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Clever dog.

Spelling out ‘W-A-L-K’ might be wise as gifted dogs eavesdrop to learn words

Owners who spell out words like P-A-R-K or V-E-T to keep secrets…
Blue sky.

Brands urged to monitor Bluesky and Mastodon for ‘unfiltered’ consumer truth

Companies seeking honest feedback on their products should look beyond Facebook and…
Teens on phones.

Teens lose over an hour of school day to social media scrolling

US teenagers are spending more than an hour of every school day…
Dog food.

Dog food ‘carbon pawprint’ can carry higher climate cost than owners’ diets

Feeding the family dog premium, meat-rich steaks and wet food may cause…
Alone on the phone.

Digital ‘socialising alone’ no substitute for face-to-face connection

A comprehensive review of more than 1,000 studies has confirmed that while…
Empathy.

‘Pseudo-empathy’ machines proposed to solve therapist shortage

Machines capable of simulating emotional responses without actually experiencing them could be…
Sleeping.

Artificial intelligence predicts 100 diseases from a single night’s sleep

A new artificial intelligence model can forecast a person’s risk of developing…
Swearing.

You can swear by it: Turning the air blue makes you stronger, psychologists find

Unleashing a string of expletives might be the secret to hitting a…
Gun violence protests.

US politicians inhabit ‘parallel universes’ on X after mass shootings

Democratic congressmembers are more than three times as likely to post on…
Conscious AI and shrimps.

AI consciousness claims are ‘existentially toxic’ and unprovable

The only scientifically justifiable position on artificial intelligence is “agnosticism”, meaning humans…