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Humans

Mistakenly calling AIs ‘sentient’ is more dangerous than we think

A Google engineer recently claimed an AI was alive and that it had hired a lawyer. If judges were to accept these claims, it could lead to AIs being frozen in their biased states, writes Annalee Newitz

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The covid-19 virus, SARS-COV-2, inside and on top of tunneling nanotubes

Health

Coronavirus may enter the brain by building tiny tunnels from the nose

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Catching the coronavirus after the 34th week of pregnancy may raise the risk of a premature birth seven-fold

Health

Coronavirus in late pregnancy raises premature birth risk seven-fold

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Space

Enceladus鈥檚 oceans may be the right saltiness to sustain life

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The sun rises on what is set to be a day of extreme heat with temperatures expected to reach to 40 degrees. Seasonal weather, Dunsden, Oxfordshire, UK - 18 Jul 2022

Environment

The recent heatwave should act as a wake-up call about climate action

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Humans

Beware the rise of corporate rituals designed to manipulate employees

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Illustration of a warm-blooded ancestor of mammals

Life

Ear anatomy shows warm-blooded animals evolved 233 million years ago

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Technology

Spinning rotors made from DNA could power minuscule machines

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Illustration of Qikiqtania wakei in the water

Life

A fish that evolved to stand up on land went back to living in water

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Life

Dwindling pollinator numbers could make plant communities less diverse

Competition between plants for attention from declining numbers of pollinating insects may end up meaning plants become less diverse

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Technology

Ink filled with secret molecules can hide encryption key in a letter

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Space

JWST has found the oldest galaxy we have ever seen in the universe

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Health

Hormone replacement therapy may be safe after breast cancer treatment

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Health

No link between depression and serotonin, finds major analysis

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