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Our human ancestors often ate each other, and for surprising reasons

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Our human ancestors often ate each other, and for surprising reasons

Fossil evidence shows that humans have been practising cannibalism for a million years. Now, archaeologists are discovering that some of the time they did it to honour their dead

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Great apes like teasing each other - which may be the origin of humour

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This robot can figure out how to open almost any door on its own

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Ancient Herculaneum scroll piece revealed by AI – here's what it says

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AI chatbots tend to choose violence and nuclear strikes in wargames

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Rebus that works out as Beethoven

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Silicon Valley’s top AI models are terrible at rebus wordplay puzzles

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Exploring our body oddities is about far more than just idle curiosity

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Electricity demand from data centres set to double by 2026

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Hologram of the artificial intelligence robot

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AI costs too much to automate vision-related jobs – for now

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How wild primates adapt to living with disabilities

For primates, being born with a missing limb or experiencing a major injury isn’t necessarily disabling if their environment or social connections help them thrive – just like humans

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AI comes up with battery design that uses 70 per cent less lithium

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Robot with sense of touch grabs ocean trash without harming sea life

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AI sheds light on the ancient origins of England's place names

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There’s a 5% chance of AI causing humans to go extinct, say scientists

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