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Digital Human Brain Covered with Networks

Technology

Why AIs that tackle complex maths could be the next big breakthrough

Fatty liver. Coloured computed tomography (CT) scan of an axial section through the abdomen of a 66 year old woman suffering from fatty liver. At lower centre is a bone of the vertebra (white). The liver is the large organ occupying much of the abdomen at upper left to right (purple). Fatty deposits in the liver show up as blue patches. The liver cells become swollen by large fat droplets. This condition occurs in heavy drinkers and alcoholics, where high levels of alcohol in the blood disturbs normal fat metabolism. Fatty deposits in the liver can also be caused by hypoxia, toxins or diabetes mellitus.

Health

Why you may have a stealth liver disease and what to do about it

Mind

Are you languishing in life? Here鈥檚 how to find your purpose again

Technology

How AI mathematicians might finally deliver human-level reasoning

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Leaders

Digital Human Brain Covered with Networks

Technology

Why AIs that tackle complex maths could be the next big breakthrough

Research-level mathematics might seem an unlikely proving ground for artificial intelligence, but recent developments suggest it offers a route to automated human-like reasoning

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Space

Eclipse 2024: 5 of the best pictures of the total solar eclipse

On 8 April, a total solar eclipse passed over Mexico, the US and Canada 鈥� here are some of the most stunning images

Space

The multiverse could be much, much bigger than we ever imagined

Health

Should we be worried about a bird flu pandemic in the US?

Technology

Showing AI just 1000 extra images reduced AI-generated stereotypes

Space

One of the biggest mysteries of cosmology may finally be solved

Technology

Phone batteries could last 50% longer if more 5G towers are built

Life

Left-handed monkeys prompt rethink about evolution of right-handedness

Life

Suppressing wildfires is harming California鈥檚 giant sequoia trees

Environment

Dumping green sand in shallow seas could let them absorb more CO2

Space

Laser-powered licence plates could help avoid satellite collisions

Technology

Microsoft and Quantinuum鈥檚 quantum computer may be most reliable yet

Space

Planet caught in a gravitational ‘tidal storm’ is so hot that it glows

Environment

How mass bleaching has pushed the Great Barrier Reef to the brink

Life

Life鈥檚 vital chemistry may have begun in hot, cracked rock

Mind

Babies recognise spoken nursery rhymes they heard in the uterus

Mind

Why some songs make our heart swell and others give us butterflies

Environment

Great apes threatened by mining for electric vehicle batteries

Life

Snakes show signs of self-recognition in a smell-based ‘mirror test’

Analysis

Health

Could an MRI scan make prostate cancer screening more accurate?

Screening for prostate cancer with the PSA blood test can sometimes lead to unnecessary and harmful treatment, but new proposals could mitigate the issue of overdiagnosis

Health

Why nutrition needs to be on the educational agenda

Environment

We can’t get to net zero without tackling inequality

Aperture

Life

The photographer who captured shots of nature daily for over a decade

Since 2012, Mary Jo Hoffman has taken one snap a day of the natural objects around her. She explains what lies behind two of them - and what the "art of noticing" has brought to her life

Features

Technology

How AI mathematicians might finally deliver human-level reasoning

Artificial intelligence is taking on some of the hardest problems in pure maths, arguably demonstrating sophisticated reasoning and creativity 鈥� and a big step forward for AI

Health

Why you may have a stealth liver disease and what to do about it

Mind

Are you languishing in life? Here鈥檚 how to find your purpose again

Culture

Illustration of the human gut microbiota.

Comment

The Immune Mind review: How mental and physical health combine

It's tough turning neuroimmunology into a gripping read, but Monty Lyman's excellent book provides a delightful overview of the connection between the brain, immune system and gut microbiome

快猫短视频 recommends When the Dust Settles by Lucy Easthope

Comment

Everything Must Go review: A fascinating guide to the apocalypse

Comment

Two brilliant new novels from Adrian Tchaikovsky show his range

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JSWT first deep-field image

Mind

How science can inspire ‘peak experiences’ that improve well-being

My column about the spiritual side of science has seen many of you sharing your own awe-inspiring experiences, says David Robson

Tom Gauld on Astrid’s claim to fame

Twisteddoodles: We need to access the secret laboratory

Regulars

Dedicated experiments needed to understand why dogs wag their tails

Feedback finds that despite close investigation, more research is needed to "better quantify tail wagging in general"

This Week鈥檚 Letters

This week鈥檚 new questions

Could we use machine learning to converse with whales and dolphins?

How did ancient Britons manage to mark the solstices with Stonehenge?

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