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Physics

Fusion reactors could create ingredients for a nuclear weapon in weeks

Concern over the risks of enabling nuclear weapons development is usually focused on nuclear fission reactors, but the potential harm from more advanced fusion reactors has been underappreciated

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Health

Swallowable sensor unfurls in stomach to monitor gut health

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Technology

Why curbing chatbots' worst exploits is a game of whack-a-mole

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A worker inside the vacuum vessel of the DIII-D fusion reactor

Physics

Nuclear fusion experiment overcomes two key operating hurdles

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Annie Jacobsen: 'What if we had a nuclear war?’

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Annie Jacobsen: 'What if we had a nuclear war?’

Culture

Read an extract from Nuclear War: A scenario by Annie Jacobsen

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Read an extract from Nuclear War: A scenario by Annie Jacobsen

Culture

Digital Human Brain Covered with Networks

Technology

Why AIs that tackle complex maths could be the next big breakthrough

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Mind

Banning smartphones is tempting but it won't solve anxiety in children

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Technology

Showing AI just 1000 extra images reduced AI-generated stereotypes

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Technology

Why our ageing world could accelerate progress in AI and robotics

We are heading for a demographic crunch later this century, but might a workforce of intelligent machines compensate for a likely lack of human workers?

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Technology

Implantable battery is charged up by the body's oxygen supply

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Health

We should be open about organoid research to avoid a backlash

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Physics

UK spurns European invitation to join ITER nuclear fusion project

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Physics

How do you recycle a nuclear fusion reactor? We're about to find out

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