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Data Storage on Dna Can Keep It Safe For Centuries
Two separate recent experiments have demonstrated the possibilities of encoding information in synthetic DNA molecules.
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A Century Ago, Einstein's Theory of Relativity Changed Everything
By the fall of 1915, Albert Einstein was a bit grumpy.
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Agriculture Linked to Dna Changes in Ancient Europe
The agricultural revolution was one of the most profound events in human history, leading to the rise of modern civilization.
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Encrypted Messaging Apps Face New Scrutiny Over Possible Role in Paris Attacks
The Paris attacks have revived a debate between U.S. intelligence officials and Silicon Valley over opening a "back door" to decode encrypted data and conversations...
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The Dream Life of Driverless Cars
On a brisk afternoon in October, an oddly equipped Honda CR-V inched through London traffic.
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Bringing Iphone-Style Medical Research to the Android World
Weill Cornell Medical College professor Deborah Estrin says the ResearchStack project seeks to introduce an open source software framework similar to ResearchKit...
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The Dream Life of Driverless Cars
Using three-dimensional laser-scanning techniques, two architectural designers are mapping London with an autonomous car to demonstrate its artistic potential.
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Large Companies Game H-1b Visa Program, and Jobs Leave the .s.
Théo Négri, a young software engineer from France, had come up with so many novel ideas at his job at an Internet start-up in San Francisco that the American entrepreneur...
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The Crispr Quandary
One day in March 2011, Emmanuelle Charpentier, a geneticist who was studying flesh-eating bacteria, approached Jennifer Doudna, an award-winning scientist, at a...
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Toyota Invests $1 Billion in Artificial Intelligence in .s.
Toyota on Friday announced a five-year, $1-billion investment to establish an artificial intelligence research laboratory in Silicon Valley.
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Toyota Invests $1 Billion in Artificial Intelligence in .s.
Silicon Valley is diving into artificial intelligence technology, with start-ups sprouting up and Google and Facebook pouring vast sums into projects that would...
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.s. Tech Giants May Blur National Security Boundaries in China Deals
One Chinese technology company receives crucial technical guidance from a former People's Liberation Army rear admiral. Another company developed the electronics...
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Harvard Law Library Readies Trove of Decisions For Digital Age
Shelves of law books are an august symbol of legal practice, and no place, save the Library of Congress, can match the collection at Harvard's Law School Library...
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Cassini Seeks Insights to Life in Plumes of Enceladus, Saturn’s Icy Moon
Where there is water, is there life?
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Manipulating Faces From Afar in Real Time
Computer scientists say they have created a process dubbed "live facial re-enactment" that can instantaneously transfer facial expressions.
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How Emojis Find Their Way to Phones
The Unicode Consortium, founded in the late 1980s to create a standardized code for text characters, is attracting interest as the arbiter of new emojis.
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Sorry, Einstein. Quantum Study Suggests 'spooky Action' Is Real.
Delft University of Technology scientists report validating quantum theory's fundamental claim of the phenomenon of spooky action.
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Sorry, Einstein. Quantum Study Suggests 'spooky Action' Is Real.
In a landmark study, scientists at the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands reported they have conducted an experiment they say proves one of the most...
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Museum Specimens Find New Life Online
In a brightly lit room on the third floor of the Museum of Natural History here, stacks of wooden drawers are covered in glass, some panes so dusty that it is difficult...
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