Q: How will a technology enter the human habitat?

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This question is an excerpt from the Pyramid of Technology toolkit In the late nineties, the Tamagotchi egg was released. A small egg-shaped device that contained a digital creature that the owner had to ‘breed’ and take care of. The toy somehow normalized the experience of having some digital device in your pocket that sometimes […]
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Human-animal hybrids are coming and could be used to grow organs for transplant

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Around the world thousands of people are on organ donor waiting lists. While some of those people will receive the organ transplants they need in time, the sad reality is that many will die waiting. But controversial new research may provide a way to address this crisis. Japan has recently overturned its ban on the […]
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Exploring body architecture with Lucy McRae

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Exploring body architecture with Lucy McRae
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As evolution goes on, the human body is evolving too. What does it mean to be human in times of advanced biotechnology and genetic engineering? Are our bodies ready for our technologized lifestyle? We spoke with science fiction artist and body architect Lucy McRae, who is exploring the future of our body, beauty and the […]
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A guide to parenting with AI Barbie

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A guide to parenting with AI Barbie
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The rise of artificial intelligence has brought us more advanced toys. If AI Barbie and her talking robotic friends are going to raise our kids, what would their parenting style be like? In the nineties, Tamagotchi was hugely popular amongst kids; the egg-shaped key chain wasn’t to be let out of your sight, ever. Four […]
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Q: How will we co-evolve with technology?

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Q: How will we co-evolve with technology?
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This question is an excerpt from the Pyramid of Technology toolkit Cooking is a process through which humans outsource part of their bodily functions to technology (think barbebque, fireplace, microwave). It allowed early humans to intake more calories, which let their brains grow bigger but simultaneously weaken their jaw bones. This is a powerful example […]
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What is a species?

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What is a species?
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A koala bear isn’t actually a bear, it’s a marsupial. Whales aren’t fish, they’re mammals. Tomatoes aren’t vegetables, they’re fruit. Almost nothing is actually a nut. Peanuts, Brazil nuts, cashews, walnuts, pecans and almonds: none of them are really nuts (for the record, peanuts are legumes, Brazils and cashews are seeds, and the others are […]
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Iceland is mourning a dead glacier

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Death certificates and commemorative plaques aren’t something you’d normally associate with a glacier. But that is exactly how Iceland recently mourned the loss of 700-year-old Okjökull, the first of its major glaciers to die. This is just one early example of events we will encounter more and more often as the hot new world we […]
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There’s a new urgency for speculative design. Here’s why

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Pink chickens, synthesized tiger penises and salads grown from bodily fluids – how could they shape our future? In a Next Nature collaboration with the Gogbot Festival, the event’s 2019 conference challenged audience members to suspend their disbelief and imagine. In a series of fascinating presentations from designers, artists, scientists and bio-hackers, participants and audience […]
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Next Nature Night: Future food is on the menu

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Next Nature Night: Future food is on the menu
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Always thinking about food? What about food that doesn’t exist yet? On the 22nd of September at De Studio, Next Nature Network will host a night of talks on the future of food and beyond. The event will expand on themes presented in the Future Food exhibition, a collaboration between NNN and NEMO science museum, […]
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How AI is reshaping electronic music

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How AI is reshaping electronic music
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The idea that AI can compose electronic music may sound a little off to people. It raises essential questions about creativity as a product exclusive to humans: can an AI be creative? Can it be musical? Can it compete with human-made melodies? Does it need to? More and more, AI has set foot in the […]
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A new approach to 3D printing human organs

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Adding blood vessels overcomes important limitations. Paul Biegler reports. 
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A new view of Messier 81

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Infrared image released to celebrate Spitzer’s sweet 16.
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Will genetic screening of athletes change sport as we know it?

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Will genetic screening of athletes change sport as we know it?
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There’s little evidence that performance capacity can be predicted based on genes, writes Gregory Haff from Australia’s Edith Cowan University.
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The hunt for a 12-billion-year-old signal

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Astronomers nudging closer thanks to data from a remote part of Australia.
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Brain-machine interface set to improve life for amputees

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Small study finds implanted electrodes lead to less stressful prosthetics. Barry Keily reports.
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'Supercooling' keeps livers longer

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'Supercooling' keeps livers longer
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Breakthrough could provide a bigger transplant window. 
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The rocks below a famous crater

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Geologists examine what unfolded after that asteroid hit. Richard A Lovett reports.
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Pterosaur identified, 30 years on

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Pterosaur identified, 30 years on
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Cryodrakon boreas was a new genus and species.
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Shorter people at greater risk of type 2 diabetes

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Shorter people at greater risk of type 2 diabetes
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New study finds being tall and thin is an advantage.
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The final chapter for GW170817 captured

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The final chapter for GW170817 captured
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International team painstakingly constructs the afterglow.
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Shock me: 200% increase in electric eel species

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Shock me: 200% increase in electric eel species
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Newly identified Electrophorus voltai is the strongest known living bioelectricity generator. Ian Connellan reports.
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An ancestor ‘modern in many ways’

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Scientists create virtual skull from 263 real ones. Dyani Lewis reports.
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Foot painters' toes mapped like fingers in the brain

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Foot painters' toes mapped like fingers in the brain
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The brain has a dramatic ability to forge new connections. Paul Biegler reports.
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Tiny predator has a big story to tell

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Tiny predator has a big story to tell
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Oldest chelicerate found in the Burgess Shale.
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The oldest genetic data ever found

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The oldest genetic data ever found
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Tooth enamel delivers, where DNA can’t.
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To create skin like a chameleon’s, watch a chameleon closely

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To create skin like a chameleon’s, watch a chameleon closely
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The way they change colour is even smarter that we thought.
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A kangaroo unlike those we know

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A kangaroo unlike those we know
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Digital modelling confirms giant marsupial had a different skull, a dull diet and a bite to be reckoned with. Ian Connellan reports. 
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Researchers design robot glider that takes off from water

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Researchers design robot glider that takes off from water
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Acetylene gas offers solution to high power demand. Barry Keily reports.
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Enormous bubbles discovered near centre of the Milky Way

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Enormous bubbles discovered near centre of the Milky Way
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South African telescopes capture the aftermath of a high-energy event. Richard A Lovett reports.
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There’s no place like home

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Some butterflies stick to their burbs.
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