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The Most Important Radio Station You've Never Heard of Marks 50 Years on the Air
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The Most Important Radio Station You've Never Heard of Marks 50 Years on the Air

Every night, while millions of Americans are fast asleep, clocks and wristwatches across the country wake up and lock on to a radio signal beamed from the base...

­.s. Public Supports ­se of ­nmanned Aircraft Systems
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­.s. Public Supports ­se of ­nmanned Aircraft Systems

A new report shows that a majority of the U.S. population supports the use of unmanned aircraft, or drones, for homeland security, fighting crime, search and rescue...

The Seventy-Billion-Mile Telescope
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The Seventy-Billion-Mile Telescope

When I was a teen-ager, I spent many nights gazing through a telescope at an amateur observatory in Cranford, New Jersey. Saturn, to the naked eye, is a shining...

Google Ventures Stresses Science of Deal, Not Art of the Deal
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Google Ventures Stresses Science of Deal, Not Art of the Deal

Here is how the venture capital game used to be played around here: A friend calls a friend who knows a guy.

The Watchers
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The Watchers

Looking down from 500 miles above Earth's surface, you could watch the FedEx Custom Critical Delivery truck move across the country along 3,140 miles of highway...

Nist Seeks Private-Sector Input at Cybersecurity Framework Workshop
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Nist Seeks Private-Sector Input at Cybersecurity Framework Workshop

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has opened registration for its 3rd Cybersecurity Framework Workshop, to be held July 10-12, 2013, in San Diego...

The Future of Libraries: Short on Books, Long on Tech
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The Future of Libraries: Short on Books, Long on Tech

This isn't your childhood librar

Obama, the 'big Data' President
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Obama, the 'big Data' President

The Obama administration, which strongly believes in the power of data to drive government decision-making, has initiated several big data projects.

N.s.a. Leak Puts Focus on System Administrators
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N.s.a. Leak Puts Focus on System Administrators

Edward J. Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor who leaked details about American surveillance, personifies a debate at the heart of technology...

Drone Technology Used For Pilotless Fighter Aircraft
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Drone Technology Used For Pilotless Fighter Aircraft

Under a huge semi-opaque dome and with heavy security in attendance, visitors to the Paris Air Show peer at a strange looking shape.

Massive Particle Storage Ring Begins 3,200-Mile Trek
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Massive Particle Storage Ring Begins 3,200-Mile Trek

A 50-foot-wide, circular electromagnet began a 3,200-mile trek this weekend from Brookhaven National Laboratory on Long Island to the U.S. Department of Energy's...

Algorithm Finds Best Routes For One-Way Car Sharing
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Algorithm Finds Best Routes For One-Way Car Sharing

The most efficient car-sharing system, researchers find, also includes shuttle services.

Web's Reach Binds N.s.a. and Silicon Valley Leaders
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Web's Reach Binds N.s.a. and Silicon Valley Leaders

When Max Kelly, the chief security officer for Facebook, left the social media company in 2010, he did not go to Google, Twitter, or a similar Silicon Valley concern...

Dram Inventor Honored with Prestigious Japanese Award
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Dram Inventor Honored with Prestigious Japanese Award

Robert Dennard, a U.S. researcher at IBM who invented the basic building block of the modern DRAM, has been honored with the prestigious Kyoto Prize and $500,000...

Sizing ­p Big Data, Broadening Beyond the Internet
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Sizing ­p Big Data, Broadening Beyond the Internet

In his young career, Jeffrey Hammerbacher has been a scout on the frontiers of the data economy.

­CSD Researchers Get Access to Open Science Grid
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­CSD Researchers Get Access to Open Science Grid

The University of California, San Diego, and the Open Science Grid have announced a partnership under which researchers will have access to the OSG's fabric of...

Tech Firms Call for Mandatory Computer Classes
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Tech Firms Call for Mandatory Computer Classes

Executives from leading technology firms want to require all Massachusetts public schools to teach computer science. The plan would compel classes as early as the...

Survey Finds Widespread Opposition to 'killer Robots'
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Survey Finds Widespread Opposition to 'killer Robots'

A majority of Americans oppose the military's use of autonomous weaponry, with the strongest opposition coming from active and former military members, and from...

The Secret War
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The Secret War

Inside Fort Meade, Maryland, a top-secret city bustles.

Academics Earn Street Cred with Ted Talks but No Points From Peers
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Academics Earn Street Cred with Ted Talks but No Points From Peers

TED Talks, the popular conference and events website, provides academics with increased popular exposure but does nothing to boost citations of their work by peers...
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