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Why Digital Natives Prefer Reading in Print. Yes, You Read That Right.
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Why Digital Natives Prefer Reading in Print. Yes, You Read That Right.

Frank Schembari loves books—printed books.

Planetary Science: The Pluto Siblings
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Planetary Science: The Pluto Siblings

In a spare conference room in Boulder, Colorado, planetary scientists Leslie and Eliot Young quiz a graduate student to prepare him for his upcoming exams.

Better Machine Learning
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Better Machine Learning

Research scientist Kalyan Veeramachaneni is tackling some of the bottlenecks holding back the data science industry.

A Pebble in Apple's Shoe
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A Pebble in Apple's Shoe

I made it a point to visit Eric Migicovsky on September 10, 2014. It was the day after the lavish event announcing the Apple Watch, the long-anticipated wrist computer...

The Plan to Find Alien Life in Europa's Icy Seas
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The Plan to Find Alien Life in Europa's Icy Seas

How do you solve a problem like Europa?

Researchers' Software Bids to Develop World's Fastest Super Computers
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Researchers' Software Bids to Develop World's Fastest Super Computers

Researchers at Queen's University Belfast are creating ground-breaking computer software which has the potential to develop some of the world's fastest super...

This Is Your Avatar Speaking
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This Is Your Avatar Speaking

Last year, in a lab at the University of Barcelona, an anonymous woman was fitted with headphones, a microphone, a head-mounted virtual-reality display, a motion...

Actual Race on Moon Could Decide Lunar Xprize Winner
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Actual Race on Moon Could Decide Lunar Xprize Winner

We may be on for an actual space race. Two competitors for the Google Lunar XPrize say they will buddy up to get their rovers to the moon by the end of next year...

Rivals Google and Apple Fight For the Dashboard
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Rivals Google and Apple Fight For the Dashboard

When Google hosted a boot camp here this month for its Android operating system, there were some new faces in the room: auto manufacturers.

School Computer Coding Bill Passes First Vote in ­tah Senate
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School Computer Coding Bill Passes First Vote in ­tah Senate

The Utah Senate gave preliminary approval to a bill that would create a computer science initiative requiring a range of computer science instructional resources...

Intel Forges Ahead to 10nm, Will Move Away from Silicon at 7nm
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Intel Forges Ahead to 10nm, Will Move Away from Silicon at 7nm

This week at the 2015 International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), Intel will provide an update on its new 10nm manufacturing process and new research...

Meet Kevin Ashton, Father of the Internet of Things
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Meet Kevin Ashton, Father of the Internet of Things

The Internet of Things started in the mid-1990s, when a quirky young brand manager in the U.K. puzzled over why a shade of brown lipstick kept disappearing from...

Us Regulators Try to Tame 'wild West' of Dna Testing
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Us Regulators Try to Tame 'wild West' of Dna Testing

Genetic testing has entered a new realm, with the ability to read a person's genetic code and predict how it will affect his or her health.

The Sound of Intellect: Job Seeker's Voice Reveals Intelligence
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The Sound of Intellect: Job Seeker's Voice Reveals Intelligence

A new study finds that people rate job candidates as more competent, thoughtful, and intelligent when they hear the person's pitch than when they read it.

Radio Chip For the 'internet of Things'
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Radio Chip For the 'internet of Things'

Researchers have developed a circuit whose leakage power is reduced when its transmitters are idle, which could greatly extend battery life.

Researchers Generate a Reference Map of the Human Epigenome
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Researchers Generate a Reference Map of the Human Epigenome

The sequencing of the human genome laid the foundation for the study of genetic variation and its links to a wide range of diseases. But the genome itself is only...

Magic Leap
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Magic Leap

Logically, I know there isn’t a hulking four-armed, twisty-horned blue monster clomping in circles in front of me, but it sure as hell looks like it.

Dhs Licenses Malware Detection Tech to Cyber Security Company
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Dhs Licenses Malware Detection Tech to Cyber Security Company

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate has licensed a cyber security technology developed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory...

Physics in Finance: Trading at the Speed of Light
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Physics in Finance: Trading at the Speed of Light

Financial traders are in a race to make transactions ever faster.

White House Names Nation's First Chief Data Scientist
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White House Names Nation's First Chief Data Scientist

Taking a page from Silicon Valley's playbook, the White House said on Wednesday it had appointed the nation's first chief data scientist.
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