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Serious Quantum Computers Are Finally Here. What Are We Going to Do with Them?
Inside a small laboratory in lush countryside about 50 miles north of New York City, an elaborate tangle of tubes and electronics dangles from the ceiling. This...
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Scientists Pave the Way for Resilient Robot Swarms
Researchers at the University of Southampton in the U.K. say they are developing fault-tolerant robotic swarms using bio-inspired algorithms and machine learning...
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Deep Learning for Biology
Four years ago, scientists from Google showed up on neuroscientist Steve Finkbeiner's doorstep.
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New Study Brings Antarctic Ice Loss Into Sharper Focus
A NASA study based on an innovative technique for crunching torrents of satellite data provides the clearest picture yet of changes in Antarctic ice flow into the...
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Researchers Find Tweeting in Cities Lower Than Expected
Researchers at the University of Illinois Coordinated Science Lab say they have found that fewer people tweet per capita from larger cities than in smaller ones...
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Twitter Bars Tactics sed by 'Bots' to Spread False Stories
Twitter Inc said on Wednesday it would no longer allow people to post identical messages from multiple accounts, cracking down on a tactic that Russian agents and...
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Programming a DNA Clock
Nature is a master at constructing biological machines and circuits, including the ones that maintain the body's internal clock, copy genes or help cells move. ...
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Inching Closer to a DNA-Based File System
When it comes to data storage, efforts to get faster access grab most of the attention. But long-term archiving of data is equally important, and it generally requires...
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The State of Fakery
How digital media could be authenticated, from computational, legal, and ethical points of view.
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In Pursuit of Virtual Life
Scientists are simulating biological organisms and replicating evolution in the lab. How far can they expand the boundaries of virtual life?
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The Car of the Future Will Sell Your Data
Picture this: You're driving home from work, contemplating what to make for dinner, and as you idle at a red light near your neighborhood pizzeria, an ad offering...
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Are Bots a Danger for Political Election Campaigns?
Researchers in Germany have probed the extent to which autonomous social bots were used on Twitter during Japan's general elections in 2014.
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After Florida School Shooting, Russian 'Bot' Army Pounced
One hour after news broke about the school shooting in Florida last week, Twitter accounts suspected of having links to Russia released hundreds of posts taking...
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The Geeks Who Put a Stop to Pennsylvania's Partisan Gerrymandering
The morning John Kennedy was set to testify last December, he woke up at 1:30 am, in an unfamiliar hotel room in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, adrenaline coursing through...
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Lawmakers Worry about Rise of Fake Video Technology
Lawmakers are concerned that advances in video manipulation technology could set off a new era of fake news. Now legislators say they want to start working on fixes...
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New Hole-Punched Crystal Clears a Path for Quantum Light
Researchers from the University of Maryland's Joint Quantum Institute have created a photonic chip that generates and steers single photons.
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Astronomers' Dark Energy Hopes Fade to Gray
A star-crossed mission nearly 20 years in the making that was intended to seek an answer to the most burning, baffling question in astronomy—and perhaps elucidate...
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Oxygen Ions May Be an Easy-to-Track Sign of Life on Exoplanets
The search for extraterrestrial life is fairly synonymous with the search for life as we know it.
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Ocean-Wide Sensor Array Provides New Look at Global Ocean Current
The North Atlantic Ocean is a major driver of the global currents that regulate Earth's climate, mix the oceans and sequester carbon from the atmosphere—but researchers...
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