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Mars Helicopter to Fly on NASA's Next Red Planet Rover Mission
NASA is sending a helicopter to Mars.
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Fundamental Equations Guide Marine Robots to Optimal Sampling Sites
Observing the world's oceans is increasingly a mission assigned to autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs)—marine robots that are designed to drift, drive, or glide...
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Software Transforms Complex Data Into Visualizable Shapes
The HyperTools open source software package leverages mathematical techniques to understand high-dimensional datasets via the underlying geometric structures they...
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House Democrats Release 3,500 Russia-Linked Facebook Ads
On Thursday, Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee published more than 3,500 Facebook and Instagram ads linked to the Russian propaganda group Internet...
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Why A.I. and Cryptocurrency Are Making One Type of Computer Chip Scarce
Two technology booms—some people might call them frenzies—are combining to turn a once-obscure type of microprocessor into a must-have but scarce commodity.
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Artificial Intelligence Takes Scientists Inside Living Human Cells
A new application of artificial intelligence could help researchers solve medical mysteries ranging from cancer to Alzheimer's.
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A Google Program Can Pass As a Human on the Phone. Should It Be Required to Tell People It's a Machine?
Google's artificial-intelligence assistant sounds almost exactly like a human when it calls the salon to book a woman's hair appointment.
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Senate Intel: Russia Waged 'nprecedented' Cyber Campaign on .S. Voting Systems
The Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday released the unclassified version of its investigation into Russian cyberattacks on digital U.S. voting systems ahead...
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Spying on a Storm's Infrasonic Signals to Improve Tornado Warnings
Tornado survivors often compare the terrifying, deafening roars of a twister's furious winds to the sound of a freight train. But storms also emit sounds that are...
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The Milky Way's Speediest Stars Could Solve a 50-Year-Old Mystery
Ken Shen was racing against the sun.
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Particle Physicists Turn to AI to Cope with CERN's Collision Deluge
Physicists at the world's leading atom smasher are calling for help. In the next decade, they plan to produce up to 20 times more particle collisions in the Large...
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Sessions: Congress May Need to 'Take Action' on Encryption
Attorney General Jeff Sessions indicated in a Monday speech that Congress may ultimately have to wade into the debate about federal law enforcement agencies unlocking encrypted...
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Facebook Adds A.I. Labs in Seattle and Pittsburgh, Pressuring Local niversities
At a conference in Silicon Valley this week, Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook's chief executive, vowed that his company would "keep building" despite a swirl of questions...
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The 15 People Who Keep Wikipedia's Editors From Killing Each Other
Wikipedia editors got locked in a dispute several months ago about the biographical summary boxes that sit atop some pages of the online encyclopedia. The tiff...
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Mining for Gold With a Computer
Engineers from Texas A&M University and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University used image-analysis software to gain new insights into nanoporous gold...
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Tech Giants Hit by NSA Spying Slam Encryption Backdoors
A coalition of Silicon Valley tech giants has doubled down on its criticism of encryption backdoors following a proposal that would give law enforcement access...
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