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Artificial General Intelligence Is Not as Imminent as You Might Think
To the average person, it must seem as if the field of artificial intelligence is making immense progress. According to…
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Political Affiliation Influences Our Fear of Data Collection
Throughout history, governments have exploited or collected data on their citizens—from benign data, like salary information and census records, to creepy…
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Twitter and the dangers of the US myth of free speech
Silicon Valley media entrepreneurs might talk about free speech, but it is a fallacy that we should be able to…
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Brazil’s space research institute, a source of national pride, is struggling for survival
A version of this story appeared in Science, Vol 376, Issue 6596.Download PDF Carefully stowed away in a locker, Evlyn…
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The Science Is Clear: Gun Control Saves Lives
Some editorials simply hurt to write. This is one. At least 19 elementary school children and two teachers are dead,…
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Teleportation trick shows promise for a future quantum internet
Quantum information has been sent from one side of a simple quantum network to the other, passing through an intermediate…
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Female mice release banana-scented urine when pregnant to deter males
Pregnant and lactating female mice release a banana-smelling chemical in their urine that is thought to stress out males so…
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Bottlenose dolphins can identify friends by tasting their urine
We already knew that bottlenose dolphins recognise each other through their signature whistles, but now it seems the taste of…
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Is the world’s oldest tree growing in a ravine in Chile?
ALERCE COSTERO NATIONAL PARK IN CHILE—Some 5400 years ago, about the time humans were inventing writing, an alerce tree (Fitzroya…
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The Weight of Stigma: Heavier Patients Confront the Burden of Bias
Melissa Krechmer, a social worker in Philadelphia, grew tired of hearing the same refrain from each of her doctors. “I’d…
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