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Could Virtual Reality Replace Therapy?
Psychologists are testing virtual reality systems as a therapeutic tool for phobias and disorders.
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Facebook Thinks the Most seful Digital Assistant Is the One That Can Read Minds
The head of Facebook's moonshot division says the company wants to use brain-computer interface technology to enable people to type with their minds.
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The Female Code Breakers Who Helped Defeat the Nazis
More than 10,000 female "cryptoanalysts" were enlisted by the U.S. Army and Navy to help crack Nazi codes and ensure the Allies' victory in World War II.
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Inside the Moonshot Effort to Finally Figure Out the Brain
"Here's the problem with artificial intelligence today," says David Cox.
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Two Computer Scientists Among 2017 Macarthur 'genius' Grant Winners
Two computer scientists are recognized for pushing the boundaries of machine learning and cybersecurity.
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Reconstructing Cassini's Plunge Into Saturn
As NASA's Cassini spacecraft made its fateful dive into the upper atmosphere of Saturn on Sept. 15, the spacecraft was live-streaming data from eight of its science...
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How the Search For a 'death Ray' Led to Radar
You can trace the extent of our reliance on air travel to many inventions. The jet engine, perhaps, or the aeroplane itself. But sometimes inventions need other...
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This Soft Robotic Gripper Can Screw in Your Light Bulbs For You
Researchers at UC San Diego have developed a robotic gripper that can pick up and manipulate objects without needing to see them in advance.
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Computer Visualizations Bring New Perspective to Science
Researchers at Brown University say they have used data gathered from 3-D microscopy instruments to create an immersive visualization where scientists can view...
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Scientists Enlist Supercomputers, Machine Learning to Automatically Identify Brain Tumors
A team of researchers is developing a fully automatic method that combines biophysical models of tumor growth with machine-learning algorithms to analyze magnetic...
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Michigan to Study Flexible STEM Classrooms
Researchers at the University of Michigan are using a U.S. National Science Foundation grant to examine the difference between teaching and learning in traditional...
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This AI Can Tell True Hate Speech From Harmless Banter
Researchers at McGill University have taught machine-learning software to identify hate speech by acquiring knowledge on how members of hateful communities speak...
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The Scientist Who Spots Fake Videos
Hany Farid, a computer scientist at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, specialises in detecting manipulated images and videos. Farid, who provides his...
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O.k., Computer, Tell Me What This Smells Like
Our sense of smell is gloriously specific.
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Half the niverse's Missing Matter Has Just Been Finally Found
The missing links between galaxies have finally been found. This is the first detection of the roughly half of the normal matter in our universe—protons, neutrons...
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The Race to Secure Voting Tech Gets an rgent Jumpstart
There is an urgent need to secure U.S. voting systems ahead of the 2018 midterm elections, according to a report by the Atlantic Council think tank and hacking...
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Organization to Teach Coding to Girls in Detroit Area
The Oakland, CA-based Black Girls CODE organization, which introduces young African-American, Latino, and Native American females to computer science, is opening...
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Ada Lovelace Day Honors 'the First Computer Programmer'
Pioneering 19th-century English mathematician Ada Lovelace is honored on the second Tuesday of every October for her contributions to computer programming.
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7 Ways to Get More Girls and Women Into STEM (and Encourage Them to Stay)
A recent forum of industry and academic experts offered proposals for encouraging girls and women to pursue science, technology, engineering, and math careers. ...
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