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AI doesn't know 'no' – and that's a huge problem for medical bots
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Attempt to reach expert consensus on teens and phones ends in argument
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Sea level will rise fast even if we limit global warming to 1.5°C
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Astronomers double down on claim of strongest evidence for alien life
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Humans
Ancient Maltese temples may have been schools for celestial navigation
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How the US military wants to use the world's largest aircraft
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Space
Weird planet is orbiting backwards between two stars
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Environment
Honeybees are getting confused by electric pollution from power lines
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Health
Vagus nerve stimulation shows promise for spinal cord injury recovery
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Life
The first teeth were sensory organs on the skin of ancient fish
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Life
Why birds decorate their nests with weird and unnatural objects
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Life
Giant ground sloths evolved three different times for the same reason
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Technology
Special contact lenses let you see infrared light – even in the dark
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Mind
We assume women are morally superior to men – and that's a bad thing
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Life
Colossal scientist now admits they haven’t really made dire wolves
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Penguin poo helps keep Antarctica cool
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Physicists are waging a cosmic battle over the nature of dark energy
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A photon caught in two places at once could destroy the multiverse
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See the world's tallest 3D-printed tower
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