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Lemurs hugging trees to cool down on the Bezà Mahafaly Special Reserve in southwest Madagascar

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Lemurs hug tree trunks to cool down when temperatures top 30°C

A type of lemur called a white sifaka embraces the base of some trees to release heat, with the bottom of the trunk being up to 5°C cooler than the surrounding air

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Woodpecker brains process their own tree-drumming as if it's birdsong

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A third of scientists working on AI say it could cause global disaster

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GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - NOVEMBER 13: A general view ahead of the stocktake plenary on day 14 during COP26 at SECC on November 13, 2021 in Glasgow, Scotland. On day fourteen of the 2021 COP26 climate summit in Glasgow the focus is on delegations' negotiations to agree the final text for the COP26 Agreement.

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AI climate negotiators can debate 100 years worth of policy in seconds

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aerial view of a Bull Shark (Carcharhinus leucas). reefs of the Sea of Cortez, Pacific ocean. Cabo Pulmo, Baja California Sur, Mexico. The world's aquarium.; Shutterstock ID 623521508; purchase_order: 10 Sept 2022 issue; job: Photo; client: NS; other:

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Two new books about sharks reveal how and why we should conserve them

Culture

An artificial intelligence could gauge how much pain a laboratory mouse is in based on its grimaces, potentially aiding the development of pain-relieving drugs

Health

AI that can see pain in a mouse's face could aid drug development

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An image of the digita humanoid soccer players

Technology

DeepMind AI learns to play soccer using decades of match simulations

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When Animals Dream review: Making the case for 'animalhood'

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When Animals Dream review: Making the case for 'animalhood'

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Your smartphone could recognise you just by the way you hold it

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An artificial intelligence that analyses the microbiome and then recommends personalised diets may relieve chronic constipation more effectively that the standard treatment

Health

AI that recommends diets based on the microbiome relieves constipation

People with chronic constipation who ate an AI-recommended diet for six weeks had an average 2.5-fold increase in weekly complete bowel movements

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Are these spiders dreaming? REM-like sleep exhibited in arachnids

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Pobblebonk frogs have a weird trick for surviving very acidic pools

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Deer in Costa Rica gnaw on sea turtle bones

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AI learns how to recognise the species of splatted mosquitoes

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