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Smartphone lets you see round corners by light flicker on floor

Tracking tiny variations in light reflected at the base of a wall can let you count people in a room and see where they are moving

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This AI can tell true hate speech from harmless banter

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This AI can tell true hate speech from harmless banter

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Your ‘risk intelligence’ decides how much of a daredevil you are

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Different meditation types train distinct parts of your brain

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Transmission electron microscopy of Hepatitis B virus (HBV), a DNA virus with a long incubation period, that is transmitted through bodily fluids and affects the liver.

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We’re nearly ready to use CRISPR to target far more diseases

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Life extension may prove to be a double-edged sword

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Kidney donors swap organs for transplant vouchers for loved ones

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Kidney donors swap organs for transplant vouchers for loved ones

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Walking to work or doing the vacuuming can extend your life

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Walking to work or doing the vacuuming can extend your life

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Using new study to back high-fat, low-carb diets is flawed logic

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Using new study to back high-fat, low-carb diets is flawed logic

Fans of high-fat, low-carb diets grasped at a recent study to declare their fringe view proven. They were wrong, say Anthony Warner and Katie Heath

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Technology

Robot made from a DNA strand could deliver cargo in your blood

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Graphic design can save your life – here’s how

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Air pollution changes what bugs colonise our airways

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Eating more salt might save your life? Not so much

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