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Mistakenly calling AIs 'sentient' is more dangerous than we think

A Google engineer recently claimed an AI was alive and that it had hired a lawyer. If judges were to accept these claims, it could lead to AIs being frozen in their biased states, writes Annalee Newitz

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When did humans start making art and were Neanderthals artists too?

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Why does time fly or drag? How emotions warp our temporal perceptions

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Why does time fly or drag? How emotions warp our temporal perceptions

Features

A Moderna covid-19 vaccine is prepared

Health

Covid-19 news: Moderna’s omicron booster has promising immune response

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Commuters at St Pancras International train station in London, England, in May

Health

Covid-19 news archive: May 2022

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The female body is misunderstood and this is why, says Rachel E. Gross

Humans

The female body is misunderstood and this is why, says Rachel E. Gross

Features

Fascia: The long-overlooked tissue that shapes your health

Health

Fascia: The long-overlooked tissue that shapes your health

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People queue for a PCR covid-19 test in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 30 November 2021

Health

Covid-19 news archive: April 2022

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A person at a covid-19 test centre in Newcastle-under-Lyme, UK, on 21 December

Health

Covid-19 news archive: March 2022

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Humans

Shoulder growth may slow during human development to make birth easier

CT scans of humans, chimpanzees and macaques reveal that human collarbones slow their growth rate in the final months of pregnancy, perhaps to make it easier for babies to squeeze through the pelvis

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Humans

How fossil footprints are revealing the joy and fear of Stone Age life

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Humans

Ancient Britons rapidly evolved to cope with lack of sunlight

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Humans

Family tree of extinct apes reveals our early evolutionary history

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Health

Covid-19 news archive: February 2022

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