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Technology

Dutch police trial AI-powered robot dog to safely inspect drug labs

The Dutch police force is already using a remotely controlled Spot robot dog made by Boston Dynamics to examine drug labs in raids, and now it wants to make the robot fully autonomous

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Environment

Virtual power plants could ease growing strain on US electric grid

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Physics

Sunlight-trapping device can generate temperatures over 1000°C

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Environment

Around half the world could lose easily accessible groundwater by 2050

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We are about to hear echoes in the fabric of space for the first time

Space

We are about to hear echoes in the fabric of space for the first time

Features

Humans

Did humans evolve to chase down prey over long distances?

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Health

Extreme exercise may help you live longer without stressing your heart

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Space

Invisible 'dark radiation' may explain a big problem with dark energy

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Environment

Renewables supply 30 per cent of global electricity for the first time

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Life

Orangutan is first non-human seen treating wounds with medicinal plant

A male Sumatran orangutan chewed the leaves of a plant used in Indonesian traditional medicine and placed them on a wound on his face

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Environment

The shift to LED lighting is stopping us from seeing our night skies

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Physics

Nuclear fusion experiment overcomes two key operating hurdles

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Chemistry

Drug residue can be detected in fingerprints left at crime scenes

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Environment

Wind turbines based on condor wings could capture more energy

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