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Why our ageing world could accelerate progress in AI and robotics
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This week's magazine
30 March 2024
Issue 3484
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快猫短视频
Technology
Why giving AI a robot body could make its 鈥榖rain鈥� more human-like
At its AI conference, Nvidia announced new software and hardware for AI-powered humanoid robots: a model called Project GR00T and a computer called Jetson Thor
News
Health
These four common medicines could help prolong your life
News
Life
Dogs really do understand that words stand for objects
News
Environment
Food costs more because of climate change – and it will get worse
News
Technology
Paper planes made by a robot fly better than ones made by humans
News
Health
Pig kidney transplanted into living human for the first time
News
Life
Ant queens have good reasons for eating their own babies
News
Humans
Ancient canoes hint at bustling trade in Mediterranean 7000 years ago
News
Space
SpaceX鈥檚 Starship created a volcano-like explosion in first launch
News
Life
Fluffy beetle discovered in Australia may be the world’s hairiest
News
Life
Extinct freshwater dolphin from the Amazon was largest of all time
News
Humans
Human brains have been mysteriously preserved for thousands of years
News
Environment
Organic farms seem to trigger more pesticide use on conventional farms
News
Health
Teen sweat has distinct chemical make-up with notes of musk and urine
News
Space
Largest recorded solar storm was even bigger than we thought
News
Health
Common antibiotics can regenerate heart cells in animals
News
Life
Blue tits shared a tree hollow with bird-eating bats 鈥� and survived
News
Technology
Artists who use AI are more productive but less original
News
Humans
Amazingly preserved Bronze Age village reveals life in ancient England
News
Life
Californian orcas used specialised tactics for hunting whale calves
News
Health
CRISPR could disable and cure HIV, suggests promising lab experiment
News
Technology
DeepMind and Liverpool FC develop AI to advise on football tactics
News
Analysis
Humans
Why falling birth rates will be a bigger problem than overpopulation
Nearly every country is predicted to have a birth rate that is too low to maintain its population by 2100, which may result in too few people of working age
News
Space
Some of the greatest cosmic discoveries have come about by accident
News
Life
Is every species necessary or can we let some die out?
News
Features
Mind
How mastering the art of being alone can boost your mental health
We are finally getting to grips with why solitude is so important. Here's how to use your alone time to get the biggest boost to your health and relationships
Features
Humans
The unexpected reasons why human childhood is extraordinarily long
Features
Physics
The physicist searching for quantum gravity in gravitational rainbows
Features
Culture
Comment
Space Oddities review: A lively insider account of particle physics
CERN scientist Harry Cliff takes us to the heart of developments in cosmology and particle physics in his engaging, accessible guide
Culture
Comment
快猫短视频 recommends AI-enhanced ballet A Body for Harnasie
Culture
Comment
Nuclear War, A scenario review: What if the US faces a first strike?
Culture
Comment
Spaceman review: Adam Sandler is a serious star as a lonely astronaut
Culture
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Life
Why ivy growing on your walls may actually be beneficial
Long considered damaging to walls, a living coating of ivy can actually stabilise temperature and humidity and lower your energy bills, finds James Wong
Regulars
Tom Gauld on an astounding discovery
Regulars
Twisteddoodles: Good news, your results are back
Regulars
Regulars
Why you should always yell at the ref – according to science
Feedback is inspired by new research suggesting that the decision-making of umpires at baseball games was influenced by criticism from spectators
This Week鈥檚 Letters
Letters
Why are so many spring flowers yellow?
Last Word
What would happen to Earth if the Milky Way hit another galaxy?
Last Word
This week鈥檚 new questions
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