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As stocks rise ever higher, yields have been climbing ominously

Stones in dinosaur stomachs may help understanding of avian evolution

The sound of giant tractors may replace dynamite

A trial over the Atlantic aims to show how

Washington continues to move more slowly than hackers

Both his supporters and detractors dehumanised the tragic fabulist

Developers are exaggerating their plans, just as politicians are overstating their opposition

Freedom of navigation is worth preserving

Some workers are going back to the farm

Even court orders to protect them are ignored

Scientists are trying to figure out whether algorithms could one day wake up and feel

Even if they don’t, they might be treated as such—to humanity’s great cost

But a new superintelligence may be coming, and it would upend humanity’s hierarchy of moral concern, thinks Susan Schneider

Some experts believe computers will need biological aspects to become self-aware

Yuval Noah Harari is a big-ideas guy. He’s known for penning tomes that tackle broad sweeps of history. (They reach big audiences, too. Sapiens, Mr Harari’s most popular book, has sold 25m copies.) The historian-cum-philosopher has now turned his attention…