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AI landmark as Googlebot beats top human at ancient game of Go
Google's AI subsidiary DeepMind has a program that has just beaten a human Go expert. Now it could tackle complex real-world problems like climate modelling
News
Health
How to save Flint in Michigan from lead-poisoned drinking water
News
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News
The rise of Zika
News
Earth
US east coast snowstorms linked to slowdown of Atlantic current
News
Health
UK will need to act faster when inevitable next Ebola emerges
News
Earth
How Planet Nine may have been exiled to solar system’s edge
News
Health
Did Zika鈥檚 recent mutations let it explode as a global threat?
News
Earth
El Ni帽o means glaciers in the Andes are melting at record rates
News
Earth
Fake meteors could probe mysterious layers of upper atmosphere
News
Overactive brain pruning in teens could cause schizophrenia
News
Life
Devil鈥檚 Hole pupfish might be reincarnated even if it died out
News
Physics
A black hole’s edge will burn you up if you try to escape
News
Environment
Will creating monkeys with autism-like symptoms be any use?
News
Life
Watch brainy zoo animals figure out a box puzzle to get at food
News
Life
Venus flytrap can count prey鈥檚 steps to dissolve them alive
News
Health
Crisis in antibiotic resistance could be slowed by blood test
News
Prime number with 22 million digits is the biggest ever found
News
Wearable sweat sensor shows how hydrated you are during workouts
News
Health
Glowing 4D-printed flowers could pave way for replacement organs
News
Environment
First warm-blooded lizards switch on mystery heat source at will
News
Physics
Galaxy-mapping Gaia space telescope gets an eye test from Pluto
News
Technology
Smart clothes adapt so you are always the right temperature
News
Technology
Future delivery drones start learning how to fly on their own
News
Technology
Scenic sat-nav will take you on the prettiest route
News
Technology
One Per Cent
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Technology
Artificial intelligence could make lawyers more risk averse
News
Environment
This is what life is like in the smoggiest place on Earth
News
Opinion
Health
Screen everyone for depression? Good intention, very bad idea
Routinely checking US adults for depression will create an army of pseudo-patients while the really sick are shamefully neglected, says Allen Frances
Opinion
You’re not hallucinating, MPs really did pass crazy bad drug law
Opinion
Technology
I’m capturing spider sense in nanowires to make artificial skin
Opinion
Features
Humans
Who do you think you are? 4 rules can help you know yourself
You don鈥檛 know yourself as well as you think. But there are some clever ways to understand your true nature better and how others perceive you
Features
Physics
Nuclear fusion: Can the stellarator unleash the power?
Features
Health
Marathon mind: How brain training could smash world records
Features
Culture
Earth
Shock of the Anthropocene: Winners and losers in new world era
Earth is entering a time when humans are a major geological force. A new book says we must all help manage this new world 鈥� and not let technocrats run the show
Culture
Humans
Gaming theatre could spark a playful interest in science
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Humans
Feedback: Bluetooth pregnancy test is not immaculate conception
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