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The Future Of Health Data In The Age Of AI
Sensitive data about your health used to be relatively safe and anonymous. AI is making it much easier for that information to be used against you in opaque ways.
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Humanlike?
Interpreting the emotional lives of animals requires a subtler and more nuanced understanding of anthropomorphism
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Evolution and Guinea Pig Toes
How one animal’s oddity inspired Sewall Wright to take on one of Darwin’s big ideas
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The curse of Toumaï: an ancient skull, a disputed femur and a bitter feud over humanity’s origins
When fossilised remains were discovered in the Djurab desert in 2001, they were hailed as radically rewriting the history of our species. But not everyone was convinced – and the bitter argument that followed has consumed the lives of scholars ever since
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From Lagos to Winchester: how a divisive Nigerian pastor built a global following
I first encountered TB Joshua as a teenager, when his preaching captivated my evangelical Christian community in Hampshire. Many of my friends became his ardent disciples and followed him to Lagos. How did he have such a hold over people?
