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Technology

‘Insect-eye’ compass can navigate by the sun even on a cloudy day

By mimicking how some insects use polarised light to navigate, a light-detecting compass can tell where magnetic north is even if clouds are covering the sun

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Technology

AI can figure out sewing patterns from a single photo of clothing

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Technology

AIs can trick each other into doing things they aren't supposed to

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Space

Strange way black holes lose energy could help solve cosmic puzzle

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Users may feel cannabis boosts their creativity

Humans

People feel more creative after using cannabis – they aren't

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Technology

Cyborg jellyfish have a swimming cap and electric propulsion system

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Environment

Abandoned coal mines could store wind energy

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Physics

A mysterious, incredibly energetic cosmic ray has smashed into Earth

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Environment

Coal power plant pollution linked to almost half a million US deaths

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Humans

Did Homo naledi bury its dead? Debate rages over human relative

Studies earlier this year claimed that the extinct hominin Homo naledi buried its dead and produced rock art, but other researchers say the evidence is “non-existent”

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Health

Pneumonia in China: Everything we know so far about mystery illness

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Technology

AI cleaning robot can tidy up clothes in a messy bedroom

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Health

Not sleeping enough before surgery may increase pain during recovery

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Space

Mercury has salt glaciers that could provide the conditions for life

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