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What is the future of AI? Google and the EU have very different ideas

While Google and other tech giants are rolling out new AI products at speed, the European Union is working on a law to restrict them

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A child receives the RTS malaria vaccine in Gisambai, Kenya, in March

Health

Dozens of countries have tamed malaria, but can we eradicate it?

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Environment

Electric vehicles are rapidly taking off – but is that a good thing?

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Life

Was DNA pioneer Rosalind Franklin really a victim of scientific theft?

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Shooting stars and Starlink stellites leaving streaks in photographs of the night sky

Space

SpaceX's efforts to make satellites less bright aren't working well

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Health

Why expanding access to Narcan in the US won’t solve the opioid crisis

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A child in Seattle, Washington, receives a chickenpox vaccine in 2019. The US, among other countries, offers a routine chickenpox vaccine to children, unlike countries such as the UK and Denmark

Health

Should more countries vaccinate children against chickenpox?

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Environment

The UK is making five big bets in the hope of hitting net zero by 2050

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Environment

Europe survived its winter energy crisis, but what happens next year?

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AI Pope images

Technology

Should you be worried that an AI picture of the pope went viral?

You may have seen these images of Pope Francis looking stylish in a puffer jacket on social media, but you might not have realised they were created by the artificial intelligence tool Midjourney

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Technology

Is GPT-4 already showing signs of artificial general intelligence?

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Health

A common and treatable cause of heart attacks is being overlooked

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Technology

US freight trains are getting longer – is that safe?

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Technology

Unidentified objects: What's behind the rise in aerial shootdowns?

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