Google said it is working on a super-fast "quantum" computer chip as part a vision to one day have machines think like humans.
Quantum Physics
Sep 3, 2014
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Japan plans to resume its slaughter of minke whales in the Antarctic Ocean next year, an official said Wednesday, despite an order from the UN's top court to stop all whaling in the area.
Ecology
Sep 3, 2014
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New research shows economic growth to be main driver of language extinction and reveals global 'hotspots' where languages are most under threat.
Social Sciences
Sep 3, 2014
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Unequal sharing of workloads in societies could leave the most industrious individuals at higher risk of poor health and prone to accelerated ageing, according to a new study of a cooperative bird in the Kalahari Desert.
Plants & Animals
Sep 3, 2014
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Goffin's cockatoos can learn how to make and use wooden tools from each other, a new study has found.
Plants & Animals
Sep 3, 2014
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While countries with dog control policies have curbed an infectious and gruesome canine cancer, the disease is continuing to lurk in the majority of dog populations around the world, particularly in areas with many free-roaming ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 3, 2014
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