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Planet 9 Is Not a Stolen Exoplanet, So What Is It?
Scientists believe there may be a huge planet sitting at the far reaches of the solar system. Since new evidence of Planet 9's existence emerged a few years ago...
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For Superpowers, Artificial Intelligence Fuels New Global Arms Race
For many Russian students, the academic year started last Friday with tips on planetary domination from President Vladimir Putin.
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The Fake Americans Russia Created to Influence the Election
Sometimes an international offensive begins with a few shots that draw little notice.
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After Cassini: Pondering the Saturn Mission's Legacy
As the Cassini spacecraft nears the end of a long journey rich with scientific and technical accomplishments, it is already having a powerful influence on future...
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Mark Sagar Made a Baby in His Lab. Now It Plays the Piano
People get up to weird things in New Zealand.
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Our Weather-Prediction Models Keep Getting Better, and Hurricane Irma Is the Proof
By Wednesday of last week, even as Tropical Storm Harvey continued to rain devastation on the Gulf Coast, a new storm, Irma, was taking shape in the eastern Atlantic...
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Massive Genetic Study Shows How Humans Are Evolving
A huge genetic study that sought to pinpoint how the human genome is evolving suggests that natural selection is getting rid of harmful genetic mutations that shorten...
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In a High-Tech World, Car Designers Still Rely on Clay
Car designers have every kind of software and virtual reality tool. But when they want to make sure a car's curves look just right, they rely on one of the world's...
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Radiation Analysis Software Makes Emergency Responders' Jobs Quicker, Easier
InterSpec is a program for mobile and traditional computing devices designed to analye gamma radiation data at the scene of a disaster.
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How Apple Finally Made Siri Sound More Human
The first time Alex Acero saw Her, he watched it like a normal person.
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Facebook AI Learns Human Reactions After Watching Hours of Skype
There's something not quite right about humanoid robots.
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Plot a Course Through the Genome
Chromatin does much more than just keep DNA neat and tidy.
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Jupiter's Aurora Presents a Powerful Mystery
Scientists on NASA''s Juno mission have observed massive amounts of energy swirling over Jupiter's polar regions that contribute to the giant planet's powerful...
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Fear of Robots Taking Jobs Spurs a Bold Idea: Guaranteed Pay
Driverless trucks. Factory robots. Delivery drones. Virtual personal assistants.
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Google's New Street View Cameras Will Help Algorithms Index the Real World
Steve Silverman helped build cameras for two NASA rovers that went to Mars.
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The Smartphone's Future: It's All About the Camera
We all know the drill. For the last decade, smartphones have gotten thinner and faster and thinner and faster and, well, you get the picture.
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What the Industrial Revolution Really Tells S About the Future of Automation and Work
The Industrial Revolution led to centuries of social and economic upheaval. Are economists telling us not to worry about workplace automation because things will...
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Why a 24-Year-Old chipmaker Is One Of tech's Hot Prospects
Engineers at CTA.ai, an imaging-technology start-up in Poland, are trying to popularize a more comfortable alternative to the colonoscopy.
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Putin: Leader in Artificial Intelligence Will Rule World
Russian President Vladimir Putin says that whoever reaches a breakthrough in developing artificial intelligence will come to dominate the world.
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