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Space

Searching for life on Mars isn’t worth the risk to Earth

The Mars Sample Return mission aims to retrieve samples of Martian rock and soil to look for signs of life – but a rethink is needed to ensure Earth’s biosecurity, says Paul Marks

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Technology

UK AI summit: Countries agree declaration on frontier AI risks

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Technology

With privacy concerns rising, can we teach AI chatbots to forget?

Features

Technology

Mathematician warns US spies may be weakening next-gen encryption

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Environment

Why China’s clean energy tech will determine our climate future

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Illustration of a human embryo at the blastocyst stage approximately 5 to 9 days after fertilisation. The outer trophoblast layer (green) will implant into the wall of the uterus (endometrium) and go on to form the placenta. The inner fluid-filled cavity of the blastocyst is called the blastocoele. The inner cell mass (embryoblast, orange) will form the embryo.

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From One Cell review: Embryology and the future of medicine

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Health

How CRISPR therapy could cure everything from cancer to infertility

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Technology

The unique promise of ‘biological computers’ made from living things

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Neuralink says it has permission to conduct its first human trials

Technology

Elon Musk’s brain implant firm Neuralink gets approval for human trial

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Mind

Why I’m teaching balls of human brain cells to play video games

Brett Kagan is studying mini-brains in a dish as they play simple video games, hoping they will help us understand how human memories form and lead to a new kind of artificial intelligence

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Technology

AI could predict hurricanes or rogue waves from minimal data

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Technology

If cyberpunk no longer fits our vision of the future, what does?

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Technology

Artificial intelligence is being asked to predict the future of AI

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Humans

Future Stories review: Has thinking about the future got even harder?

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