# 186: Science Highlights Daily | 2019-02-16

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This is a curated articles about the latest discoveries in science and interesting articles tackling technology and society.

AI autotune makes your terrible karaoke singing more tolerable: Chris Baraniuk

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Autotune can often sound robotic because it shifts off notes into perfect pitch, a new version listens to the notes you've already sung and uses them to help fill in the gaps

Fears of OpenAI’s super-trolling artificial intelligence are overblown: Douglas Heaven

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Elon Musk-backed firm OpenAI has built a text-generating AI that it says is too dangerous to release because of potential misuse

A dialect quiz shows we still cling to our regional identities: Sam Wong

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The New York Times' online quiz can pinpoint where in the UK or Ireland you grew up by the words you use and how you say them. We asked a linguist to explain why dialects persist

The children striking over climate change speak to New Scientist: Graham Lawton

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New Scientist went to meet the UK schoolchildren who have left their classrooms to join a global protest that calls for the government to declare a climate emergency

Russia’s plan to unplug from the internet shows cyberwar is escalating: James Ball

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Media reports suggest Russia is contemplating disconnecting from the global internet. The move is not about isolationism but security, says James Ball

Meet the man who made CRISPR monkey clones to study depression: Yvaine Ye

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Hung-Chun Chang told New Scientist about his team’s controversial project to find drugs for depression and schizophrenia using clones of gene-edited monkeys

No plugs needed: How wireless charging could set electric cars free: Michael Le Page

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The rise of wireless charging for electric cars means you may never have to worry about plugging in again

The US plans to launch swarms of attack drones from robo-submarines: David Hambling

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The US Navy has a project that plans to use an autonomous submarine to launch a swarm of attack drones from underwater

AI has helped rescue children trafficked for sexual exploitation: Donna Lu

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Investigators are using artificial intelligence to locate children who have been trafficked for sexual exploitation

Don’t believe women in science face huge inequality? Here’s the proof: Jessica Wade

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Scientists read and react to peer reviewed research, making the pages of leading scientific journals like The Lancet a good venue to fight for gender equity, says Jessica Wade