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Technology

Will AI make computer screens a thing of the past?

Big tech companies are offering new ways to interact with devices, powered by natural language processing – but here's why we are unlikely to give up our screens just yet

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Environment

Hydropower generation in western US set to fall as climate gets drier

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Policeman checking woman driver for alcohol intoxication

Technology

Your unique breath ‘fingerprint’ could be used to unlock your phone

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Space

The sun could contain a tiny black hole that formed in the big bang

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Society

Cheap drone attacks have outsized effect on global economic inflation

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Life

Guinness yeasts are genetically unique among Irish beers

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Venus

Space

Molecules vital for life could survive in Venus’s acid clouds

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Environment

US grid vulnerable to power outages due to its reliance on gas

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Humans

Ancient cities discovered in the Amazon are the largest yet found

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A numbat searching for termites in a fallen log. Poor night-time vision is part of the reason why the animals have to seek out food in the heat of the day

Life

Numbats are overheating because Australia is getting too hot for them

On a hot day, numbats can only look for food for 10 minutes before they are forced to seek shade, raising concerns about the endangered animal's conservation amid Australia's increasing temperatures

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Technology

Chinese social network fails to curb abuse by showing users’ locations

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Life

Oldest known skin fossil is from 300-million-year-old reptile

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Life

Early fossil identified as new species of Tyrannosaurus

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Environment

Record growth of renewable energy in 2023 isn’t fast enough, says IEA

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