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Andrew Ng Spreads the Gospel of AI With a New Online School
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Andrew Ng Spreads the Gospel of AI With a New Online School

Andrew Ng is a soft-spoken AI researcher whose online postings talk loudly.

Bot and Bothered
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Bot and Bothered

Facebook has been working on artificial intelligence that claims to be great at negotiating, makes up its own language and learns to lie.

Gene Editing For 'designer Babies'? Highly ­nlikely, Scientists Say
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Gene Editing For 'designer Babies'? Highly ­nlikely, Scientists Say

Now that science is a big step closer to being able to fiddle with the genes of a human embryo, is it time to panic?

Biological Teleporter Could Seed Life Through Galaxy
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Biological Teleporter Could Seed Life Through Galaxy

The first biological teleporter sits in a lab on the lower level of the San Diego building that houses Synthetic Genomics Inc. (SGI), looking something like a super...

There's a Debate Raging in Science About What Should Count as 'significant'
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There's a Debate Raging in Science About What Should Count as 'significant'

Psychology and many related fields are in the midst of what can be viewed as a coming-of-age crisis.

The Ghostly Radio Station That No One Claims to Run
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The Ghostly Radio Station That No One Claims to Run

In the middle of a Russian swampland, not far from the city of St Petersburg, is a rectangular iron gate.

New Web Tool Tracks Russian 'influence Ops' on Twitter
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New Web Tool Tracks Russian 'influence Ops' on Twitter

The Alliance for Securing Democracy, a bipartisan project backed by the German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF), has launched a Web tool to keep tabs on...

Nasa Enhances Online Scientific Tool Used By Hundreds Worldwide
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Nasa Enhances Online Scientific Tool Used By Hundreds Worldwide

Hundreds of scientists worldwide currently use an online application that accesses at least one terabyte of data to calculate everything from the spectrum of an...

Editing Human Embryos with Crispr Is Moving Ahead; Now's the Time to Work Out the Ethics
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Editing Human Embryos with Crispr Is Moving Ahead; Now's the Time to Work Out the Ethics

The announcement by researchers in Portland, Oregon that they've successfully modified the genetic material of a human embryo took some people by surprise.

Nvidia and Remedy ­se Neural Networks For Eerily Good Facial Animation
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Nvidia and Remedy ­se Neural Networks For Eerily Good Facial Animation

Remedy, the developer behind the likes of Alan Wake and Quantum Break, has teamed up with GPU-maker Nvidia to streamline one of the more costly parts of modern...

­.s. Senators to Introduce Bill to Secure 'internet of Things'
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­.s. Senators to Introduce Bill to Secure 'internet of Things'

A bipartisan group of U.S. senators on Tuesday plans to introduce legislation seeking to address vulnerabilities in computing devices embedded in everyday objects—known...

To Fix Voting Machines, Hackers Tear Them Apart
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To Fix Voting Machines, Hackers Tear Them Apart

The toughest thing to convey to newcomers at the DefCon Voting Village in Las Vegas this weekend? Just how far they could go with hacking voting machines set up...

The ­.s. Army Is Teaching Kids How to Hack at Def Con
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The ­.s. Army Is Teaching Kids How to Hack at Def Con

The U.S. Army is teaching children "white hat," or ethical, hacking skills.

Robots, Start Your Engines!
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Robots, Start Your Engines!

There's nothing like a throw-down to push new technologies out to the masses.

Patterning Process Promises Easier Nanoscale Manufacturing
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Patterning Process Promises Easier Nanoscale Manufacturing

Scientists at the University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory have discovered a way to precisely pattern nanomaterials which could open a new path for...

The College Course Where the Military Assigns the Homework
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The College Course Where the Military Assigns the Homework

This spring, as part of their coursework, four Stanford University students found themselves in Coronado, California, doing pushups on the beach and charging into...

Living Computers: Rna Circuits Transform Cells Into Nanodevices
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Living Computers: Rna Circuits Transform Cells Into Nanodevices

In new research, Arizona State University Professor Alex Green demonstrates how living cells can be induced to carry out computations in the manner of tiny robots...

Scientists Build Dna from Scratch to Alter Life's Blueprint
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Scientists Build Dna from Scratch to Alter Life's Blueprint

At Jef Boeke's lab, you can whiff an odor that seems out of place, as if they were baking bread here.

China's Quest to Become a Space Science Superpower
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China's Quest to Become a Space Science Superpower

Time seems to move faster at the National Space Science Center on the outskirts of Beijing.

This Image Is Why Self-Driving Cars Come Loaded with Many Types of Sensors
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This Image Is Why Self-Driving Cars Come Loaded with Many Types of Sensors

Autonomous cars often proudly claim to be fitted with a long list of sensors—cameras, ultrasound, radar, lidar, you name it. But if you've ever wondered why so...
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