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LEFT The lesser flamingo is the smallest species of flamingo and also the most numerous. It lays one egg on a mound of mud. Chic ...
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Many of us have experienced the ways in which social media has changed the online world. But should we be worried about it alter ...
“The truth is that our social interactions, both online and in person, have a huge effect on our thinking and cognition” @ Behav ...
PHOTOS: SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY, GETTY X2 Compared with other animals, including our closest relatives, we are quite friendly Dop ...
“As early as 2010, psychiatrists were arguing that social network addiction should be classed as a disorder” Behaviour science 6 ...
69 because social norms deter such things. Subtle signs of discomfort in those around you, awkward body language and responses, ...
WORDS: DR PETER BENTLEY are Everywhere these days, but how close are they to THE NEXT NATURAL STEP IN THEIR EVOLUTION –THINKING ...
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OBOTS are customarily portrayed in sci-fi movies as futuristic creations that walk on two legs and think like a human. But this ...
WHAT IS MACHINE LEARNING? Machine learning is a type of artificial intelligence that focuses on enabling a computer to learn new ...
74 in the kitchen. Their robots can watch videos of people preparing and cooking food, and, by doing so, learn to perform simila ...
FIVE OF THE SMARTEST ROBOTS IN HISTORY One of the first examples of a chatterbot. When running a script dubbed DOCTOR, ELIZA cou ...
PANDAS PHOTO: GETTY SHOULD WE LET These black and white bears have been a conservation mascot for decades. But do they have a ri ...
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PHOTOS: PRESS ASSOCIATION, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC/AMI VITALE list was the fact that pandas (appear to) have big eyes; that they sit ...
the geometric tortoise – another critically endangered creature afforded little by way of public understanding or interest. When ...
PHOTOS: GETTY X2, ZIGMUND LESZCZYNSKI / NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC share the same habitat, but that no one really cares enough about. C ...
PHOTO: GRIGORIJ RICHTERS/ASTEROID DAY Pandas, like this tiny, three-month- old cub, are incredibly difficult to breed in PHOTOS: ...
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