Computers learn to create photos of bedrooms and faces on demand
An artificial neural network has been trained to conjure realistic-looking but imagined photographs on demand, including strange, stylised versions of human faces
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The $5 computer, Amazon tests drone delivery, and device can tell when you're working hard
Blood gushes from virtual leg injury to help train combat medics
Researchers have created the first detailed simulation of a serious leg injury by solving equations to show how blood really flows
Why has Peter Sutcliffe been in Broadmoor for so long?
Doctors have recommended that the "Yorkshire Ripper", serial killer Peter Sutcliffe, should be transferred to a specialist prison unit – but why now?
Cancer’s genetic tipping point reveals who’d benefit from chemo
To grow and spread, a tumour needs an unstable and mutating genome, but if these mutations go too far, the cancer becomes less deadly
UK must curb 2-for-1 food promotions to crack obesity epidemic
A committee of MPs has urged the UK government to impose a tax on sugary drinks, but limiting discounts on both food and drink may have more impact
Weirdly tilted planet knocks formation theory out of line
Some exoplanets orbit their stars at jaunty angles. We thought we knew why, but a new discovery could throw the theory into disarray
Northern Ireland abortion laws deemed to breach human rights
Belfast's High Court has ruled that banning abortions of fetuses with fatal abnormalities is incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights
How to encrypt a message in the afterglow of the big bang
Physicists have come up with a way to make secret codes based on the cosmic microwave background, the afterglow of the birth of the universe
Critical Paris climate summit kicks off – but can it deliver?
Given that current pledges will bring us to 2.7 °C of warming, the wording and legal basis of any agreement will be crucial sticking points
