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How to Boost Workers' Mental Health? Give Them Good Managers
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How to Boost Workers' Mental Health? Give Them Good Managers

Researchers have identified the specific leadership styles that make the largest difference in employee mental health and well-being.

Major Math Conference Will Not Be Held in Russia
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Major Math Conference Will Not Be Held in Russia

Organizers of the International Congress of Mathematicians, a prominent mathematical conference that was set to be held in Saint Petersburg in July, announced that...

Firefighting Robots Go Autonomous
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Firefighting Robots Go Autonomous

The tradition-bound firefighting profession is poised for an influx of robotic assistants.

AI Could Spot Wildfires Faster Than Humans
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AI Could Spot Wildfires Faster Than Humans

Since May 1, artificial intelligence software has been sifting through the images of 21 tower-mounted cameras in Sonoma County, Calif., and alerting a fire emergency...

Stanford Seeks Volunteers to Help Teach Its Online Coding Course
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Stanford Seeks Volunteers to Help Teach Its Online Coding Course

Stanford is seeking volunteer instructors to assist with its online introductory coding class, which it is offered to the public free of charge.

If You Want Creative Solutions, Keep Your Team Small
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If You Want Creative Solutions, Keep Your Team Small

Large collaborations in science are sometimes necessary, but size can also stifle innovation.

Diversity in the Lab Makes Me a Better Scientist
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Diversity in the Lab Makes Me a Better Scientist

An international environment forces you to consider different perspectives to begin with and helps you to communicate your ideas more clearly in the end.

What Does a Crooked Election Look Like?
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What Does a Crooked Election Look Like?

For voters around the world, including the millions of Americans who will cast ballots in the midterms up to and on November 6, an election is democracy in action—an...

'Optical Tweezers' and Tools ­sed for Laser Eye Surgery Snag Physics Nobel
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'Optical Tweezers' and Tools ­sed for Laser Eye Surgery Snag Physics Nobel

Optical physicists Arthur Ashkin, Gérard Mourou and Donna Strickland have won this year's Nobel Prize in Physics for "groundbreaking inventions in the field of...

Why Has America Been Such a Magnet for Immigrant Scientists?
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Why Has America Been Such a Magnet for Immigrant Scientists?

Changes in immigration policies hover over a culture that's rewarded excellence and has not historically imposed restrictions based on prior connections, social...

What Worries People about Future Science and Tech Innovations?
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What Worries People about Future Science and Tech Innovations?

Many Americans see the future crowding into the present and some of the innovations ahead unnerve them, especially as they reshape ideas about human dominion.

Hearing Aids Are Finally Entering the 21st Century
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Hearing Aids Are Finally Entering the 21st Century

Most people probably associate three things with hearing aids: an elderly demographic, beige plastic construction and high-pitched feedback in public places.

Are We Ready for the Future of Warfare?
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Are We Ready for the Future of Warfare?

Warfare has always been about exerting political will.

How to Convert Your Wall into a Giant Touch Screen
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How to Convert Your Wall into a Giant Touch Screen

The right paint can add pizazz to your walls—and now it can also make them smarter.

The Most Important Inventor You've Never Heard Of
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The Most Important Inventor You've Never Heard Of

When The Economist called Stanford Ovshinsky "the Edison of our age," the name might have been unfamiliar to most people, but the comparison was apt.

The Milky Way's Speediest Stars Could Solve a 50-Year-Old Mystery
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The Milky Way's Speediest Stars Could Solve a 50-Year-Old Mystery

Ken Shen was racing against the sun.

How to Find a Woman Scientist
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How to Find a Woman Scientist

A new database is fighting the poor visibility of women in STEM by offering female professionals as speakers, panelists, experts, course leaders, and advocates...

I Am a Roboticist in a Cheese Factory
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I Am a Roboticist in a Cheese Factory

Most people think about robots as autonomous machines guided by artificial intelligence.

Fowl Language: AI Decodes the Nuances of Chicken 'speech'
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Fowl Language: AI Decodes the Nuances of Chicken 'speech'

How machine learning can translate chicken chatter and improve farming.

Could the 'alzheimer's Gene' Finally Become a Drug Target?
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Could the 'alzheimer's Gene' Finally Become a Drug Target?

Among hundreds of genes that might nudge your risk of Alzheimer's up or down, Apolipoprotein E (APOE) has the strongest effect.
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