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NASA sends cat video 31 million kilometres through space

The record for long-distance laser messaging has been broken with a high-resolution video of Taters the cat chasing a red laser dot – it was transmitted over 31 million kilometres

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Taters the cat chasing a laser light

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Mystery of the quantum lentils: Are legumes exchanging secret signals?

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Mystery of the quantum lentils: Are legumes exchanging secret signals?

Mind

Gesture is a uniquely powerful tool. Here's how to make the most of it

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Gesture is a uniquely powerful tool. Here's how to make the most of it
Two people converse in a virtual meeting pod

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Life-sized screens make video calls feel like you're sharing a room

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A throat patch that can detect silent speech and act as a speaker

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Tiny throat mic can detect and broadcast silently mouthed words

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DDYEX8 Inside a New York telephone exchange, USA, early 1930s. Artist: Unknown

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A message for today from last century's vast telephone exchanges

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Copper wire

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Ordinary copper telephone wire could carry gigabit broadband speeds

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How language evolved: A new idea suggests it’s all just a game

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How language evolved: A new idea suggests it’s all just a game

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Science needs to address its imagination problem - lives depend on it

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Science needs to address its imagination problem - lives depend on it

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