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Smart speakers could hear your heart beating from across the room

By broadcasting ultrasound waves and analysing the reflections, a computer can detect the chest movements caused by a human heartbeat – and the system could run on a smart speaker

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How social media can nudge people into becoming conspiracy theorists

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How social media can nudge people into becoming conspiracy theorists

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Dyson spheres: How to spot an alien megastructure

Space

Dyson spheres: How to spot an alien megastructure

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AI can tell what song you are listening to from your brainwaves

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AI can tell what song you are listening to from your brainwaves

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Quantum Computing with Michelle Simmons and John Martinis

Silicon Valley needs to take responsibility for its political power

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Silicon Valley needs to take responsibility for its political power

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We're running out of lithium for batteries – can we use salt instead?

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We're running out of lithium for batteries – can we use salt instead?

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Environment

Wind farm construction creates noise that may harm squid fisheries

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The superconductor breakthrough that could mean an energy revolution

Physics

The superconductor breakthrough that could mean an energy revolution

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CRISPR gene-editing urgently needs an off-switch – now we have one

Technology

CRISPR gene-editing urgently needs an off-switch – now we have one

Making changes to genes with CRISPR has the potential to cure diseases and feed the world, if we can learn to control it. Now it looks like viruses hold the solution

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Technology

Plants that suck metals from the soil can be farmed to make our tech

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Technology

Brave New Planet review: A guide to future tech’s moral dilemmas

Culture

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Uber and Lyft operating in US cities linked to rises in car ownership

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Technology

Demis Hassabis interview: Our AI will unlock secrets of how life works

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