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Robot plants made from origami mimic transpiration to track the sun

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Robot with origami leaves can follow the sun like a real plant

A robot can recreate the mechanism plants use to transport water to bend itself towards the sun and open its leaves like a real plant

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Will Instagram filters alter our view of beauty and who we are?

Technology

Will Instagram filters alter our view of beauty and who we are?

Culture

China is using mass surveillance tech to fight new coronavirus spread

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China is using mass surveillance tech to fight new coronavirus spread

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Election cyberattacks? It’s incompetence we need to worry about

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Election cyberattacks? It’s incompetence we need to worry about

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Menlo Park suburb looking out to Palo Alto in Silicon Valle

Technology

How a flawed mentality led to Silicon Valley’s meteoric rise

Culture

What would our lives be like if Amazon or Tinder ran an entire city?

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What would our lives be like if Amazon or Tinder ran an entire city?

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nuclear facility

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We need nuclear power to fight climate change, but is it doomed?

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JET fusion reactor

Technology

UK nuclear fusion reactor will fire up for the first time in 23 years

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What are the ethics of CGI actors – and will they replace real ones?

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planes waiting for take off

Environment

The aviation industry has a plan to make planes green. It won't work

The aviation industry is finally waking up to the fact that it is painted as a major climate villain, but only slower growth can provide deep cuts in carbon emissions

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Technology

Phone number theft through SIM-jacking is on the rise in the UK

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Health

AI system is better than human doctors at predicting breast cancer

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Metallic hydrogen would be the ultimate fuel - if we can make it

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We live in testing times, but there are many reasons to be optimistic

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