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Class consciousness.

The 2008 financial crash permanently downgraded American class identity

The Great Recession didn’t just devastate bank accounts — it fundamentally and…
Flock of seagulls.

Why artificial intelligence is learning from bird flocks to stop hallucinating

One of the primary concerns surrounding artificial intelligence is its tendency to…
Storytelling.

Why telling stories is the ultimate evolutionary hack for your memory

Humans have been swapping tales around campfires for millennia, but new research…
Neurobots.

Scientists create the first living biological robots with a nervous system

Researchers have successfully grown a functional nervous system inside tiny, self-organising biological…
Propaganda.

AI bots can autonomously run massive propaganda campaigns as toxic teams

If you thought the bot networks that flooded social media during recent…
Teenagers dieting.

Weight loss plans designed by artificial intelligence are secretly starving teens

Teenagers who turn to artificial intelligence for weight loss advice are being…
Depression.

Neuroscience specialists discover seven types of psychological “hyperarousal”

Hyperarousal plays a crucial role in mental health, heavily influencing the severity…
Surveillance.

Fighting global fraud with AI evidence chains instead of mass surveillance

Rather than expanding government oversight into our private lives, policymakers must harness…

Why the world’s ship captains are terrified of autonomous vessels

A new wave of autonomous ferries is set to hit the water…
Clones.

The death of original thought as chatbots force humanity to conform

It’s not just your syntax that artificial intelligence is hacking — it’s…