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Craig Venter Mapped the Genome. Now He's Trying to Decode Death
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Craig Venter Mapped the Genome. Now He's Trying to Decode Death

The world's most extreme  physical exam starts in the world's plushest exam room, complete with a couch, a private bathroom and a teeming fruit plate.

Furniture Joins the Internet of Things
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Furniture Joins the Internet of Things

Researchers at Texas A&M School of Public Health are connecting workers' desks to study what factors and behavioral prompts improve their activity and health.

Dame Wendy Hall Appointed Regius Professor in Computer Science
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Dame Wendy Hall Appointed Regius Professor in Computer Science

The University of Southampton has announced the appointment of Professor Dame Wendy Hall, a former president of the Association for Computing Machinery, to the...

Most Scientists 'can't Replicate Studies By Their Peers'
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Most Scientists 'can't Replicate Studies By Their Peers'

Science is facing a "reproducibility crisis" where more than two-thirds of researchers have tried and failed to reproduce another scientist's experiments, research...

The 'curious' Robots Searching For the Ocean's Secrets
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The 'curious' Robots Searching For the Ocean's Secrets

People have been exploring the Earth since ancient times—traversing deserts, climbing mountains, and trekking through forests. But there is one ecological realm...

S&t Researcher Tackles 'noise' in Next-Generation Phones, Cars
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S&t Researcher Tackles 'noise' in Next-Generation Phones, Cars

Missouri S&T professor Jun Fan is working to find real-world solutions to the problem of electromagnetic interference inherent in cellphones.

Face It, Meatsack: Pro Gamer Will Be the Only Job Left
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Face It, Meatsack: Pro Gamer Will Be the Only Job Left

Look at economic data closely and the trends aren't pretty: People with elite backgrounds are hoovering up an increasing share of new income and wealth.

Microsoft Research Developing an AI to Put Coders Out of a Job
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Microsoft Research Developing an AI to Put Coders Out of a Job

Microsoft is collaborating with researchers at the University of Cambridge to develop an AI which can turn your descriptions into working code in seconds.

How We Could Close Tech's Gender Gap In a Decade
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How We Could Close Tech's Gender Gap In a Decade

We all know that the technology industry has a gender problem. But how do you move the needle from awareness to action? Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg and Girls Who...

With H-1b Visas For the Highly Skilled in Doubt, Tech World's Anxious
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With H-1b Visas For the Highly Skilled in Doubt, Tech World's Anxious

As President Trump seeks to clamp down on immigration, the status of white-collar international workers has become a political live wire. That has left many small...

No, Robots Aren't Killing the American Dream
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No, Robots Aren't Killing the American Dream

Defenders of globalization are on solid ground when they criticize President Trump's threats of punitive tariffs and border walls.

International Science Collaboration Growing At Astonishing Rate
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International Science Collaboration Growing At Astonishing Rate

The number of multiple-author scientific papers with collaborators from more than one country more than doubled from 1990 to 2015, indicating the increasingly global...

Grace Hopper's Compiler: Computing's Hidden Hero
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Grace Hopper's Compiler: Computing's Hidden Hero

One, zero, zero, one, zero, one. Zero, one, one…

New Resource For Optical Chips
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New Resource For Optical Chips

MIT researchers have developed a practical way to introduce second-order nonlinearities into silicon photonics, which could enable a new class of complex integrated...

The Former Secretary of Defense Outlines the Future of Warfare
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The Former Secretary of Defense Outlines the Future of Warfare

To an engineer in Silicon Valley, the Defense Department can look a little old, a little slow, and a little fat.

Talk of Tech Innovation Is Bullsh*t. Shut ­p and Get the Work Done, Says Linus Torvalds
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Talk of Tech Innovation Is Bullsh*t. Shut ­p and Get the Work Done, Says Linus Torvalds

OSLS Linus Torvalds believes the technology industry's celebration of innovation is smug, self-congratulatory, and self-serving.

Turning Back Ddos Attacks
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Turning Back Ddos Attacks

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate is funding several research projects that will help defenders turn away distributed...

2016 Tech Cut Report: 66,821 Computer Jobs
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2016 Tech Cut Report: 66,821 Computer Jobs

Layoffs at U.S. computer, electronics, and telecommunications companies were up 21% to 96,017 jobs in 2016, compared to 79,315 the prior year, according to the...

Army Lab Integrates Future Soldier Technology
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Army Lab Integrates Future Soldier Technology

Lighter weight protective body armor and undergarments, newer uniform fabrics, conformal wearable computers, and integrated sensors are all part of the U.S. Army's...

It Decisions Makers and Executives Don't Agree on Cyber Security Responsibility
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It Decisions Makers and Executives Don't Agree on Cyber Security Responsibility

There's a severe disconnect between IT decision makers and C-suite executives when it comes to handling cyber attacks. Namely, both believe the other one is responsible...
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