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The Ghostly Radio Station That No One Claims to Run
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The Ghostly Radio Station That No One Claims to Run

In the middle of a Russian swampland, not far from the city of St Petersburg, is a rectangular iron gate.

Barbara Grosz Receives 2017 ACL Life Time Achievement Award
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Barbara Grosz Receives 2017 ACL Life Time Achievement Award

Grosz is Higgins Professor of Natural Sciences in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University.

The Future Takes Flight at Du
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The Future Takes Flight at Du

Researchers at the University of Denver's Unmanned Systems Research Institute are attempting to improve unmanned aerial vehicle technology.

Ever-Elusive Neutrinos Spotted Bouncing Off Nuclei For the First Time
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Ever-Elusive Neutrinos Spotted Bouncing Off Nuclei For the First Time

Neutrinos are famously antisocial. Of all the characters in the particle physics cast, they are the most reluctant to interact with other particles.

The Race to Reveal Antimatter's Secrets
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The Race to Reveal Antimatter's Secrets

In a high-ceilinged hangar at CERN, six rival experiments are racing to understand the nature of one of the Universe's most elusive materials.

Five Years Ago and 154 Million Miles Away: Touchdown!
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Five Years Ago and 154 Million Miles Away: Touchdown!

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover, which landed near Mount Sharp five years ago this week, is examining clues on that mountain about long-ago lakes on Mars.

New Web Tool Tracks Russian 'influence Ops' on Twitter
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New Web Tool Tracks Russian 'influence Ops' on Twitter

The Alliance for Securing Democracy, a bipartisan project backed by the German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF), has launched a Web tool to keep tabs on...

Chip Technology Could Help the Blind, Robots, See
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Chip Technology Could Help the Blind, Robots, See

Bio-inspired designs that encode light as time are ushering in systems as efficient as human neurology.

Crispr Fixes Disease Gene in Viable Human Embryos
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Crispr Fixes Disease Gene in Viable Human Embryos

An international team of researchers has used CRISPR–Cas9 gene editing—a technique that allows scientists to make precise changes to genomes with relative ease—to...

Two Voyagers Taught ­S How to Listen to Space
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Two Voyagers Taught ­S How to Listen to Space

As NASA's twin Voyager spacecraft were changing our understanding of the solar system, they also spurred a leap in spacecraft communications.

How Neural Networks Are Transforming the World of Translation
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How Neural Networks Are Transforming the World of Translation

Imperial College London professor Erol Gelenbe says artificial neural networks can ease language translation by executing a three-step process.

'anonymous' Browsing Data Can Be Easily Exposed, Researchers Reveal
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'anonymous' Browsing Data Can Be Easily Exposed, Researchers Reveal

A German journalist and data scientist say they were able to easily obtain the "anonymous" online browsing information of more than 3 million Germans.

Deception Tech Helps to Thwart Hackers' Attacks
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Deception Tech Helps to Thwart Hackers' Attacks

In World War II, the Allies employed all kinds of sneaky tricks to deceive their enemies into thinking they had more troops and weapons at their disposal than they...

These Radio Telescopes See Almost to the Beginning of Time
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These Radio Telescopes See Almost to the Beginning of Time

There are few places in the world that can accommodate a radio telescope.

­kraine Finally Battens Down Its Leaky Cyber Hatches After Attacks
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­kraine Finally Battens Down Its Leaky Cyber Hatches After Attacks

When the chief of Microsoft Ukraine switched jobs to work for President Petro Poroshenko, he found that everyone in the office used the same login password.

To Build a Smarter Chatbot, First Teach It a Second Language
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To Build a Smarter Chatbot, First Teach It a Second Language

Researchers at Salesforce have developed a method that could improve the performance of modern language programs.

To Fix Voting Machines, Hackers Tear Them Apart
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To Fix Voting Machines, Hackers Tear Them Apart

The toughest thing to convey to newcomers at the DefCon Voting Village in Las Vegas this weekend? Just how far they could go with hacking voting machines set up...

Parking Smart
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Parking Smart

Using technology to make parking easier.

Color-Shifting Electronic Skin Could Have Wearable Tech and Prosthetic ­ses
From ACM TechNews

Color-Shifting Electronic Skin Could Have Wearable Tech and Prosthetic ­ses

Researchers  have developed a user-interactive electronic skin with a color change perceptible to the human eye.

Nasa's Voyager Spacecraft Still Reaching For the Stars After 40 Years
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Nasa's Voyager Spacecraft Still Reaching For the Stars After 40 Years

Humanity's farthest and longest-lived spacecraft, Voyager 1 and 2, achieve 40 years of operation and exploration this August and September. Despite their vast distance...
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