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Future Scenarios Show How Easily Ebola Could Explode
Just how bad will the Ebola outbreak in West Africa get?
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Wearable Tech Lets Boss Track Your Work, Rest and Play
Some jobs come with a uniform. For an increasing number of employees, that uniform will soon include a badge that tracks everything they do.
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Automatic Authors: Making Machines That Tell Tales
Many artificial intelligence researchers believe one of the major breakthroughs in AI will be creating systems that are effective story-tellers.
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Found: Closest Link to Eve, Our niversal Ancestor
A man who died in 315 BC in southern Africa is the closest relative yet known to humanity’s common female ancestor—mitochondrial Eve.
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Hong Kong Protesters se a Mesh Network to Organise
Hong Kong's mass protest is networked. Activists are relying on a free app that can send messages without any cellphone connection.
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Gaze-Tracker Lets You Connect to Devices with a Glance
An eye-tracking camera calculates where the wearer is looking, and transmits it to all the nearby Internet-connected devices, such as stereos and TVs, via Wi-Fi...
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Quantum Internet Could Keep S Safe from Spying Eyes
Quantum networks are quietly spreading across the world.
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No Easy Parking Spot For First-Ever Comet Landing
Landing on a comet will be even harder than we thought.
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Traffic Light Hackers Could Cause Jams Across the US
Branden Ghena pulls his car up under a traffic light in a city in Michigan.
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Meet Jibo, the Cute Social Robot that Knows the Family
In suite 712 of the Eventi Hotel, high above the sticky June bustle of Midtown Manhattan, New York, one of the world's most advanced consumer robots awaits command...
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Tibetan Altitude Gene Came from Extinct Human Species
Tibetans are comfortable at high altitudes where the air is thin.
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Virtual Flashlight Reveals Secrets of Ancient Artefacts
The Revealing Flashlight projects computer-generated models onto real objects, filling in missing details wherever the spotlight lands.
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Make Robots seful By Teaching Them to Talk Like S
When Ashutosh Saxena wants some coffee or ice cream, he can ask a robot to make it for him.
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Computer Spots Rare Diseases in Family Photos
New software can learn to identify rare medical conditions by analyzing a face in a digital photograph.
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Computer Spots Rare Diseases in Family Photos
Doctors faced with the tricky task of spotting rare genetic diseases in children may soon be asking parents to email their family photos.
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Windows Bug-Testing Software Cracks Stem Cell Programs
Windows bug-testing software is providing insight into how stem cells determine which type of tissue to become.
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Skinny Wormholes Could Send Messages Through Time
Like some bizarre form of optical fibre, a long, thin wormhole might let you send messages through time using pulses of light.
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Cheap Gadget Lets You Steer a Wheelchair with Your Eyes
Put some "crap" technology with some smart software and you get one life-changing solution.
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Watson in Your Pocket: Supercomputer Gets Own Apps
If you could quiz Watson, IBM's all-knowing supercomputer, from an app on your phone, what would you ask it?
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