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Jurassic Perk: A wine-loving dinosaur for your kitchen

20 September 2017

Crack open a bottle of wine and let this prehistoric sommelier do the rest – it’ll let you know when the first glass is poured


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China's struggle to overcome technological imperialism

20 September 2017

The Chinese Typewriter tells the fascinating story of technological colonialism, racism and the complexities of a language unlike any other


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Our terrifying energy future leaves us with uncertainties

20 September 2017

We could outrun environmental disaster by ditching fossil fuels for safer options, but will we? Three new books paint a scary picture by refusing to commit


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The new nuclear race: Why North Korea isn’t the real story

20 September 2017

The sabre-rattling between Pyongyang and Washington is masking a dangerous destabilisation in deterrence – making nuclear war by accident a real possibility


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End-of-life chatbot can help you with difficult final decisions

18 September 2017

A virtual assistant helps people who are terminally ill feel less anxious about death and more ready to complete their last will and testament


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The NHS is using a chatbot to do tedious corporate team-building

18 September 2017

The UK's National Health Service and 10 big firms are experimenting with CoachBot, which replaces "coaching and development" staff with an automated chatbot


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Plastic cubes injected into the body could replace booster shots

14 September 2017

Microscopic degradable polymer cubes stuffed with vaccines could spell the end of booster jabs, and lead to a single vaccine that protects against all diseases


Robot made from a DNA strand could deliver cargo in your blood

Robot made from a DNA strand could deliver cargo in your blood

14 September 2017

Micromachine with two feet and two arms could pick up and deliver drugs in the bloodstream or build chemical compounds, one tiny step at a time


People in biosafety suits

It's too easy for bioterrorists to access dangerous research

14 September 2017

The systems designed to stop potentially risky research being published and used to make weapons of terror have “multiple shortcomings”, warns US report


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AI spots Alzheimer’s brain changes years before symptoms emerge

14 September 2017

A machine-learning algorithm that examines MRI scans can identify alterations in how different regions of the brain are connected that indicate future disease


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