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The power of music in Pinochet's Chile

Under Augusto Pinochet’s dictatorship, prisoners were tormented with music but still found solace in it, a new book reveals ...
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Roman soldiers defending Hadrian’s Wall infected by parasites, study finds

Research examining ancient sewer drain sediment suggests the Roman soldiers garrisoned at the fort of Vindolanda suffered ...
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We may never be able to tell if AI becomes conscious, argues philosopher

This gulf in knowledge could be exploited by a tech industry intent on selling the “next level of AI cleverness”, argues Dr ...
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Price of a bot army revealed across hundreds of online platforms

The first global index tracking real-time prices for buying fake account verifications on 500+ online platforms in every ...
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Humans rank between meerkats and beavers in monogamy ‘league table’

The first study to analyse rates of full vs half siblings in a range of mammals provides new evidence for monogamous ...
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Half of people arrested in London may have undiagnosed ADHD, study finds

Offering screening for neurodivergence to people detained by the police could help ensure access to appropriate support and ...
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Wild medieval saints

Pope Leo XIV's Augustinian order once performed green-fingered, dragon-slaying miracles. Dr Krisztina Ilko rediscovers their ...
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A glimpse inside Clare Hall, a graduate college of the University of Cambridge

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Computers using digital footprints are better judges of personality than friends and family

People may choose to augment their own intuitions and judgments with this kind of data analysis when making important life decisions ...
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Study finds that genes play a role in empathy

This is an important step towards understanding the small but important role that genetics plays in empathy ...
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Professor Stephen Hawking

Friends and colleagues from the University of Cambridge have paid tribute to Professor Stephen Hawking, who died today at the age of 76. Widely regarded as one of the world’s most brilliant minds, he ...