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Social media is dead – here’s what comes next

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Social media is dead – here’s what comes next

A new information ecosystem is on the rise, featuring closer connections, cosy media and worker-owned websites, writes Annalee Newitz

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TOPSHOT - A prong extending from the CIRA-03 remote-controlled robot prototype approaches the mouth of a volunteer to extract a throat swab sample, as part of a self-funded project to assist physicians in running tests on suspected COVID-19 coronavirus patients in a bid to limit human exposure to disease-carriers, at a private hospital in Egypt's Nile delta city of Tanta, on March 20, 2021. (Photo by Khaled DESOUKI / AFP) (Photo by KHALED DESOUKI/AFP via Getty Images)

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We’ve discovered a new kind of magnetism. What can we do with it?

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You don't need to take drugs like Ozempic consistently to lose weight

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Will we ever feel comfortable with AIs taking on important tasks?

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'Flashes of brilliance and frustration': I let an AI agent run my day

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'Flashes of brilliance and frustration': I let an AI agent run my day

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The 14 best science and tech documentaries of 2025 so far

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Could hormone implants allow us to boost focus, endurance and libido?

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The dangers of so-called AI experts believing their own hype

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The dangers of so-called AI experts believing their own hype

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Quick test reveals illegal elephant ivory disguised as mammoth tusks

Researchers say they have developed a new way to distinguish between legal mammoth ivory and illegal elephant ivory

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Typos and slang spur AI to discourage seeking medical care

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Forget the Terminators, our robot future may be squishy and fun

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Forget superintelligence – we need to tackle 'stupid' AI first

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Disney and Universal lawsuit may be killing blow in AI copyright wars

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