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AI could diagnose sleep apnoea by watching you slumber at home

Diagnosing obstructive sleep apnoea generally requires an overnight hospital stay, but an AI model could spot signs of the condition while people sleep at home

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Health

We now know how many cells there are in the human body

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Humans

Why the ancient hominins of Asia are so mysterious

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Life

Male cockatoos make customised drumsticks for their mating displays

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Disinformation wars: The fight against fake news in the age of AI

Society

Disinformation wars: The fight against fake news in the age of AI

Features

The limestone spheroids of 'Ubeidiya

Humans

Mysterious ancient stones were deliberately made into spheres

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Life

Our ultra-mobile arm joints may have evolved for climbing down trees

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Technology

GPT-4 wins chatbot lawyer contest – but is still not as good as humans

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Technology

AI generates video game levels and characters from text prompts

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The best new science fiction books of September 2023

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The best new science fiction books of September 2023

We have a bumper crop of new sci-fi books for you this September, including talking spy cats from John Scalzi, an amazing discovery in space from Stephen Baxter and a near-future novel by Sebastian Faulks, says culture editor Alison Flood

Culture

Humans

Our ancestors may have come close to extinction 900,000 years ago

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A note from the magazine editor on ¿ìè¶ÌÊÓƵ Live

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Technology

AI beats champion human pilots in head-to-head drone races

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Technology

AI shows no sign of consciousness yet, but we know what to look for

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