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How an intern helped build the AI that shook the world

AlphaGo’s victory braodcast on TV Im Hun-jung/Yonhap/AP Photo via Getty Images In March 2016, Google DeepMind’s artificial intelligence system AlphaGo

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Phantom codes could help quantum computers avoid errors

Detail of a QuEra quantum computer based on extremely cold atoms QuEra Algorithms called phantom codes could help quantum computers

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NASA’s Artemis moon exploration programme is getting a major makeover

NASA’s Space Launch System has had a tricky start NASA/Cory Huston NASA is shaking up the plan for its Artemis

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SpaceX’s 1 million satellites could avoid environmental checks

SpaceX wants to launch many more satellites Charles Boyer / Alamy Stock Photo Astronomers are scrambling to work out the

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Fish-based pet food may expose cats and dogs to forever chemicals

Some pet foods contain potentially harmful PFAS chemicals Cris Cantón/Getty Images Many pet foods – especially those based on fish

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New fossils may settle debate over mysterious sail-backed spinosaurs

Artist’s interpretation of Spinosaurus mirabilis Dani Navarro Were the mysterious dinosaurs known as spinosaurs excellent swimmers that could dive to

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The mystery of nuclear ‘magic numbers’ has finally been resolved

Some atoms seem to be particularly stable because of their numbers of protons and neutrons Shutterstock/ktsdesign A special set of

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These 5 diets could add years to your life even if you have bad genes

A healthy diet has long been linked to living into old age – and you don’t have to adhere to

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Newborn marsupials seen crawling to mother’s pouch for the first time

Minuscule marsupial newborns that weigh less than a grain of rice have been filmed crawling towards their mother’s pouch for

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Weakening ice shelf has caused crucial Antarctic glacier to accelerate

Giant icebergs have been breaking off the edge of Pine Island ice shelf NASA/Brooke Medley A large and fast-melting glacier