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Herculaneum reveals Plato's secrets: his end reconstructed
Cutting-edge imaging techniques reveal the contents of a charred papyrus from Herculaneum: new details about Plato's life and his burial place.
Future notes
Ancient domestication: millennia ago the fox was a pet
1500-year-old remains in Argentina reveal a domesticated fox buried with its human, suggesting historic domestication.
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Artificial intelligence
Orwell Supermarket: shopping with facial recognition needs to be rethought
Facial recognition, cameras, padlocked trolleys: supermarkets will be digital fortresses. But at what cost to consumer rights?
VASA-1, Microsoft's AI creates super realistic characters from just one photo
VASA-1, Microsoft's revolutionary AI model, takes computer-generated talking faces to a new level of realism.
Medical Research
Cancer, frontier test detects it in a few minutes with micro drops of blood
Breakthrough in the fight against cancer: a new AI test analyzes a drop of dried blood and diagnoses three types of cancer in minutes with up to 100% accuracy
Ovarian transplant: “on-demand” menopause divides science
Cryopreservation of ovarian tissue promises to delay the effects of menopause, but experts have many doubts.
Italy Next
Organizations and people who shape the future.
BlackHawk, 45 knots with only 50 kW: all the secrets of the flying dinghy
The first electric inflatable boat with retractable hydrofoil speaks Italian: an innovation that promises to revolutionize boating.
“The robots? They create jobs, not steal them." Amazon's word.
Amazon's top executive is sure of it: "Technology does not eliminate jobs, but creates opportunities." Is he right or wrong?
