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

[ad_1] Andriy Onufriyenko/Getty Images For Bill Gates, artificial intelligence is the most important invention since the internet or the personal computer. For Google boss Sundar

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Two brilliant new novels from Adrian Tchaikovsky show his range

[ad_1] In Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Alien Clay, prisoners live on a hostile alien world Gremlin/Getty Images Alien ClayAdrian Tchaikovsky (Tor) Service ModelAdrian Tchaikovsky (Tor, out 6

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

[ad_1] NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI In the middle of the last century, the psychologist Abraham Maslow set about investigating the foundations of happiness. Interviewing

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We live in a cosmic void so empty that it breaks the laws of cosmology

[ad_1] ryan wills; Klaus Vedfelt/Getty Images EVER feel like you are stuck in a hole? Newsflash: you are. Astronomers call it the “local hole”, but

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Geoscientists are using telecom ‘dark fibres’ to map Earth’s innards

[ad_1] Fibre optic cables designed to carry telecommunications can also be used to map Earth’s interior Connect world/Shutterstock Offline telecom cables called “dark fibres” can

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Tiny nematode worms can grow enormous mouths and become cannibals

[ad_1] The enormous mouth of a tiny nematode worm Sara Wighard and Ralf Sommer / Max Planck Institute for Biology Tubingen Tiny soil worms called

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Deadly upwellings of cold water pose threat to migratory sharks

[ad_1] Bull sharks may be vulnerable to cold upwellings Martin Prochazkacz/Shutterstock​ Upwellings of cold water from the deep sea to the surface can be deadly

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Parkinson’s disease progression slowed by antibody infusions

[ad_1] Aggregated clumps of the protein alpha-synuclein (brown) and antibodies (green) BIOLUTION GMBH/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY A drug that targets a build-up of proteins linked to

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

[ad_1] Since 2012, Mary Jo Hoffman has taken one snap a day of the natural objects around her. She explains what lies behind two of

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Everything Must Go review: A fascinating guide to the apocalypse

[ad_1] Our fascination with end times might be partly down to one of our many cognitive biases Colin Temple/Alamy Everything Must GoDorian Lynskey (Picador, UK; Pantheon,