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Technology

University examiners fail to spot ChatGPT answers in real-world test

ChatGPT-written exam submissions for a psychology degree mostly went undetected and tended to get better marks than real students’ work

A Neanderthal grandfather and child

Humans

Neanderthal child may have had Down’s syndrome

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What 100 years of studying other galaxies has told us about the cosmos

2CE844B Infinity tunnel pocket watch time, time travel concept

Physics

How physics is helping us to explain why time always moves forwards

Health

Why we should be wary of social media’s obsession with the vagus nerve

Health

‘Bridge editing’ could be even better at altering DNA than CRISPR

Life

Winter ‘sauna’ helps endangered frogs fight off fungal disease

Physics

Maxwell’s demon charges quantum batteries inside of a quantum computer

Health

Could paying people to lose weight help tackle obesity?

Patient John Nicholas awake in the OR as he undergoes a kidney transplant

First ever US kidney transplant performed on an awake patient

Surgeons have performed the first kidney transplant in the US where the patient was awake during the entire operation

Mind

AI reads brain activity to reveal what part of a movie you’re watching

Technology

$1m prize for AI that can solve puzzles that are simple for humans

Health

Dangerous mpox strain spreading in Democratic Republic of the Congo

Technology

AI can turn text into sign language – but it’s often unintelligible