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Technology

US Army tests AI chatbots as battle planners in a war game simulation

Researchers in the US Army are experimenting with commercial AI chatbots as battlefield advisers in war game simulations – but experts caution that such AI should not be used in high-stakes situations

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Space

JWST will officially begin searching for exomoons around other planets

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Life

Asian elephants seen burying their dead for the first time

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Life

Blue cheese could get an upgrade thanks to new mould hybrids

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Life

Earliest known sex chromosomes evolved in octopuses

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methaneSAT

Environment

Satellite launched to track down leaks of potent greenhouse gas

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Earth

Eerie green sunsets after 1883 Krakatoa eruption finally explained

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Life

Storks refine their migration routes as they learn from experience

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cross-section through Europa

Space

Europa may have less oxygen to fuel life in its seas than we thought

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Balls of lung cells grown from amniotic fluid. The red indicates lung stem cells

Health

Organoids made from uterus fluid may help treat fetuses before birth

Fetal cells retrieved from fluid in the uterus can now be turned into balls of cells called organoids, which could help diagnose and treat fetuses with a serious lung condition

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Technology

Google launches $5m prize to find actual uses for quantum computers

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Technology

Smart glasses use sonar to work out where you’re looking

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Mathematics

These 7 mathematical facts will blow your mind

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Life

Orca seen hunting great white shark in first recorded solo kill

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