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You Aren't Good Enough to Win Money Playing Daily Fantasy Football
Every first-time player of daily fantasy football begins the new season undefeated, just like even the most hopeless NFL teams.
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What Happened to Early Mars' Atmosphere? New Study Eliminates One Theory
Scientists may be closer to solving the mystery of how Mars changed from a world with surface water billions of years ago to the arid Red Planet of today.
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sing Technology to Break the Speed Barrier of Reading
I grew up in a tiny New York City apartment, packed in alongside our four cats and my father's immense personal library of some 3000 books.
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How Google's Self-Driving Cars May Handle the Toughest Situations
Left-hand turns are one of the tougher things drivers have to do.
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China Flexes Tech Muscles Before a State Visit
As President Xi Jinping of China prepares for his first state visit to the United States this month, Washington has warned that it could hit Chinese companies with...
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Even Encrypted Medical Record Databases Leak Information
Many types of databases used for electronic medical records are vulnerable to leaking information, according to a new study from Microsoft researchers.
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This Preschool Is For Robots
On the seventh floor of Berkeley's technology research hall, a bright blue and yellow plastic ray gun sits on a long table, along with wooden spoons, model planes...
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Giant Study Poses Dna-Sharing Dilemma
After dozens of unsuccessful treatments, Eric Dishman started to suspect that his illness was due to something other than the rare kidney cancer he was diagnosed...
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Putin vs. the Internet: The Laws That Matter
A new law in force in Russia from Sept. 1 is intended to force foreign Internet firms to maintain local servers to handle data on Russian citizens.
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Hundreds of 'black Hat' English Wikipedia Accounts Blocked Following Investigation
After weeks of investigation, volunteer editors on English Wikipedia announced that they blocked 381 user accounts for "black hat" editing.
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Comet Hitchhiker Would Take Tour of Small Bodies
Catching a ride from one solar system body to another isn't easy. You have to figure out how to land your spacecraft safely and then get it on its way to the next...
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Facebook's New Spam-Killer Hints at the Future of Coding
Louis Brandy pauses before answering, needing some extra time to choose his words.
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Pluto Snow Forecast Poses Atmospheric Conundrum
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft solved many mysteries about Pluto when it flew past the dwarf planet in July. But as mission controllers prepare to steer the probe...
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.S. Developing Sanctions Against China Over Cyberthefts
The Obama administration is developing a package of unprecedented economic sanctions against Chinese companies and individuals who have benefited from their government's...
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Visualizing the Complex, Invisible Web of Wireless Signals that Surround S
As we wander through buildings and streets, restaurants and universities, countless signals are buzzing around our heads, so silent and invisible we forget they...
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Who Drew This? A Computer… or Van Gogh?
German researchers have created a machine-learning algorithm that can take a photograph and make it look like a drawing by Vincent van Gogh or Pablo Picasso.
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European Publishers Play Lobbying Role Against Google
In private sessions this summer, giant publishers and media companies from Germany, France and elsewhere have met with European officials about proposals to regulate...
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Dartmouth Football's Brilliant Dummies
Wearing a green Dartmouth College jersey, the newest player on the school's football team readies for action during a preseason practice.
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Nasa's New Horizons Team Selects Potential Kuiper Belt Flyby Target
This remote KBO was one of two identified as potential destinations and the one recommended to NASA by the New Horizons team. Although NASA has selected 2014 MU69...
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