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Ordinary runners doing extraordinary things

UNDER A CRYSTAL CHANDELIER IN A HIGH-ceilinged anteroom in Paris, the moderator of Intelligence Rising is reprimanding his players. These 12 former government officials, academics, and artificial inte

An AI driven robot named Erbai, developed by a Chinese robotics company in Hangzhou, behaved unexpectedly when allowed to interact with other robots in a Shanghai robotics showroom. Although the inter

Barely cushioned shoes, string vests, love lost and found: running marathons was different back in 1981, remembers Chris Hunton

Let your running loose

Last year, while on holiday in the south of France, I watched a night trail race from the comfort of a pavement café. In no rush to leave, I saw the whole shape of the race for maybe the first time ev