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With Tech Taking Over in Schools, Worries Rise
At a New York state elementary school, teachers can use a behavior-monitoring app to compile information on which children have positive attitudes and which act...
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.s. Scientists See Long Fight Against Ebola
The deadly Ebola outbreak sweeping across three countries in West Africa could infect hundreds of thousands of people before it is brought under control.
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ACM Awards Knuth Prize to Pioneer for Advances in Algorithms and Complexity Theory
Georgia Tech's Lipton cited for introduction of new ideas and techniques
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Julian Assange on Snowden, Disliking Google, and His 'inevitable' Freedom
It would be too much to say that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange feels optimistic.
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Nsa Chief on Tech-Savvy Islamic State: 'i'm Watching'
While U.S. military leaders appeared before Congress to outline their strategy to fight Islamic State militants on the battlefield, the National Security Agency...
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Google and Edx Put ‘youtube For Courses’ Platform on Hold
Their collaboration opens the edX platform to some new organizations, but individuals will have to wait a while longer.
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White House Introduces New Class of Innovation Fellows
The White House has revealed the assignments and backgrounds of its third class of Presidential Innovation Fellows.
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National Trustworthy Software Initiative to Be Based at Wmg's Cyber Security Center
A new program at the University of Warwick will focus on enhancing the cybersecurity of everyday technologies by helping to ensure the underlying software is trustworthy...
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Cloud-Computing Revolution Applies to Evolution
Rice University researchers are using a $1.1-million grant to develop parallel-processing tools that track the evolution of genes and genomes across species.
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Camouflage: Can We Ever Create True Invisibility?
If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, we humans have been doing our best to compliment other animals for centuries.
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Essex Scientists Give Insight Into Future of Ultra-Hdtv Live Stream Technology
University of Essex scientists will showcase their pioneering ultra-high definition TV research at the International Broadcasting Convention in Amsterdam.
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Nasa's Mars Curiosity Rover Arrives at Martian Mountain
NASA's Mars Curiosity rover has reached the Red Planet's Mount Sharp, a Mount-Rainier-size mountain at the center of the vast Gale Crater and the rover mission's...
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Where to Grab Space Debris
A new algorithm can be used to gauge the rotation of objects in zero gravity using only visual information.
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Why Global Contributions on Wikipedia Are So Unequal
Researchers are seeking to understand the uneven distribution of geographical information about different countries available on Wikipedia.
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Korea ps Its Robots Game
In 1976 an animated film called Robot Taekwon V captured Korean kids' imaginations with its tale of a superhero robot fending off giant machines bent on world domination...
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Mapping Could Help Stop Ebola's Spread
Researcher Lars Skog is one of several experts in geoinformatics that are developing mapping systems that can help arrest the spread of disease.
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Researcher Loses Job at Nsf After Government Questions Her Role as 1980s Activist
Federal investigators say Valerie Barr lied during a background check, which led the U.S. National Science Foundation to cancel her temporary assignment.
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Printing Houses on the Moon
How do you create structures on other worlds when the expense of carrying building materials there is so great?
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Stanford Engineer Aims to Connect the World With Ant-Sized Radio
Stanford engineers say they have created a radio the size of an ant they think will be the key to creating the connected world of the Internet of Things.
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