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India outcry after scientists claim ancient Hindus invented stem cell research | India | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/07/india-scientists-claim-ancient-hindus-invented-stem-cell-research-dismiss-einstein 468 comments
Nearby galaxy set to collide with Milky Way, say scientists | Science | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/jan/04/nearby-galaxy-large-magellanic-cloud-set-to-collide-with-milky-way 54 comments
Base paired up: study suggests genetic formula to monogamy | Genetics | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/jan/07/base-paired-up-study-suggests-genetic-formula-to-monogamy 4 comments

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'It's able to create knowledge itself': Google unveils AI that learns on its own | Science | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/oct/18/its-able-to-create-knowledge-itself-google-unveils-ai-learns-all-on-its-own 647 comments
Humans just 0.01% of all life but have destroyed 83% of wild mammals – study | Wildlife | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/may/21/human-race-just-001-of-all-life-but-has-destroyed-over-80-of-wild-mammals-study 425 comments
https://deepmind.com/blog/alphazero-shedding-new-light-grand-games-chess-shogi-and-go/ 416 comments
https://science.sciencemag.org/content/362/6419/1140 210 comments
https://deepmind.com/blog/alphafold/ 123 comments
The oceans’ last chance: ‘It has taken years of negotiations to set this up’ | Oceans | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/aug/05/last-chance-save-oceans-fishing-un-biodiversity-conference 111 comments
We have 12 years to limit climate change catastrophe, warns UN | Climate crisis | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/oct/08/global-warming-must-not-exceed-15c-warns-landmark-un-report 93 comments
Neanderthals – not modern humans – were first artists on Earth, experts claim | Neanderthals | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/feb/22/neanderthals-not-humans-were-first-artists-on-earth-experts-claim 66 comments
Global Warming of 1.5 ºC — https://www.ipcc.ch/sr15/ 58 comments
http://www.pnas.org/content/115/25/6506 52 comments
Google's DeepMind predicts 3D shapes of proteins | Science | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/dec/02/google-deepminds-ai-program-alphafold-predicts-3d-shapes-of-proteins 22 comments
Hayabusa2: Japanese robots land on moving asteroid in world first | Space | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/sep/23/hayabusa2-japanese-robots-land-on-moving-asteroid-in-world-first 14 comments
How disgraced anti-vaxxer Andrew Wakefield was embraced by Trump's America | Vaccines and immunisation | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/jul/18/how-disgraced-anti-vaxxer-andrew-wakefield-was-embraced-by-trumps-america 4 comments
World's 'oldest figurative painting' discovered in Borneo cave | Archaeology | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/nov/07/worlds-oldest-figurative-painting-discovered-in-borneo-cave 3 comments
JAXA Hayabusa2 Project https://www.hayabusa2.jaxa.jp/en/ 3 comments
Transparency for a Sustainable Ocean | Global Fishing Watch http://www.globalfishingwatch.org/ 2 comments
GFW | Map https://globalfishingwatch.org/map/ 0 comments
Earliest known drawing found on rock in South African cave | Archaeology | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/sep/12/earliest-known-drawing-found-on-rock-in-south-african-cave 0 comments
‘Creative’ AlphaZero leads way for chess computers and, maybe, science | Chess | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/dec/11/creative-alphazero-leads-way-chess-computers-science 0 comments
Science’s search for a super banana | Agriculture | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/aug/05/science-search-for-a-super-banana-panama-disease-gm-gene-editing 0 comments