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Musk’s announcement of the first human implant of a wireless
brain chip by his neurotech company, Neuralink, has got people
dreaming of a world they can control with their minds alone.
But for lots of reasons, research carried out at the
University of Texas’s HuthLab is potentially a bigger
deal.</P>
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the latest brain imaging technology with artificial
intelligence, these brainy neuroscientists have translated the
thoughts of people unable to communicate with the outside
world into continuous natural language – without needing to
implant anything. This is the closest we’ve yet come to
reading someone’s mind.</P>
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the story</A> of how we got to this point, from the dodgy days
of phrenology, via patients Tan and Walter K. And our authors
explore what a brain-controlled future might really look like,
not just for locked-in patients but for all of us (hint: it’s
not all good news).</P>
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was once considered West Africa’s most stable democracy. Since
independence from France, it has had three peaceful elections
in which power went from the ruling party to the opposition.
But all of that now appears to be threatened. President Macky
Sall has postponed presidential elections that were due to
take place later this month. Douglas Yates <A
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power beyond the constitutional limit – though they
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University of Antwerp </P>
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has never suffered a coup d'etat. But all its former
presidents have attempted to extend their tenure of
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bots are ‘tricking’ social media algorithms to get
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forthcoming March election in Russia is likely to mean
another victory for Vladimir Putin, who remains
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Trump has claimed he is immune from prosecution for
actions he took as part of his job as president. An
appeals court unanimously disagreed, allowing the many
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Melbourne </P>
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cancer remains a leading cause of death, survival
rates are improving thanks to advances in
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funds a large network of armed groups across the
Middle East as part of its ambition to replace the US
as regional
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Africa.</P></TD></TR>
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