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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.​

Workers in Silicon Valley Weigh In on Obama's Immigration Order
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Workers in Silicon Valley Weigh In on Obama's Immigration Order

Silicon Valley's constant stream of new apps and services depends on hundreds of thousands of foreign-born engineers to help create them.

Automation Makes ­S Dumb
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Automation Makes ­S Dumb

Artificial intelligence has arrived.

It Talent Shortage: ­gly Truths
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It Talent Shortage: ­gly Truths

One problem exacerbating the IT talent shortage is that IT leaders are treating their workers as disposable commodities rather than as assets who can take decades...

Cybersecurity Innovations on View at R&D Showcase
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Cybersecurity Innovations on View at R&D Showcase

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security S&T Directorate will unveil more than 40 technologies, tools, and techniques designed to bolster the cybersecurity of...

Researchers Estimate Air Pollution From Online Posts
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Researchers Estimate Air Pollution From Online Posts

University of Wisconsin-Madison computer science researchers have developed a method for using social media posts to estimate air pollution levels with significant...

­sing Wikipedia to Forecast Diseases
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­sing Wikipedia to Forecast Diseases

Scientists can monitor and forecast diseases around the globe more effectively by analyzing views of Wikipedia articles.

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.

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...

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 ...

Design Competition Recognizes Voting Technology Advances
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Design Competition Recognizes Voting Technology Advances

The Human Factors and Ergonomics Society announced corporate and academic winners of the HFES 2014 Voting Design Competition.

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 ...

Space-Time Visionary
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Space-Time Visionary

Thanks to theoretical physicist Kip Thorne, real science is embedded in Christopher Nolan's film Interstellar, in which explorers seek a new home for humankind.
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