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Donald or Hillary? Tweetcast Predicts Your Vote
Northwestern University researchers have developed an online tool that can predict whether citizens will vote for Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton based on their...
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Europe Lost Contact with Mars Lander 1 Minute Before Touchdown
After a suspenseful night waiting for a signal from the ExoMars Schiaparelli lander, the European Space Agency (ESA) confirmed today that the spacecraft went silent...
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The Polling Crisis: How to Tell What People Really Think
Hillary Clinton is heading for a landslide victory over Donald Trump. But wait.
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No Gps, No Problem: Next-Generation Navigation
University of California, Riverside esearchers say they have developed a reliable, accurate navigation system that exploits existing environmental signals.
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Wi-Fi Kiosks Replacing Payphones in Nyc
A move to provide free Internet services yields some unexpected consequences.
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The Surprisingly Easy Way to Visit Mars
It's midday on Mars. The scarlet skies are clear and it's a balmy zero degrees—the perfect conditions for a day out.
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Could Obama's Threat of Retaliation Against Russia Lead to Cyberwar?
Late last week Obama administration officials used NBC News to send Moscow a cryptic threat: The U.S. government is "contemplating an unprecedented cyber covert...
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Humanity's War on Latency: Semaphore to Silicon Photonics and Beyond
For most of humanity's existence, communication has been incredibly slow.
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Will Driverless Cars Really Save Millions of Lives? Lack of Data Makes It Hard to Know
The lack of data on how driverless automobiles' performance compares with human drivers makes it difficult to determine the safety benefits of autonomous vehicles...
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This Robot Can Do More Push-ps Because It Sweats
Researchers from the University of Tokyo's JSK Lab say they have developed a more efficient way to cool humanoid robots.
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CIA Prepping For Possible Cyber Strike Against Russia
The Obama administration is contemplating an unprecedented cyber covert action against Russia in retaliation for alleged Russian interference in the American presidential...
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Minding the Gap, Blind
Most commuters keep their eyes down in the morning while traipsing through the gleaming corridors of London’s Euston Underground station.
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Can Crispr Save Ben Dupree?
At 24, Benjamin Dupree has outlived many people with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
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Europe and Russia Prepare For Historic Landing on Mars
Almost three weeks after it crash-landed the Rosetta orbiter on a comet, the European Space Agency (ESA) is gearing up to land another spacecraft—this time on Mars...
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Venus: Inhospitable, and Perhaps Instructional
Venus is not a placid paradise—that much we know.
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Sandia, Harvard Team Create First Quantum Computer Bridge
Researchers from Sandia National Laboratories and Harvard University have demonstrated on one chip all the elements needed to create a quantum bridge to link quantum...
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A Sense of Scale: The Best Microscopy of 2016
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek was born while Galileo was still alive, and he ended up developing a similar skill in lens making to that of Galileo.
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Bendable Electronic Paper Shows Full Color Scale
Researchers from Chalmers University of Technology have developed the basis for a new kind of electronic paper that is thin, flexible, and produces all of the colors...
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Exomars Spacecraft Splits in Two to Explore Mars Surface and Air
Sometimes breaking up is the right thing to do. On Sunday at 17:20 GMT, the twin spacecraft of the first stage of the ExoMars mission split in two – one of the...
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