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AI beats goalkeepers at predicting which way penalty taker will shoot

By analysing videos of penalty kicks, a deep learning model was able to predict whether a shot would go to the goalkeeper’s left or right with 64 per cent accuracy

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Artists impression of encounter between caiman and terror bird

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Ancient ‘terror birds’ may have been no match for hungry giant caimans

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smog over Santiago, Chile

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Cleaner air has increased the number of city heatwaves

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Mathematics

DeepMind and OpenAI claim gold in International Mathematical Olympiad

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Life

Tiny elusive gecko rediscovered on one of the Galapagos islands

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Health

The pandemic may have aged our brains even before we caught covid-19

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Life

Ancient animal's fossilised brain prompts rethink of spider evolution

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Small, stocky dinosaur related to Velociraptor named as new species

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Gluten may not actually trigger many irritable bowel syndrome cases

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Environment

Sprinkling limestone on farms may offer an unexpected climate win

Farms commonly spread crushed limestone on fields to make the soil less acidic – and this practice can also help remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere

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Health

Four-day working week may boost our health and performance at work

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Octopuses fall for the rubber hand illusion just like us

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Technology

Should we preserve the pre-AI internet before it is contaminated?

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Space

Immortal stars could live forever by 'eating' dark matter

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