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Meta’s AI memorised books verbatim – that could cost it billions

In April, book authors and publishers protested Meta’s use of copyrighted books to train AI Vuk Valcic/Alamy Live News Billions of dollars are at stake

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US stops endorsing covid-19 shots for kids – are other vaccines next?

US Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F Kennedy Jr Tasos Katopodis/Getty One of the top vaccine experts at the US Centers for Disease

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Is ADHD on the rise? No – but that answer doesn’t tell the whole story

There are concerns that more children are being diagnosed with ADHD Imgorthand/Getty Images Is ADHD in children on the rise? An assessment of thousands of

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Any wall can be turned into a camera to see around corners

Technology for seeing around corners would be of use to the military Matthew Horwood/Getty Images An ordinary camera could soon take photos of things that

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First evidence of ancient birds nesting above the Arctic circle

Illustration of ancient birds nesting above the Arctic circle Gabriel Ugueto Newly discovered bone fragments from Alaska suggest birds have been breeding and nesting in

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Cord blood banking is not living up to its promise

Banking a baby’s umbilical cord blood was once seen as a reasonable way to protect their future health, but much of that potential has turned

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Trump’s Golden Dome defence project could spur a space arms race

US President Donald Trump (left), accompanied by US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth (right), announces the Golden Dome missile defense shield CHRIS KLEPONIS/POOL/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock US President

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Supergiant crustaceans may cover more than half of the deep-sea floor

Alicella gigantea, the world’s largest amphipod, may be more common than we had thought Maroni et al./Royal Society Open Science A giant crustacean that resembles

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US east coast faces rising seas as crucial Atlantic current slows

The AMOC is a system of ocean currents that circulates water within the Atlantic Ocean NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio The slowdown of

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China’s CO2 emissions have started falling – is this finally the peak?

A floating solar farm in Huainan City, China is part of the country’s renewable power build-out Imago / Alamy China, the world’s largest emitter of