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Dutch air force reads pilots' brainwaves to make training harder

While pilots are flying in a VR simulation, their brainwave patterns can be fed into an AI model that assesses how challenging they are finding a task and adjusts the difficulty accordingly

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Why did SpaceX just apply to launch 1 million satellites?

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How to live a meaningful life, according to science

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Ants attack their nest-mates because pollution changes their smell

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A huge cloud of dark matter may be lurking near our solar system

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Treating cancer before 3pm could help patients live longer

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Neanderthals and early humans may have interbred over a vast area

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CRISPR grapefruit without the bitterness are now in development

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Why people can have Alzheimer's-related brain damage but no symptoms

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Elon Musk is making a big bet on his future vision – will it work?

Reports suggest that Elon Musk is eyeing up a merger involving SpaceX, Tesla and xAI, but what does he hope to achieve by consolidating his business empire?

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Yawning has an unexpected influence on the fluid inside your brain

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How an 1800s vaccine drive beat smallpox in Denmark in just 7 years

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This doctor is on the hunt for people with first-rate faeces

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AI-assisted mammograms cut risk of developing aggressive breast cancer

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