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AI vs the empty fridge: Can technology solve student food waste?
Using AI to meal plan and use up leftovers may save you money and help reduce food waste

AI learns its first words (and helps explain how humans acquire language)
How do we learn to associate specific objects with specific words? A team from New York University have developed an AI ‘baby’ to help us answer this question.

Science in the news: Sleepy penguins, record-breaking icebergs and the end of wine fraud
An AI sommelier, a remarkable sleeping habit and a giant iceberg are all covered in these stories of science in the news

Science in the news 3: Brain implants, rediscovered mammals and mentally time-travelling rats
From long-lost animals to rodent imagination, here’s a collection of the most exciting stories of science in the news

Science in the news: AI biodiversity, bed bug chaos, and puffy planets
Here’s a rundown of the science stories you need to know about from the last few weeks

Is the UK falling behind in the semiconductor arms race?
With growing geopolitical tensions and an underwhelming level of investment, the UK may not be doing enough to revive the domestic semiconductor industry

EVEscape to the rescue: The AI tool predicting new virus strains before they evolve
The new AI technology, developed by the University of Oxford and Harvard Medical School, could help predict new viral outbreaks

Artificial intelligence to artificial imposter
As artificial intelligence evolves, a new generation of more sophisticated, and more believable scams are emerging

AI generated recipes and meal plans: Are they worth the hype?
Could new Artificial Intelligence softwares put human chefs and nutritionists out of a job?

New Manchester exhibition explores relationship between science and music
Wondering what science has to do with music? Check out the Science and Industry Museum’s new exhibition ‘Turn It Up: The power of music’ to find out.

Hey Siri, why are you a woman?
As the development of AI technology is rapidly improving, should we be questioning who our voice assistants are narrated by?

Protein folding: AI’s new frontier
Blake Crompton describes how artificial intelligence is helping us unpack the decades old protein-folding problem