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Neuralink: Elon Musk unveils pig with chip in its brain - BBC News

Gertrude the pig is a prototype of a brain-to-machine interface.

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Banksy funds boat to rescue refugees at sea - BBC News

The Louise Michel has been funded by the street artist and is operating in the Mediterranean.

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Coronavirus: Children's role in spread puzzles scientists - BBC News

A study from South Korea gives among the clearest pictures yet of children as carriers of the virus.

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Cloud gaming: Are game streaming services bad for the planet? - BBC News

Remote streaming services may be the future but could cause a sharp rise in emissions, a study shows.

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Polar bear kills man in Norway's Arctic Svalbard islands - BBC News

The bear is shot dead after a Dutch national is attacked in a campsite near Longyearbyen.

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Is it possible to rid police officers of bias? - BBC Future

Police forces are turning to implicit bias training to help their officers recognise when they are relying upon racist assumptions and stereotypes. But does it really work?

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Scientists target coronavirus immunity puzzle - BBC News

There's to be a new effort to understand how the immune system responds to Covid-19.

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Frans Hals Dutch masterpiece stolen for third time - BBC News

Two Laughing Boys by Frans Hals was taken from a small museum despite increased security.

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How algorithms keep workers in the dark - BBC Worklife

Despite companies’ constantly increasing reliance on data-churning tech, the way most algorithms work remains a mystery to many workers – which creates a power imbalance on the job.

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Elon Musk to show off working brain-hacking device - BBC News

Neuralink is working on ways to connect the human brain to machines.

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Glue bird traps: Macron suspends use amid EU row - BBC News

President Emmanuel Macron orders an end to the much-criticised method for catching songbirds.

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Could bartering become the new buying in a changed world? - BBC Worklife

Amid economic uncertainty – and a desire to connect as we distance – bartering is experiencing an unprecedented rise. Could it stick around?

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Coronavirus: Vaccine front-runner China already inoculating workers - BBC N

Chinese health officials say they used emergency powers to secretly test unapproved vaccines.

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India coronavirus: Covid strikes remote Greater Andamanese tribe - BBC News

There are just 53 members of the Greater Andamanese tribe left- 10 have contracted the virus.

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West Mathewson: South African conservationist killed by white lions - BBC N

Police say two lions attacked the lodge owner as he was taking them for a walk, in front of his wife.

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The bold plan that could save South Africa's leopards - BBC Future

A new approach to conservation is less about walling wildlife off in nature reserves, and more about adapting our world to suit animals.

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BBC - Travel - The fight to save Australia’s ancient ‘dinosaur trees’

It’s one of the world’s oldest and rarest plants, and the only place it grows in the wild is in a top-secret rainforest gorge.

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Why worrying isn’t as bad as you think - BBC Future

Anxiety can be exhausting, but there is often a reason for it – and there are some surprising benefits to certain kinds of worrying.

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Caged Congolese teen: Why a zoo took 114 years to apologise - BBC News

Ota Benga was kidnapped from what is now DR Congo in 1904 and taken to the US to be exhibited.

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Notorious B.I.G. crown and Tupac love letters up for auction - BBC News

The crown was made famous in a photoshoot that took place just three days before the rapper's death.

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Hurricane Laura ‘will cause unsurvivable storm surge’ - BBC News

Hurricane Laura is heading for Texas and Louisiana with wind speeds of up to 150 mph (240km/h).

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Nóra Quoirin: Site of Malaysian body find 'searched several times' - BBC Ne

An inquest in Malaysia hears police had already combed the site where Nóra Quoirin's body was found.

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Telford boy calls number on toy ambulance to get help for ill mum - BBC New

"Brave" Josh made the call when he found his mum lying unconscious on the floor at their home.

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The new residency schemes inviting workers abroad - BBC Worklife

Amid Covid-19, new programmes are popping up that invite workers to settle abroad and work remotely. Could we all soon become ‘digital nomads’?

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