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Technology

How the future rise of AI lawyers could force Big Oil to pay up

By the 2030s, a wave of litigation led by artificial intelligence was forcing Big Oil firms to pay billions in damages for their emissions, says our guide to the future, Rowan Hooper

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Quantum computer circuitry illustration. Conventional computers store information as 'bits', with each transistor holding either a 1 or a 0. Quantum computers use quantum bits, or qubits, which operate according to two principles of quantum physics. One of the principles, supposition, allows a qubit to store a 1 and a 0 at the same time. This means two qubits can hold four values at once. The second principle, entanglement, means that the state of one qubit can depend on the state of another. As you expand the number of qubits, the machine becomes exponentially more powerful.

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Why AI firms should follow the example of quantum computing research

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Dating apps should fix their problems before saddling us with new ones

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Dating apps should fix their problems before saddling us with new ones

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2SA3JYH Various Artificial Intelligence mobile apps, DeepSeek open-source large language models app on January 28, 2025 in Prague, Czech Republic.

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DeepSeek has burst the AI hype bubble – now all bets are off

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2YJ64RA . Benedetta Cappa Marinetti (Benedetta) (Rome 1897 - Venice 1977) Velocit? di motoscafo, 1919-1924 Oil on canvas, 70 x 110 cm

Society

How futurism took an abrupt right turn in the 20th century

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Why an increasing belief in alien visitations is a real-world problem

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Why an increasing belief in alien visitations is a real-world problem

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F7WX9A Adult Eurasian Lynx / Eurasischer Luchs ( Lynx lynx ) rests on a pretty thin branch, looks alert.

Environment

Rewild the UK with lynx soon? Not a cat in hell’s chance, sadly

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These interstellar spaceship designs are wildly impractical

Space

These interstellar spaceship designs are wildly impractical

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WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 29: Pro Affirmative Action supporters and and counter protestors shout at each outside of the Supreme Court of the United States on Thursday, June 29, 2023 in Washington, DC. In a 6-3 vote, Supreme Court Justices ruled that race-conscious admissions programs at Harvard and the University of North Carolina are unconstitutional, setting precedent for affirmative action in other universities and colleges. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

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Building a true meritocracy means removing barriers, not ignoring them

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Physics

Why we should talk about invisible matter, not dark matter

The word "dark" is misleading when it comes to dark matter, because it suggests there is some kind of absorption of light happening, says Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

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Mind

The human sense of smell is quite good, and matters more than you know

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Wake up to the bigger picture on how to get a better night’s sleep

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What's next in the fight against malaria?

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Are we entering a dangerous new phase of climate change?

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