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Next-generation technology is a critical mid-step in dementia care

New technologies will radically change the experience of living with and caring for someone with Alzheimer's, says Professor Fiona Carragher, chief policy and research officer at Alzheimer's Society, UK

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Next-generation technology is a critical mid-step in dementia care

Technology

Fast forward to the fluffy revolution, when robot pets win our hearts

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The relentless push for productivity misconstrues how our brains work

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Nobel prizes are still failing to celebrate the diversity of science

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It's parents who are anxious about smartphones, not their children

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It's parents who are anxious about smartphones, not their children

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F6M33H RELEASE DATE: Dec 18, 2007. ORIGINAL MOVIE TITLE: Blade Runner: The Final Cut. STUDIO: World Artists. PLOT: Twenty-five years after the initial release of BLADE RUNNER, director Ridley Scott uses archival footage to re-create his original vision for the sci-fi classic. Based on a story by Philip K. Dick, the film is set in Los Angeles in 2019. Earth has become a polluted and miserable dystopia, and many people have fled to live 'Off World' on other planets. This dreary vision of the future features replicants: lifelike robots built as slaves for human use. When a replicant escapes his owner, a

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Why we need to fight back against sexy Asian lady robots

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How genetically modified crops could feed us and help safeguard nature

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If we reassessed what maths is, perhaps it wouldn't make us so anxious

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If we reassessed what maths is, perhaps it wouldn't make us so anxious

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New Scientist Live: What we are most excited about seeing this year

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A Declaration on Future Generations could bring the changes we need

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A Declaration on Future Generations could bring the changes we need

Committing countries to safeguarding the needs and interests of the citizens of tomorrow, a new Declaration on Future Generations could be as transformational as 1948's Universal Declaration of Human Rights, says Thomas Hale, author of Long Problems

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We physicists could learn a lot by stepping beyond our specialisms

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We need to start telling women how pregnancy changes their brain

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We need to start telling women how pregnancy changes their brain

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OpenAI’s warnings about risky AI are mostly just marketing

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How Star Trek-style replicators could lead to a food revolution

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