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Geneticists Attempt to Heal Rifts with Aboriginal Communities
In 1938, anthropologists Norman Tindale and Joseph Birdsell set off on an 18-month, 29,000-kilometre expedition to survey Australia's indigenous groups.
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Federal Officials Plan Aggressive Approach to Driverless Cars
U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx on Monday announced plans to aggressively influence the launch of driverless car technology.
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An Autonomous Fleet For Amsterdam
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has partnered with the Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Metropolitan Solutions to test a fleet of autonomous boats.
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Inside Google's Internet Justice League and Its AI-Powered War on Trolls
Online forums and social media platforms are havens for trolls and bullies who launch campaigns of harassment can lead to the self-censorship of the people they...
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In Backing Autonomous Cars, .s. Tells Automakers to Figure It Out
The Obama administration's approach to hands-free driving is remarkably hands-off.
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Obama's Science Advisors: Much Forensic Work Has No Scientific Foundation
Last year, the US Department of Justice released a report that involved some painful self-examination.
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Artificial Intelligence Software Is Booming. But Why Now?
This is the year artificial intelligence came into its own for mainstream businesses, at least as a marketing feature.
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Remote Repairs, Healthy Crops, Police Surveillance: The Future of Drones, Ar, and Vr
The future, according to the world's largest vendor of networking gear, is all part of the Internet of Things.
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Hubble Telescope Snaps Best-Ever Views of a Comet's Disintegration
Building-size chunks of rock were photographed by the Hubble Space Telescope in January as they broke free from a disintegrating comet zooming around the sun.
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Ornl Helps Develop Hybrid Computational Strategy For Efficient Sequencing of Massive Genome Datasets
Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers say they have developed a novel hybrid computational strategy to efficiently discover genetic variants.
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Google's Go Language Ventures Into Machine Learning
There is a growing interest in having Go toolkits that take advantage of the language's conveniences.
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Lightweight, Wearable Tech Efficiently Converts Body Heat to Electricity
North Carolina State University researchers have developed a new design for harvesting body heat and converting it into electricity for use in wearable electronics...
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Human Brain Map Gets a Bold New Update
Most of us think little of hopping on Google Maps to look at everything from a bird's-eye view of an entire continent to an on-the-ground view of a specific street...
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A Lesson of Tesla Crashes? Computer Vision Can't Do It All Yet
Jitendra Malik, a researcher in computer vision for three decades, doesn't own a Tesla, but he has advice for people who do.
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Saving Lives By Letting Cars Talk to Each Other
Wireless connectivity offers to improve safety as semi-autonomous and fully autonomous cars mature and proliferate.
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Cassini Begins Epic Final Year at Saturn
After more than 12 years studying Saturn, its rings and moons, NASA's Cassini spacecraft has entered the final year of its epic voyage.
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Sussex Physicists Develop New Touchscreen Technology
Researchers at the U.K.'s University of Sussex say they have developed a new touchscreen technology based on electrodes made from indium tin oxide.
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Engineers Teach Machines to Recognize Tree Species
A new method developed by engineers from the California Institute of Technology has the potential to change the way urban forests are surveyed.
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How America's 911 Emergency Response System Can Be Hacked
Researchers at Israel's Ben Gurion University have created a method for disabling the U.S. 911 emergency system with telephony denial-of-service attacks.
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