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Technology

Smart cameras spot when hospital staff don’t wash their hands

One in 20 people admitted to hospital pick up an infection while they’re there, but cameras tracking people’s movements could spot who’s spreading diseases

News

There is a good case to unleash job-killing AI on the high seas

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There is a good case to unleash job-killing AI on the high seas

Comment

Three piglets huddled together

Health

CRISPR makes piglets that may be better organ donors for humans

News

a finger presses a delete button

Technology

You could finally control your Facebook data if UK law is passed

News

wind farm

Technology

The renewables reality: clean energy hasn't risen for 25 years

Insight

Kim Jong-un giving a piggyback

Technology

North Korea isn’t bluffing, the nuclear threat to the US is real

Comment

A missile blasts off again the background of green hills

Technology

North Korea launches ICBM with potential to reach New York

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An impossible, Escher-like tangle of stairs that sem to carry on down infinitely

Technology

The games that build playgrounds out of impossible physics

News

Michael Phelps swimming

Technology

Tiny robots swim the front crawl through your veins

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AI artwork

Technology

Artificial Intelligence ushers in the era of superhuman doctors

Non-human intelligence will soon be a standard part of your medical care – if it isn’t already. Can you trust it?

Features

Health

Brexiteers must not risk UK’s nuclear future by leaving Euratom

Comment

Technology

Nations of the world agree to ban nuclear weapons – now what?

News

Technology

North Korean missiles could soon reach the US. Can we stop them?

Analysis

Technology

Real reform must follow ruling on flawed NHS-DeepMind data deal

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