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Technology

There’s a 5% chance of AI causing humans to go extinct, say scientists

In the largest survey yet of AI researchers, a majority say there is a non-trivial risk of human extinction due to the possible development of superhuman AI

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Technology

Humanoid robot acts out prompts like it’s playing charades

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Health

After much neglect, women’s health must get the attention it deserves

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A-Lab on Thursday, April 6, 2023 at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in Berkeley, Calif. 04/06/23

Technology

Are autonomous labs the future of science?

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Life

1.75-billion-year-old fossils help explain how photosynthesis evolved

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Health

Membrane-destroying drug works against antibiotic-resistant bacteria

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Tracking map of global fishing

Technology

Most large fishing boats go untracked as ‘dark vessels’

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Quadrantid "fireball" in Tres Piedras, New Mexico, in January 2020

Space

How to spot the Quadrantids meteor shower on 3 and 4 January

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A great white shark cruising through Australian waters

Life

Sharks can be deterred from beaches by catching and releasing them

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Chemistry

Strange material made of soap could be used for photosynthesis

The first ever soap films with chemically distinct sides are a step towards cheap soap-based devices that could create useful chemicals through artificial photosynthesis

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Health

Severe covid-19 infections linked to increased risk of schizophrenia

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Life

Tiny T. rex fossils may be distinct species – but not everyone agrees

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Space

Extreme close-up of Jupiter’s moon Io captured by Juno spacecraft

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Earth

Vast submerged area near Australia may once have hosted 500,000 people

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