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Drugs with a built-in doctor Particles that monitor conditions around them and make simple decisions about whether to release their drug payload could be developed for cancer treatments that target tumours more effectively

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Comets, not asteroids, to blame for moon’s scarred face Greenland rocks suggest dirty snowballs pummelled the young moon and Earth, soaking our planet and pockmarking the moon

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US military develops son of Clippy Microsoft retired its infuriating animated paperclip two years ago but the US defence research agency DARPA has spent more than $100m on developing a virtual assistant of its own. iPhone…

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