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Technology

Inside the outlandish, futuristic dreams of the tech bros

Culture

Physics

What exactly would a full-scale quantum computer be useful for?

Features

Technology

Could brain-computer interface let us inhabit robot avatars on Mars?

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