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A Healthy Dose of AI
Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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Genome Editing: 7 Facts About a Revolutionary Technology
The ethics of human-genome editing is in the spotlight again as a large international meeting on the topic is poised to kick off in Washington DC.
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Blood Gushes from Virtual Leg Injury to Help Train Combat Medics
If you're very squeamish, look away now.
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Seeking Data Wisdom
Data wisdom is needed to make discoveries and assure the significance of the results of data-intensive research, says a statistician and data scientist.
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Email Security Improving, but Far From Perfect
A new report observes that email security has improved significantly in the past two years, although widespread issues remain.
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‘outsiders’ Crack 50-Year-Old Math Problem
Three computer scientists have solved a problem central to a dozen far-flung mathematical fields.
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Why Ball Tracking Works For Tennis and Cricket but Not Soccer or Basketball
Tracking balls in some sports--such as basketball, volleyball, and soccer--is significantly harder for machine-vision algorithms than it is in other sports.
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No Lens? No Problem For Flatcam
Rice University researchers have developed FlatCam, a thin sensor chip with a mask that replaces lenses in a traditional camera.
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Nsa to Shut Down Bulk Phone Surveillance Program By Sunday
The U.S. National Security Agency will end its daily vacuuming of millions of Americans' phone records by Sunday and replace the practice with more tightly targeted...
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A Century Ago, Einstein's Theory of Relativity Changed Everything
By the fall of 1915, Albert Einstein was a bit grumpy.
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Google Says It Reviewed 1.2 Million Web Pages For 'right to Be Forgotten'
Alphabet Inc.'s Google on Wednesday said it has evaluated more than 1.2 million Web pages for compliance with Europe's "Right to Be Forgotten" ruling, and removed...
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Medical Devices That Are Vulnerable to Life-Threatening Hacks
When you think about the Internet of Things, you probably think of smart refrigerators and smart electric meters, not smart pacemakers, insulin pumps, and x-ray...
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The Doomsday Invention
Last year, a curious nonfiction book became a Times best-seller: a dense meditation on artificial intelligence by the philosopher Nick Bostrom, who holds an appointment...
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Martian Moon Set to Form Ring Around Red Planet
One day, Mars may have rings like Saturn does.
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The Computer That Knows What You're Thinking
We have all done it; put a rictus grin on our faces while inside we are burning with anger.
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Agriculture Linked to Dna Changes in Ancient Europe
The agricultural revolution was one of the most profound events in human history, leading to the rise of modern civilization.
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Apple's Swift Ios Programming Language Could Soon Be in Data Centers
Apple created the new Swift programming language as a better way of building apps for the iPhone, and it was a welcomed thing.
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A Tiny Pill Monitors Vital Signs from Deep Inside the Body
After testing all the pieces of a tiny pill-size device, Albert Swiston sent it on a unique journey: through the guts of six live Yorkshire pigs.
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Leap-Second Decision Delayed By Eight Years
A leap second is gone in the blink of an eye. But a long-awaited decision on whether to ditch these occasional time insertions—which ensure that official time is...
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The Hyper-Intelligent Bandage
Scientists are developing smart, sensor-packed dressings to help heal chronic wounds.
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