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Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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Worldwide Brain-Mapping Project Sparks Excitement, and Concern
Worries include how to coordinate research programs and resources from different countries.
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The Wikipedia Bots that Are Engaged in Spats that Never End
Is. Isn't. Is. Isn’t. Is. Isn't.
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Tech Giants Team p to Fix Typography's Biggest Problem
Fonts have a serious image problem.
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Battling Algorithmic Bias
How do we ensure algorithms treat us fairly?
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Nasa Scientists Find 'impossible' Cloud on Titan--Again
The puzzling appearance of an ice cloud seemingly out of thin air has prompted NASA scientists to suggest that a different process than previously thought—possibly...
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Cheap Lidar: The Key to Makingself-Driving Cars Affordable
Chances are you've never seen a fully autonomous self-driving car out on the street.
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73% of Coding Bootcamp Graduates Employed Full-Time, Earn Salary Lift
Coding bootcamps have surged in popularity because they are accelerated programs that attract technology-minded students looking to learn a range of skills.
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Send Secret Messages Hidden in the Dna of Bacterial Spores
Humble bacterial spores are taking us closer to an age of DNA information storage, thanks to new ways of protecting archived data from corruption as well as from...
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Quantum Teleportation Was Just Achieved Over More Than 7 Km of City Fibre
Quantum teleportation just moved out of the lab and into the real world, with two independent teams of scientists successfully sending quantum information across...
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Geneticists Attempt to Heal Rifts with Aboriginal Communities
In 1938, anthropologists Norman Tindale and Joseph Birdsell set off on an 18-month, 29,000-kilometre expedition to survey Australia's indigenous groups.
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Inside Google's Internet Justice League and Its AI-Powered War on Trolls
Online forums and social media platforms are havens for trolls and bullies who launch campaigns of harassment can lead to the self-censorship of the people they...
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In Backing Autonomous Cars, .s. Tells Automakers to Figure It Out
The Obama administration's approach to hands-free driving is remarkably hands-off.
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Obama's Science Advisors: Much Forensic Work Has No Scientific Foundation
Last year, the US Department of Justice released a report that involved some painful self-examination.
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Artificial Intelligence Software Is Booming. But Why Now?
This is the year artificial intelligence came into its own for mainstream businesses, at least as a marketing feature.
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Hubble Telescope Snaps Best-Ever Views of a Comet's Disintegration
Building-size chunks of rock were photographed by the Hubble Space Telescope in January as they broke free from a disintegrating comet zooming around the sun.
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Google's Go Language Ventures Into Machine Learning
There is a growing interest in having Go toolkits that take advantage of the language's conveniences.
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Confused About Those Emergency Cellphone Alerts? Here's How They Work.
Many New York-area commuters on Monday were interrupted by this alert on their cellphones: "WANTED: Ahmad Khan Rahami, 28-yr-old male. See media for pic. Call 9...
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How Police Trace Cellphones in Ieds Like the Ones in Nyc
A cellphone makes a convenient detonator for an improvised explosive device. But it's also one of the most conveniently trackable devices under the eye of American...
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Human Brain Map Gets a Bold New Update
Most of us think little of hopping on Google Maps to look at everything from a bird's-eye view of an entire continent to an on-the-ground view of a specific street...
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