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Asteroids and Adversaries: Challenging What NASA Knows About Space Rocks
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Asteroids and Adversaries: Challenging What NASA Knows About Space Rocks

Thousands of asteroids are passing through Earth's neighborhood all the time.

The Most Common Route to CEO? Computer Science Degree Helps
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The Most Common Route to CEO? Computer Science Degree Helps

LinkedIn traced the path many CEOs took on their way to leading the C-suite and found that most were computer science majors, followed by economics and business...

ISTE's ­pdated Computer Science Standards Will Reflect a 'New Era' of the Discipline
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ISTE's ­pdated Computer Science Standards Will Reflect a 'New Era' of the Discipline

The International Society for Technology and Education (ISTE) is creating new computer science standards for educators and is accepting feedback on the draft standards...

Technology and Satellite Companies Open ­p a World of Data
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Technology and Satellite Companies Open ­p a World of Data

Samapriya Roy remembers when it would take him up to an hour to download a single 1-gigabyte image taken by the Landsat Earth-imaging satellites. 

A Faster Way to Fail
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A Faster Way to Fail

University of California, Riverside engineer Sheldon Tan builds electronic circuits just to break them as quickly as possible in order to test their reliability...

Teaching Robots How to Move Objects
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Teaching Robots How to Move Objects

Amazon Robotics Challenge winner Maria Bauza helps to improve how robots interact with the world.

ZTE's Near-Collapse May Be China's Sputnik Moment
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ZTE's Near-Collapse May Be China's Sputnik Moment

Once derided as a technology backwater and copycat, China is justifiably proud of its technology boom.

Systemic Changes Needed to Address Sexual Harassment in Academia, Report Says
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Systemic Changes Needed to Address Sexual Harassment in Academia, Report Says

A system-wide change to the culture and climate in higher education is needed to prevent and effectively respond to sexual harassment, says a new report from the...

Squashing Cyberbullying
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Squashing Cyberbullying

Researchers at University of Colorado Boulder use computing tools to scan social media data and alert administrators or parents when abuse has occurred.

On A Mission To Build The ­ncrashable Car
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On A Mission To Build The ­ncrashable Car

Ryan Eustice and his team at the Toyota Research Institute are using artificial intelligence technologies to develop a car incapable of causing accidents.

Marine Corps Weighs Wooing Older Members for New Cyber Force
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Marine Corps Weighs Wooing Older Members for New Cyber Force

The head of the Marine Corps says it's time the U.S. military branch known for its fierce, young warriors becomes a little more mature.

Artificial Intelligence Is Booming, but Can the FDA Keep Up?
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Artificial Intelligence Is Booming, but Can the FDA Keep Up?

The use of artificial intelligence in medicine is evolving so quickly that experts fear the FDA, which is still trying to develop a process for regulating AI, won't...

ORNL Launches Summit Supercomputer
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ORNL Launches Summit Supercomputer

The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory has unveiled the Summit supercomputer with a peak performance of 200 petaflops, eight times more powerful...

The ­-2 Spy Plane Is Still Flying Combat Missions 60 Years After Its Debut
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The ­-2 Spy Plane Is Still Flying Combat Missions 60 Years After Its Debut

Six decades after the U-2 flew its first mission, the military is trying to harness artificial-intelligence technology to enhance the venerable spy plane's combat...

A Laser That Smells Like a Hound
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A Laser That Smells Like a Hound

University of Adelaide researchers have created a laser that can "smell" different gases within a sample. They liken the laser's ability to differentiate between...

Drone Cops Take Flight in Los Angeles
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Drone Cops Take Flight in Los Angeles

The machine hovered above us, at the edge of a cloud of yellow smoke billowing into the sky from a mock hazardous-waste spill.

QS World Ranks Top Computer Science Universities
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QS World Ranks Top Computer Science Universities

QS World has released 2018 rankings of the world's top computer science and information systems universities. The top 10 includes six universities in the United...

The 2017 Top Programming Languages
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The 2017 Top Programming Languages

It's summertime here at IEEE Spectrum, and that means it's time for our fourth interactive ranking of the top programming languages.

Internet Digital Divide Shows Signs of Giving Way
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Internet Digital Divide Shows Signs of Giving Way

The digital divide is showing signs of giving way as more Americans from all walks of life connect to the Internet. Several historically disadvantaged groups showed...

'Sheikh Avichay' Gets ­nder Gazans' Skin With Quotes From Koran
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'Sheikh Avichay' Gets ­nder Gazans' Skin With Quotes From Koran

Palestinians mock him as "the sheikh." Communicating with him risks arrest.
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