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Manipulating the evidence with deepfake technology

How can you be sure that the person speaking on the screen is genuine? Find out how sophisticated digital manipulation is blurring the boundaries between real and ‘deepfake’.

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Of incubators, orchids and artificial wombs

In this extract from Claire Horn’s new book, ‘Eve: The Disobedient Future of Birth’, she traces the development of the artificial womb, soon to become a reality.

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Synaesthesia, or when senses overlap

What’s it like to see heartbeats, taste Tube stations or hear paintings?

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Virtual reality and the fix of the future

Virtual reality, with its complex sensory tricks, takes us beyond the real world. Find out how these potentially addictive experiences can harm us – or might even have therapeutic uses.

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  • Freshwater diatoms SEM 3D image
  • Freshwater diatom dividing, SEM, 3D image
  • Cones in the retina - 3D image
  • Cone rich area of the retina - 3D image
  • 3D reconstruction of chinchilla, composite
  • 3D reconstruction of chinchilla
  • 3D reconstruction of chinchilla
  • Microvasculature of the African Grey Parrot
  • Microvasculature of the African Grey Parrot
  • Microvasculature of the African Grey Parrot
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