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Autonomous Vehicles: No Drivers Required
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Autonomous Vehicles: No Drivers Required

This summer, people will cruise through the streets of Greenwich, U.K., in electric shuttles with no one's hands on the steering wheel—or any steering wheel at...

NASA's Curiosity Analyzing Sample of Martian Mountain
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NASA's Curiosity Analyzing Sample of Martian Mountain

The second bite of a Martian mountain taken by NASA's Curiosity Mars rover hints at long-ago effects of water that was more acidic than any evidenced in the rover's...

Networks Reveal the Connections of Disease
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Networks Reveal the Connections of Disease

Stefan Thurner is a physicist, not a biologist. But not long ago, the Austrian national health insurance clearinghouse asked Thurner and his colleagues at the Medical...

Forecasting the Flu Better
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Forecasting the Flu Better

A research team at the University of California, San Diego says it has refined and improved the predictions of Google Flu Trends. 

Crowdsourcing America's Cybersecurity Is an Idea So Crazy It Might Just Work
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Crowdsourcing America's Cybersecurity Is an Idea So Crazy It Might Just Work

Crowdsourced cybersecurity is gaining ground. 

Don't Call Them 'utility' Rules: The Fcc's Net Neutrality Regime, Explained
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Don't Call Them 'utility' Rules: The Fcc's Net Neutrality Regime, Explained

Within a few weeks we’ll have a huge document full of legalese on the Federal Communications Commission’s net neutrality rules, to replace the near-200-page ...

Could a Robot Have Written This Story? The Rise of the Robo-Journalist
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Could a Robot Have Written This Story? The Rise of the Robo-Journalist

At large news agencies where speed is crucial, template-style stories have long been used for company results, allowing journalists to simply key in the relevant...

Planck Mission Explores the History of Our Universe
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Planck Mission Explores the History of Our Universe

Hot gas, dust and magnetic fields mingle in a colorful swirl in this new map of our Milky Way galaxy.

Quantum Computing Without Qubits
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Quantum Computing Without Qubits

For more than 20 years, Ivan H. Deutsch has struggled to design the guts of a working quantum computer.

The Computer that Crunches Cloud Data to Heat Your Home
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The Computer that Crunches Cloud Data to Heat Your Home

Each photo we "like", email we send, and search we run creates heat.

Team Led By UCLA and Columbia Engineers Uses Disorder to Control Light on a Nanoscale
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Team Led By UCLA and Columbia Engineers Uses Disorder to Control Light on a Nanoscale

Researchers have made a discovery that could lead to the more precise transfer of information in computer chips. 

'if We Want to Out Compete, We Have to Out Compute,' Witnesses Tell Congressional Science Committee
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'if We Want to Out Compete, We Have to Out Compute,' Witnesses Tell Congressional Science Committee

Experts in high-performance computing and science policy called for more funding for supercomputing resources and research.

Comet Scientists Abandon Philae Flyby
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Comet Scientists Abandon Philae Flyby

The European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft will not make a dedicated flyby to search for the lost comet lander Philae any time soon, according to a post on...

Microsoft Ecologists Compute Future of the Planet
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Microsoft Ecologists Compute Future of the Planet

Environmentally focused computer scientists at Microsoft Research Cambridge will discuss their work at an upcoming agriculture technology summit. 

Graphene's Cousin Silicene Makes Transistor Debut
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Graphene's Cousin Silicene Makes Transistor Debut

Seven years ago, silicene was little more than a theorist's dream.

British Army Creates Team of Facebook Warriors
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British Army Creates Team of Facebook Warriors

The British army is creating a special force of Facebook warriors, skilled in psychological operations and use of social media to engage in unconventional warfare...

Google Brain's Co-Inventor Tells Why He's Building Chinese Neural Networks
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Google Brain's Co-Inventor Tells Why He's Building Chinese Neural Networks

To chat with Andrew Ng I almost have to tackle him.

German Professor Develops Method to Secure IoT Smart Device Data
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German Professor Develops Method to Secure IoT Smart Device Data

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology professor Martina Zitterbart is developing a way to hide data transmitted on smart devices that will run on the Internet of Things...

Researchers Determine How the Brain Controls Robotic Grasping Tools
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Researchers Determine How the Brain Controls Robotic Grasping Tools

University of Missouri researchers suggest the cerebellum may play a critical role in controlling assistive robots for the disabled. 

I'll Be Back: The Return of Artificial Intelligence
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I'll Be Back: The Return of Artificial Intelligence

The artificial-intelligence industry, a field that conjures up images of humanoid robots and self-aware computer systems, is making a comeback at Silicon Valley...
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