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Puppy intelligence tests can predict how dogs will turn out as adults
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Smell-seeking drone uses moth antenna to follow a scent
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AI data scrapers are an existential threat to Wikipedia
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The epic quest to redefine the second using the world’s best clocks
On a large table draped with hundreds of cables, a maze of mirrors and lenses bounces and guides a thin