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  Glycaemic index is a poor predictor of how foods raise blood sugar

  newscientist.com - Grace Wade

  People with prediabetes who eat the exact same foods can have very different blood sugar levels. These findings, which were presented at the American …

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  Chimpanzees hunt for fruit in video game to test navigation skills

  newscientist.com - Jason Arunn Murugesu

  Chimpanzees in a zoo have been trained to use a touchscreen to navigate a virtual environment and seek out objects. Studies like this could help us …

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  Was warfare responsible for the origin of complex civilisation?

  newscientist.com - Colin Barras

  Human societies have become incredibly big and complex over the past few thousand years, and they have done so primarily because of agriculture and …

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  You're more likely to become friends with someone who smells like you

  newscientist.com - Alice Klein

  People with similar body odours are more likely to “click” and become instant friends, according to several experiments. When we first meet other …

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  AI-powered robot learned to make letters out of Play-Doh on its own

  newscientist.com - Jeremy Hsu

  A robot has learned how to mould modelling clay into letters that it has never seen before. Creating complex shapes out of doughy materials is a …

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  Antibubbles have been made to last a record-breaking 13 hours

  newscientist.com - Karmela Padavic-Callaghan

  The opposite of a bubble is an antibubble, a blob of liquid encased in a thin layer of air. Antibubbles usually pop a few minutes after they are …