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Some monkeys in Panama may have just stumbled into the Stone Age (2018)

We live in a cosmic void so empty that it breaks the laws of cosmology

Why 7M UK smart meters will stop working and what it will mean

Mathematicians plan computer proof of Fermat's last theorem

Google and xPrize launch $5M prize to find actual uses for quantum computers

Resurrecting loved ones as AI 'ghosts' could harm your mental health

How newly discovered brain cells have made us rethink the human mind

Chemical cocktail could restore sight by regenerating optic nerves

The existence of a new kind of magnetism has been confirmed

Nuclear fusion reaction releases almost twice the energy put in

Analysis of Bach's information-dense music

Dance mat-style game helps stop older people falling

iPod 'squeaks' betray software secrets (2005)

A bold new take on quantum theory could reveal how reality emerges

Learning piano triggers complex changes to your brain's activity

AI comes up with battery design that uses 70 per cent less lithium

Guinness yeasts are genetically unique among Irish beers

First tunnel to a magma chamber could unleash unlimited energy