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Nuclear waste tanker pilots futuristic aluminium sail

Adding blade-like sails to tankers could reduce their annual fuel consumption by up to 30 per cent, slashing the climate impact of the shipping industry

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I've been boosting my ego with a sycophant AI and it can't be healthy

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I've been boosting my ego with a sycophant AI and it can't be healthy

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What the US election will mean for AI, climate action and abortion

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Next-generation technology is a critical mid-step in dementia care

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Next-generation technology is a critical mid-step in dementia care

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F6M33H RELEASE DATE: Dec 18, 2007. ORIGINAL MOVIE TITLE: Blade Runner: The Final Cut. STUDIO: World Artists. PLOT: Twenty-five years after the initial release of BLADE RUNNER, director Ridley Scott uses archival footage to re-create his original vision for the sci-fi classic. Based on a story by Philip K. Dick, the film is set in Los Angeles in 2019. Earth has become a polluted and miserable dystopia, and many people have fled to live 'Off World' on other planets. This dreary vision of the future features replicants: lifelike robots built as slaves for human use. When a replicant escapes his owner, a

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Why we need to fight back against sexy Asian lady robots

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It's parents who are anxious about smartphones, not their children

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It's parents who are anxious about smartphones, not their children

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How to rebuild democracy to truly harness the power of the people

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How to rebuild democracy to truly harness the power of the people

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Tiny nuclear-powered battery could work for decades in space or at sea

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Handout film still from Cyborg: A Documentary. Colour-blind artist Neil Harbisson is the world?s first formally-recognised cyborg. He has an antenna implanted in his head that allows him to ?hear? colour. Now Neil is on a mission to convince the world to follow him and adopt his credo: Design Yourself. Neil?s childhood friend Moon Ribas has collaborated with him on his journey. A dancer and choreographer, she has had implants in her arm and foot which allow her to perceive earthquakes from all over the planet as vibrations in her body. In Carey Born?s engaging documentary Neil and Moon confront their detractors head-on, communicating their controversial ideas about the technological future of humankind.

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Documentary tells the fascinating story of a man wired to hear colour

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Mathematics

The mathematical theory that made the internet possible

Information theory tells us the limits of what can and cannot be communicated – and without it, the digital revolution could never have happened

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Is digital technology really swaying voters and undermining democracy?

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Should Ukraine capture a Russian nuclear power plant?

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Physicists may now have a way to make element 120 – the heaviest ever

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Natural History Museum's new gardens aim to restore UK's urban nature

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