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Why our ageing world could accelerate progress in AI and robotics

We are heading for a demographic crunch later this century, but might a workforce of intelligent machines compensate for a likely lack of human workers?

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Illustration of an elderly man with a pace maker. SEBASTIAN KAULITZKI/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Sebastian Kaulitzki/Science Photo Library

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Implantable battery is charged up by the body's oxygen supply

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These four common medicines could help prolong your life

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Blood-clotting drug derived from pigs can now be made synthetically

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Experimental weight loss pill seems to be more potent than Ozempic

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Coloured ultrasound scan of the abdomen of a pregnant female patient, showing a healthy nine week old foetus in the womb. At this age the foetus is about 5 cm long and weighs about 10 g.

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We should be open about organoid research to avoid a backlash

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Does Viagra ward off Alzheimer's disease? It's too soon to say

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The Future author Naomi Alderman: 'We wake up terrified of the future'

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The Future author Naomi Alderman: 'We wake up terrified of the future'

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Camouflage inspired by leaves can hide things in visible and infrared

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Wearable device monitors tumour size and displays it in an app

A wearable device that sticks to the skin can constantly measure the size of certain tumours and wirelessly transmit that information to a smartphone

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I'm teaching again after 20 years away. The tech is pure absurdity

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NASA unveils X-59 plane to test supersonic flight over US cities

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Read an extract from The Future by Naomi Alderman

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Are autonomous labs the future of science?

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