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Remote Touch: Scientists discover humans have ‘seventh sense’


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Scientists have found evidence that humans may have a previously unknown “remote touch” ability - sensing objects beneath surfaces or buried in sand without direct contact. 


We're joined by Dr Elisabetta Versace, the study’s lead author and Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Queen Mary University of London, who explains how humans can sense objects without touching them.


Valve unveils new ‘Steam Machine’ games console to rival Xbox and PlayStation that plays PC games through your TV.


Project Fetch: Anthropic carry out experiment to test if AI LLM Claude can help train a robot dog.


Jeff Bezos’s space firm Blue Origin successfully lands rocket booster for the first time - to heat up the space race against Elon Musk’s SpaceX.


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