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Minds and machines: can we work together in the digital age? - Science Weekly podcast

Ian Sample sits down with Andrew McAfee and Erik Brynjolfsson to discuss the future of the workplace and the role artificial intelligence will play

July 26, 2017
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Watch: What Counts as Science?

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Is there a way to define science and separate it from other things?

July 25, 2017
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Two New Studies Look Into “Planet-Hacking” Proposals for Slowing Climate Change

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Climate scientists have just published two new studies outlining ways that we could use geoengineering to alter the climate. However, both come with extreme risks and do not address the…

July 25, 2017
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Google enters race for nuclear fusion technology

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The tech giant and a leading US fusion company develop a new computer algorithm that significantly speeds up progress towards clean, limitless energy.

July 25, 2017
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We fear death, but what if dying isn't as bad as we think?

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Research comparing perceptions of death with accounts of those imminently facing it suggest that maybe we shouldn’t worry so much about our own end.

July 25, 2017
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Scientists Assert Climate Change is Allowing Greenhouse Gases to Escape From Melting Permafrost

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A new study indicates that warming temperatures caused by climate change may be releasing heat-trapping methane from layers of gas and oil that’s been lurking beneath the Arctic permafrost for