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Venture Money Pours Into Robotics Startups
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Venture Money Pours Into Robotics Startups

Robots are creating work for at least one kind of human: venture capitalists.

­S Regulators Move on Thought-Controlled Prosthetics
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­S Regulators Move on Thought-Controlled Prosthetics

For the first time since accidents severed the neural connection between their brains and limbs, a small number of patients are reaching out and feeling the world...

Data Science Students Take Aim at Human Trafficking
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Data Science Students Take Aim at Human Trafficking

Two Creighton University graduate students are using their study of computer science, international relations, and "fuzzy math" to combat one of the world's most...

How to Teach Self-Driving Cars Ethics of the Road
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How to Teach Self-Driving Cars Ethics of the Road

A large truck speeding in the opposite direction suddenly veers into your lane.​

Automation Makes ­S Dumb
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Automation Makes ­S Dumb

Artificial intelligence has arrived.

Scanning Robot Helps Put Insect Collections Online
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Scanning Robot Helps Put Insect Collections Online

A robot capable of scanning a tray of insect specimens in a few minutes will help make the virtual images and tagging information available to the public online...

10 Hottest It Skills For 2015
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10 Hottest It Skills For 2015

The pace of job growth in IT may be slowing down, but it's still moving at a strong clip.

Baidu's Andrew Ng on Deep Learning and Innovation in Silicon Valley
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Baidu's Andrew Ng on Deep Learning and Innovation in Silicon Valley

Six months ago, Chinese Internet-search giant Baidu signaled its ambitions to innovate by opening an artificial-intelligence center in Silicon Valley, in Google's...

Window Washing Skills Beyond a Robot's Reach
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Window Washing Skills Beyond a Robot's Reach

As a pair of window washers clung to a scaffold dangling outside the 68th floor of 1 World Trade Center on Wednesday, the captivating drama left some below wondering...

Google's Larry Page: The Most Ambitious Ceo in the ­niverse
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Google's Larry Page: The Most Ambitious Ceo in the ­niverse

As Google's core business continues to thrive, Larry Page is making huge bets on new technology—ingestible nanoparticles, balloons that beam down broadband—that...

Google Boosts Turing Award Computing Prize to $1 Million
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Google Boosts Turing Award Computing Prize to $1 Million

There's no Nobel prize for computer science, but after a grant from Google, the top award in the field now just as lucrative.

Joint Effort Nabs Next Wave of ­S Supercomputers
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Joint Effort Nabs Next Wave of ­S Supercomputers

Once locked in an arms race with each other for the fastest supercomputers, US national laboratories are now banding together to buy their next-generation machines...

This Startup Is Turning the Human Body Into a Next Gen Design Platform
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This Startup Is Turning the Human Body Into a Next Gen Design Platform

The story of this startup begins with a murder.

Weapons Directed By Robots, Not Humans, Raise Ethical Questions
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Weapons Directed By Robots, Not Humans, Raise Ethical Questions

On a bright fall day last year off the coast of Southern California, an Air Force B-1 bomber launched an experimental missile that may herald the future of warfare...

Touchdown! Rosetta's Philae Probe Lands on Comet
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Touchdown! Rosetta's Philae Probe Lands on Comet

ESA's Rosetta mission has soft-landed its Philae probe on a comet, the first time in history that such an extraordinary feat has been achieved.

Learning How Little We Know About the Brain
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Learning How Little We Know About the Brain

Research on the brain is surging.

China Predicted to Outspend the US on Science By 2020
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China Predicted to Outspend the US on Science By 2020

China is on track to overtake the United States in research and development (R&D) spending by the end of the decade, according to a report on the global state of...

U.s. Agencies Struggle vs. Cyberattacks
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U.s. Agencies Struggle vs. Cyberattacks

A $10 billion-a-year effort to protect sensitive government data, from military secrets to Social Security numbers, is struggling to keep pace with an increasing...

These Are 3 Breakthrough Science Ideas You'll Be Talking About in 2015
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These Are 3 Breakthrough Science Ideas You'll Be Talking About in 2015

For anyone who has ever said that all the STEM professions need is something to make them "cool" in order to attract more young people, look no further than ...

A Super-Simple Way to ­nderstand the Net Neutrality Debate
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A Super-Simple Way to ­nderstand the Net Neutrality Debate

It's one of the most important policy disputes that will determine the future of the Internet, and now President Obama has formally weighed in in favor of so-called ...
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