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DeepMind AI learns to play soccer using decades of match simulations
An artificial intelligence learned to skilfully control digital humanoid soccer players by working through decades worth of soccer matches in…
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Simple mix of soap and solvent could help destroy ‘forever chemicals’
There’s finally hope for a simple, cheap way to destroy a class of ubiquitous environmental toxins found in shampoos, fast-food…
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We Need More Health Clinics at Schools
After more than two years of disrupted lessons during the pandemic, it’s clearer than ever that schools are more than…
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Children’s Risk of Suicide Increases on School Days
Reading about death and suicidality can be distressing. Please read this in a moment where you feel safest and ready…
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More than half of people infected with omicron may not know it
Out of 210 people who had antibodies suggesting they had recently had the covid-19 omicron variant, more than half were…
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Simple chemistry can recycle polystyrene into more valuable products
UV light plus aluminium chloride as a catalyst can break down polystyrene so that it can be turned into a…
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A large nuclear war could leave 5 billion people without enough to eat
The after-effects of nuclear war would be catastrophic for agriculture. Simulations show billions of people could starve depending on the…
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Newfound Brain Switch Labels Experiences as Good or Bad
For as long as she can remember, Kay Tye has wondered why she feels the way she does. Rather than…
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A New Private Moon Race Kicks Off Soon
One day last December, John Walker Moosbrugger, a 25-year-old project manager for the lunar robotics start-up Astrobotic, sat in front…
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How Common Are Reinfections, and How Trust Can Beat the Virus: COVID, Quickly, Episode 35
Tanya Lewis: Hi, and welcome to Covid Quickly, a Scientific American podcast series! Josh Fischman: This is your fast-track update…
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