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AI facial recognition software now works for wild chimpanzees too

Artificial intelligence can recognise individual chimpanzees from their faces, giving researchers a quicker and cheaper way to track and study the apes

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humpback whale

Life

We can tell where a whale has travelled from the themes in its song

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Don’t go bananas: Should we be cutting down on the fruit we eat?

Health

Don’t go bananas: Should we be cutting down on the fruit we eat?

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Military jet

Physics

Military-grade jet fuel made cheaply from plant waste instead of coal

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IVF

Technology

IVF add-ons are a waste of money – fertility clinics should ban them

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folic acid supplements

Health

Folic acid seems to be essential for fathers-to-be as well as mothers

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Macaques eating rice

Life

Macaques really can use logical reasoning to solve puzzles

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Mico munduruku

Life

New monkey species found in Amazon area threatened by deforestation

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Two heads with some dots between them

Technology

AI passes theory of mind test by imagining itself in another's shoes

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Adding more bioethanol to petrol is no way to go green

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Adding more bioethanol to petrol is no way to go green

Making “greener” fuels by adding bioethanol to petrol will wreck the environment, not save it. We need to focus on making electric cars work, says Michael Le Page

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Summer of science: 10 great books and podcasts for the holidays

Culture

Life

Orangutan mothers tell infants where to go by scratching themselves

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Environment

Trees demand equal status in a new Paris gallery show

Culture

Health

From the archives: Kuru, the disease that foreshadowed BSE

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