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All the Light There Is to See? 4 x 10⁸⁴ Photons
In one of those exercises that you think should be impossible or perhaps a punishment for some infraction, a team of astronomers has now measured the total amount...
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Amazon Sets About Speeding p Space Data Processing in the Cloud With AWS Ground Stations
Amazon Web Services is creating a managed network of ground stations to boost the efficiency of processing data from orbiting space satellites and moving it to...
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The Drive Toward Self-Driving Food Delivery Vehicles
Are pizza delivery guys destined to be so 20th century?
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The Race Is On to Protect Data From the Next Leap in Computers. And China Has the Lead.
The world's leading technology companies, from Google to Alibaba in China, are racing to build the first quantum computer, a machine that would be far more powerful...
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Galactic Beacons Get Snuffed Out in a Cosmic Eyeblink
Stephanie LaMassa did a double take. She was staring at two images on her computer screen, both of the same object—except they looked nothing alike.
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AI Robot CIMON Debuts at International Space Station
The CIMON artificial intelligence robot aboard the International Space Station can engage verbally with the station's crew.
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'Chemputer' Promises App-Controlled Revolution for Drug Production
A new technique for producing drug molecules uses downloadable blueprints to easily, reliably synthesize organic chemicals via a programmable computer.
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Nailing Down the Nature of 'Oumuamua; It's Probably a Comet, but . . .
Shortly before Halloween, the chairman of Harvard's astronomy department openly declared that an interstellar object hurtling through our Solar System might just...
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Smart Headlights Inch Closer to American Roads
Adaptive driving beam headlights are not currently permitted in the U.S., but that could soon change.
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Inside the Futuristic Restaurant Where a Robot Has Replaced the Bartender
The Cyberdog wine bar in Prague, Czech Republic, is equipped with a robot bartender that serves drinks ordered via a smartphone app.
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How Supercomputers Can Help Fix Our Wildfire Problem
Fire is chaos. Fire doesn't care what it destroys or who it kills—it spreads without mercy, leaving total destruction in its wake, as California's Camp and Woolsey...
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Asteroid-Sampling Mission Zeroes In on Tiny Space Rock
For the second time this year, a spacecraft is about to partner with an asteroid in an intimate dance.
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Making AI Algorithms Crazy Fast sing Chips Powered by Light
Inside a small laboratory in Boston's seaport district, buried within a jumble of lasers, lenses, mirrors, and a tangle of wiring, is a tiny chip that might be...
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Drones Offer Ability to Find, ID, and Count Marine Megafauna
North Carolina State University researchers have demonstrated that consumer-grade drones can effectively monitor marine species across multiple sites in the wild...
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Meet Zora, the Robot Caregiver
Jouarre, a nursing facility outside Paris, is using a robot to help care for elderly patients.
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Virtual Reality Goes on Trial
VR could significantly change the way jurors and judges weigh evidence in the courtroom.
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China Is Building a $9 Billion Rival to the American-Run GPS
China is taking its rivalry with the U.S. to the heavens, spending at least $9 billion to build a celestial navigation system and cut its dependence on the American...
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K Police Wants AI to Stop Violent Crime Before It Happens
Police in the UK want to predict serious violent crime using artificial intelligence, New Scientist can reveal. The idea is that individuals flagged by the system...
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Stanford Develops an Electronic Glove That Gives Robots a Sense of Touch
Stanford University researchers have developed an electronic glove equipped with sensors that could give robotic hands human dexterity.
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