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Human control over “killer robots” could come down to these three words
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America’s biggest housing law in 30 years, explained
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Why air conditioning became a cross-Atlantic culture war
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How the US made this Ebola outbreak one of the worst ever
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Ray Nayler talks about his novel Palaces of the Crow and animal minds
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This animal kills 100,000 people a year. Why can’t we stop it?
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The 5 most unhinged revelations from Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI
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The Iran war threatens something more important than oil prices
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How to help everyday people suffering from the Iran war
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Everybody loves Punch the baby monkey. Would you actually do the hard work needed to help him?
Much like their human cousins, baby macaques crave comfort. Punch, a forlorn-looking young Japanese macaque monkey, went viral…