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Elizabeth Dawson and Helen BriggsBBC climate and science team Aleksey Maro Understanding more about the diet of wild chimps could help explain human attraction to alcohol Wild chimpanzees have been found to consume the equivalent of a bottle of lager’s alcohol a day from eating ripened fruit, scientists say. They say this is evidence humans may have got our taste …

Scientists in China have unveiled a supercomputer built on brain-like architecture — specifically, that of a monkey. Called Darwin Monkey or “Wukong”, the system features over 2 billion artificial neurons and more than 100 billion synapses, putting it roughly on par with the neural structure of a macaque. The researchers hope it will serve as a simulation tool for neuroscientists …

Chinese engineers have unveiled the world’s first brain-like computer made up of more than 2 billion artificial neurons. The Darwin Monkey is the latest generation of brain-inspired computers produced by Zhejiang University researchers. “This is the world’s first brain-like computer based on a dedicated neuromorphic chip with more than 2 billion neurons,” the university said on its social media account …