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'His urine goes on tour around Europe, showing the kings and queens this glowing pee'Book prize winner Science writer Kit Chapman on the weird world of alchemy before chemistry.
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Author Rose George dives into the dark depths of the fishing industryInterview Live Science spoke with Rose George, journalist and author of "Every Last Fish," about her book on the fishing industry.
By Hannah Osborne Published
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'There's a sense that these algorithms are objective and they get to know you': How social media warps our understanding of healthcareInterview Editor Hannah Osborne spoke with investigative journalist Dr. Deborah Cohen about her new book, "Bad Influence: How the Internet Hijacked Our Health."
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'A fine line between reducing stigma and trivialising conditions': Social media, self-diagnosis and the glamorization of ADHDBook excerpt Social media, self-diagnosis and the glamorization of ADHD
By Deborah Cohen Published
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'There are challenges, but renewables are just growing so fast, and it is growing so fast because it is so cheap.'Interview Author and journalist Fred Pearce tells Live Science editor Hannah Osborne about his book "Despite it All" — looking at the changes that have taken place over the last 40 years that provide some hope that we can solve the climate crisis.
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'It was clearly a human assault on the species': The fate of the great aukTwo preserved great auk specimens displayed at a museum in 1971. The last pair of great auks were killed in 1844.
By Alexander McNamara Published
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'I'd never seen such an audacious attack on anonymity before': Clearview AI and the creepy tech that can identify you with a single picture"Concerns about facial recognition had been building for decades. And now the nebulous bogeyman had finally found its form: a small company with mysterious founders and an unfathomably large database."
By Kashmir Hill Published
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'Can you predict the future? Yes, of course you can.': Inside the 1 equation that can predict the weather, sporting events, and more"Life isn’t chess, a game of perfect information, one that can in theory be 'solved.' It's poker, a game where you're trying to make the best decisions using the limited information you have. "
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'We don't yet have the know-how to properly maintain a corpse brain': Why cryonics is a non-starter in our quest for immortalityIn a new book, renowned biologist Venki Ramakrishnan explores the reasons why we die, and discusses unproven ways people hope to cheat death, such as cryogenics.
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