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Machine Minds | Comment & Analysis

Why AI is incomprehensible

The neural networks that power artificial intelligence are modelled on the human brain, but we are quickly loosing the ability to understand them (Credit: Alamy)

Editor's Picks

The vibration-based blood clotting test (Credit: Justin Chan/University of Washington)

How your phone can check your heart

By Tom Ough

Smartphones contain sensors that can detect vibrations, turning them into seismometers for monitoring earthquakes (Credit: Getty Images)

How your phone can detect earthquakes

By Tom Ough

A conservationist monitors butterflies in the Alps (Credit: Eurac Research/Martina Jaider)

The Alps' hidden butterfly paradise

By Sophie Hardach

P. mayorum on display at the Natural History Museum in London (Credit: Getty Images)

How dinosaurs reached 'titanic' sizes

By Kamala Thiagarajan

Global trends suggest that sperm counts have been steadily declining over the past five decades (Credit: Edward Berthelot/Getty Images)

Why male fertility is in decline

By Katherine Latham

Family Tree

The German seaside is a popular spot for family health retreats (Credit: Getty Images)

How Germany treats parental burnout

By Sophie Hardach

The Montessori method aims to increase autonomy and self-confidence in children (Credit: BSIP/Getty Images)

The world's most influential school?

By David Robson and Alessia Franco

Milestones were developed as a tool to track children's early development, but many parents now celebrate them in their own right (Credit: Getty Images)

Should parents care about 'milestones'?

By Amanda Ruggeri

There have been more cases of certain infectious diseases in children this year than expected (Credit: Getty Images)

The diseases soaring post-lockdown

By Chris Baraniuk

Inner Space

1

How do fish survive in the deep ocean?

Aircraft

2

The pilots who ejected underwater – and lived

Life:Connected

3

How mobile phones have changed our brains

Life:Connected

4

The surprising ways cellphones have changed our lives

Health

5

The mystery origins of Candida auris

Romance

6

Why friendship makes us healthier

Future Planet

7

How old coal mines can help the climate

Aircraft

8

How X-planes may solve the sonic boom problem

Immensities

9

The benefits of 'deep time thinking'