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Chris Stokel-Walker

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Chris Stokel-Walker is a freelance technology journalist and author of  and . 

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Culture

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Technology

Ukraine's army of hackers failed to thwart Russia and quickly gave up

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Technology

Short animations could ‘inoculate’ YouTube users against fake news

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Technology

Banning anti-vaccine groups on Facebook may just move users to Twitter

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Reddit

Technology

More than one in eight Reddit users publish toxic posts

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Scent review: How fragrant plants weave their magic

Humans

Scent review: How fragrant plants weave their magic

Culture

Transfusing the blood of an old mouse into a younger rodent could age the latter animal

Health

Transfusing blood from an old mouse to a younger mouse causes ageing

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Technology

Using hand gestures can improve your experience of video calls

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GRACE actuator membranes are 3D printed from a resin that enables them to stretch and contract like a human muscle

Technology

Flexible robot hand with precise grip lifts 1000 times its own weight

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A phone screen showing Bing and Google Chrome apps

Technology

Top 10 search results from Google and Bing differ by up to 75 per cent

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A letter that contained a secret message in the ink

Technology

Ink filled with secret molecules can hide encryption key in a letter

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Robot arm

Technology

Robot that can perceive its body has self-awareness, claim researchers

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