Monday, 24 August 2026
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Can AI ever be conscious? The question stems from a misconception ↗Nature, Published online: 24 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02571-9 A book outlines how the fields of artificial intelligence, psychology and philosophy have neglected a key aspect of consciousness: the body.
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Patient’s own mitochondria injected into eyes in attempt to restore vision ↗Nature, Published online: 24 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02616-z Injection of a person’s own mitochondria into the retina was safe but had only a temporary effect on restoring vision.
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The exoskeletons are coming (to a store near you) ↗Nature, Published online: 24 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02641-y Technology to help people walk, run and jump is moving rapidly from labs to hiking trails.
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Daily briefing: How ‘thunderquakes’ probe underground geology ↗Nature, Published online: 24 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02665-4 Thunder generates acoustic waves that can help scientists probe the Earth, a person’s own mitochondria have been injected into their eyes in an attempt to restore their vision and economists call for ‘pro-worker’ AI,
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Billion-dollar machine aims to set a fusion-energy record — and study nuclear weapons ↗Nature, Published online: 24 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02620-3 Pacific Fusion is breaking ground next door to a US nuclear-weapons laboratory, hoping the partnership will give it an edge.
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Frontier-technology markets are too narrow — here’s how to widen them ↗Nature, Published online: 24 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02572-8 Governments need to keep their procurement processes as open as possible, or they will face risks of technological lock-in down the line.