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The story of fake news begins long before the internet - stretching back to ancient propaganda, wartime deception, and political rumor. What has changed is speed and scale: the digital era transformed ...

Experts warn that our screen-obsessed, sedentary lives could reshape our bodies and faces in frightening ways.

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AI can extend our imagination or perform it for us. One keeps us human while the other trains us out of humanity. The first ...

Many mountain gorillas keep living - vigorous and socially engaged - for a decade or more beyond the years of reproduction.

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