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Fiendish Wheat Genome Reveals Grain's History
A draft genome sequence of wheat promises to speed efforts to breed new types of one of the world's most important crops — and to reveal the tangled genomic history...
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As China Stalks Satellites, .S. and Japan Prepare to Defend Them
In May 2013 the Chinese government conducted what it called a science space mission from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China.
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Mars Rover Facing Harshest Journey Yet
After making it across 8.5 kilometres on Mars, NASA's Curiosity rover is now facing some of the most dangerous terrain it has ever encountered.
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Nsa Recruits College Students For Cyber-Operations Program
The U.S. National Security Agency has selected five more schools for its Centers of Academic Excellence in Cyber Operations Program.
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The Moral Hazards and Legal Conundrums of Our Robot-Filled Future
The robots are coming, and they're getting smarter.
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Vancouver Coding Camp Seeks Young Women
Be Like Ada is a Vancouver, Canada-based coding boot camp for girls designed to inspire more women to pursue coding in engineering and computer science.
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Robots Are Designed to Take a Hike With Walking Poles
A pair of smart walking sticks could be used to steady robots navigating uneven terrain.
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Rice's Silicon Oxide Memories Catch Manufacturers' Eye
Researchers have refined their silicon oxide technology for high-density, next-generation computer memory.
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Adding Depth to Mobile Imaging
Google's Project Tango aims to provide an additional dimension to the next generation of mobile devices.
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How Russian Hackers Stole the Nasdaq
In October 2010, a Federal Bureau of Investigation system monitoring U.S. Internet traffic picked up an alert.
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Joining the Dots For Quantum Computing
Researchers have demonstrated the scalability of quantum dot architectures by trapping and controlling four electrons in a single device.
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Inside the Artificial Brain That's Remaking the Google Empire
It was one of the most tedious jobs on the Internet. A team of Googlers would spend day after day staring at computer screens, scrutinizing tiny snippets of street...
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For This Author, 10,000 Wikipedia Articles Is a Good Day's Work
Sverker Johansson could be the most prolific author you've never heard of.
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Critical Vulnerabilities in Web-Based Password Managers Found
Computer hackers could exploit vulnerabilities in popular Web-based password managers and learn users' credentials for arbitrary websites.
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FCC Is Deluged With Comments on Net Neutrality Rules
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has already received about 780,000 comments on new open Internet rules.
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The World's First Photonic Router
A team of scientists have demonstrated the world's first photonic router, a step toward overcoming the difficulties of building quantum computers.
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Squishy Robots
A new phase-change material built from wax and foam, that is capable of switching between hard and soft states, could be used to construct inexpensive robots.
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Hamas and Israel Step p Cyber Battle For Hearts and Minds
Sites such as Twitter, YouTube, and Facebook have been inundated with posts seeking to win the hearts and minds of people in the Middle East and elsewhere in the...
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Google’s Chief Internet Evangelist Vint Cerf Discusses the Fate of the Internet W/ Stephen Colbert (video)
Vint Cerf, Google Chief Internet Evangelist and general co-father of the Internet, stopped by The Colbert Report on Comedy Central to discuss the origins of the...
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