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Hoping Google's Lab Is a Rainmaker
Google's research arm, Google X, is called the company's Moonshot Factory. One reason the company picked the word "Moonshot" was to remind people to tackle big...
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Dawn Captures Sharper Images of Ceres
Craters and mysterious bright spots are beginning to pop out in the latest images of Ceres from NASA's Dawn spacecraft.
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Cryptographers Could Prevent Satellite Collisions
In February 2009 the U.S.'s Iridium 33 satellite collided with the Russian Cosmos 2251, instantly destroying both communications satellites.
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In Image-Guided Operating Suites, Surgeons See Real-Time Mri, Ct Scans
Surgeons sometimes fly blind when operating on hard-to-reach anatomical parts or hard-to-see conditions.
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The Coming Boom In Brain Medicines
Tony Coles could have had any job he wanted in the drug industry.
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Jupiter Glimpsed As Aliens Would See It
Astronomers have observed Jupiter for centuries.
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European Languages Linked to Migration from the East
A mysterious group of humans from the east stormed western Europe 4,500 years ago—bringing with them technologies such as the wheel, as well as a language that...
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Data Storage For Eternity
ETH Zurich researchers say they have found a way to store information for more than a million years.
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Robots Can Build Cars; Now They Learn Not to Crush You
Robots long ago earned a place in factories, where their pneumatic pumps and steel welding arms help manufacture everything from cars to planes.
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Computer Algorithm Can Accurately Identify Jackson Pollock Paintings
Like his work or hate it, it's clear that the painter Jackson Pollock pioneered a distinctive visual style with his drip paintings.
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A Crypto Trick That Makes Software Nearly Impossible to Reverse-Engineer
Software reverse engineering, the art of pulling programs apart to figure out how they work, is what makes it possible for sophisticated hackers to scour code for...
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How Moore's Law Made Google Possible
Gordon Moore's famous calculation of the gains in power and economy that would drive chip production continues to have profound implications for every enterprise...
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Taking the Robot Dog For a Walk
It's a video which is bound to go viral. Spot sets off down an office corridor, and then out into the open air.
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Watching the Universe in Real Time
Even though the sky looks about the same every night to those of us here on Earth, cataclysmic things happen in outer space constantly.
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Why Comets Are Like Deep Fried Ice Cream
Astronomers tinkering with ice and organics in the lab may have discovered why comets are encased in a hard, outer crust.
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The Invisible Network That Keeps the World Running
It’s been just over 45 years since the Apollo Moon landings, and some would have it that we are failing to build big anymore; that we've since become too fascinated...
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In Japan, Dog Owners Feel Abandoned as Sony Stops Supporting 'aibo'
Yahui and Tatsuo Matsui met because of their dogs, Ai and Doggy.
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DARPA Is Developing a Search Engine For the Dark Web
A new search engine being developed by Darpa aims to shine a light on the dark web and uncover patterns and relationships in online data to help law enforcement...
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What Watson Has Been Up To Since “jeopardy!”
Remember Watson, the computer that won "Jeopardy!" in 2011 and made us all worry about the impending obsolescence of the human race?
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