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Anthropic AI goes rogue when trying to run a vending machine
Feedback is New Scientist’s popular sideways look at the latest science and technology news. You can submit items you believe…
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Tapping into the full power of music could transform our lives
Music isn’t just entertainment. It is one of the most accessible and powerful ways to regulate our mental state, yet…
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Our brain’s mitochondria may play a crucial role in the onset of sleep
Mitochondria may have a function beyond providing energy CNRI/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY The components of cells that provide them with energy…
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The time you take an oral exam could affect whether you pass or fail
Certain university courses, such as languages, have oral examinations Shutterstock/PeopleImages.com – Yuri A University students are more likely to pass…
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Homo naledi’s burial practices could change what it means to be human
From a young age, the inevitability and finality of death becomes a shaping force in our lives. Indeed, it could…
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Walking 7000 steps a day seems to be enough to keep us healthy
Monitoring daily step counts can be an easy way of gauging how active you have been volkerpreusser/Alamy We are often…
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The secret to what makes colours pop on dazzling songbirds
Green-headed tanagers (Tangara seledon) are strikingly colourful Daniel Field Brightly coloured songbirds called tanagers are so eye-catching because they have…
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Remarkable set of tracks suggests different dinosaurs herded together
Artwork showing a herd of ceratopsians accompanied by an ankylosaur walking through an old river channel, watched by two tyrannosaurs…
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Gold can be heated to 14 times its melting point without melting
Researcher used a laser to superheat a sample of gold and measured its temperature with a pulse of ultra-bright X-rays…
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What were ancient humans thinking when they began to bury their dead?
Some people will tell you that Homo naledi was a small-brained hominin with some big thoughts. Two years ago, a…
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