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We got an AI to debate itself, so what did it say?

Oxford Union is a crucible of great debaters such as William Gladstone, Robin Day, Benazir Bhutto, Denis Healey and Tariq Ali – now we can add an AI to that too, write Dr Alex Connock and Andrew Stephen

Why reindeer are perfect to pull Santa’s sleigh

They might not be able to fly, but there are many other good evolutionary reasons Santa chose reindeer to pull his sleigh, writes Louise Gentle

Rocket scientists and brain surgeons are no brighter than general population, study finds

Rocket scientists had higher scores for mental manipulation while neurosurgeons fared better at rare word definition

Predicting future tsunamis using historical records alone may lead to miscalculations, warn scientists

Past instances of tsunamis may be improperly recorded in history due to circumstances such as social unrest, say scientists

Scientists decode why asthma symptoms get worse at night

Precise mechanism behind asthma worsening during sleep remains unknown

We should ban all new oil and gas fields

We cannot safely set fire to all the fuel we’ve already found, so why burn more, asks David Waltham

‘I can’t go to the bathroom without a coffee’: Is it true that coffee makes you poo?

You may find that after a cup of coffee in the morning, you suddenly need the toilet. Alice Callahan is here to explain why this is and how it can help you

Trove of new dinosaur fossils in Italy helps rewrite prehistory of the Mediterranean region

These skeletons represent the biggest and most complete dinosaur fossils ever found in Italy

Air and water pollution linked to changes in human sex ratio at birth, study finds

Researchers do not find a cause-effect relationship between sex ratio at birth and pollutants

Fossil footprints in Tanzania shed light on the first instances when early humans began walking upright

Scientists previously thought some of the footprints were made by a young bear walking upright

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