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Could a race between microscopic competitors be the next big thing?

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Could a race between microscopic competitors be the next big thing?

Feedback is amazed to see sperm racing touted as a new track sport, but it’s going to take a lot of CGI and other fakery to help it take off

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Guess who brought back Agatha Christie as an AI clone

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Guess who brought back Agatha Christie as an AI clone

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The egg-drop experiment... but make it peer review

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The egg-drop experiment... but make it peer review

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Who needs Eurovision when we have the Dance Your PhD contest?

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Who needs Eurovision when we have the Dance Your PhD contest?

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Would snails be better than whales for explaining big data? Maybe

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Would snails be better than whales for explaining big data? Maybe

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Why do so many AI company logos look like buttholes?

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Why do so many AI company logos look like buttholes?

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Is there such a thing as a 'vegetative electron microscope'? Doubtful

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Is there such a thing as a 'vegetative electron microscope'? Doubtful

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It's good to have a word describing why going viral is now meaningless

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It's good to have a word describing why going viral is now meaningless

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The blue whale: the world's most versatile measuring stick?

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The blue whale: the world's most versatile measuring stick?

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A bestseller is born: How Zuckerberg discovered the Streisand Effect

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A bestseller is born: How Zuckerberg discovered the Streisand Effect

Feedback is baffled – baffled! – as to why Facebook owner Meta's attempts to suppress a previous employee's memoir sent the book rocketing to the top of the book charts

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Rats come one step closer to becoming snobby and pretentious

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Is this new Lego model a nod to the terrifying idea of mirror life?

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Is this the most glorious retraction notice a journal has ever made?

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Scientists want to poke me where, with a what?

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