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Pentagon Scientists: We Can't Predict Violent Outbursts. Yet.
In the years to come, a top group of military scientists believe, the Pentagon may be able to use genomics and bio-markers to spot when a soldier is about to snap...
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Leon Panetta on Cybersecurity: D.C. Action Needed
While Joe Biden and Paul Ryan were duking it out last Thursday night over U.S. troops in Iraq, Afghanistan and beyond, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta was warning...
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Uc Mentors Next Generation of Women in STEM Fields
Connecting students striving for STEM degrees with leading women in industry and academia is the purpose of Women in Technology Sharing Online, a national online...
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Bourne Pursuit: Improving Computer Tracking of Human Activity
University of Michigan researchers have developed a method for improving a computer's human-tracking accuracy by more than 30 percent by examining where the targets...
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New Technology Maps Greenhouse Gas Emissions at the Street and Neighborhood Level
One of the biggest problems with climate change is that, at least in the short term, it's largely invisible.
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Judge Says Fair Use Protects Universities in Book-Scanning Project
A federal judge on Wednesday threw out a copyright infringement lawsuit against universities that participated in a massive book-digitization project in conjunction...
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The Seeds That Federal Money Can Plant
Government support is key to facilitating new ideas that are harvested by the private sector, creating companies and jobs, according to a recent U.S. National Research...
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First Evidence For Iran's Parallel Halal Internet
Iranian officials have long discussed developing a religiously acceptable internal network, known as the "halal" Internet, which is isolated from the World Wide...
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Where's the Discussion of Trojan Horses?
The Mykonos Vase, discovered in 1961 in the Cyclades, is one of the earliest accounts of the Trojan Horse, used as a subterfuge by the Greeks to enter the city...
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What Are Grand Technology and Scientific Challenges for the 21st Century?
What are the next Big Things in science and technology? Teleportation? Unlimited clean Energy? The scientists and researchers at DARPA and the White House Office...
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Supreme Court Terminates Warrantless Electronic Spying Case
The Supreme Court closed a 6-year-old chapter Tuesday in the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s bid to hold the nation’s telecoms liable for allegedly providing the...
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Even Ray Kurzweil Is Nervous About a Future with Hyper-Intelligent Machines
Ray Kurzweil is looking forward to the year 2029.
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Automated Translation of Sign Language Into Text Is Now a Reality
University of Aberdeen researchers are developing technology that can automatically translate sign language into text.
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Non-Profit ScriptEd NYC Teaches Coding to Underprivileged Students
NYC has launched a pilot program designed to teach computer skills to students from underserved communities.
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U.s. Panel Cites Risks in Chinese Equipment
In the latest development to highlight the sensitive terrain that the United States and China are navigating on economic issues, a House committee issued a blistering...
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Mobile App Puts Brakes on Texting While Driving
Everyone knows that texting while driving kills, but that’s not enough to incentivize many people, especially teens, to keep their eyes on the road. Now a new mobile...
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Quantum Manipulation and Measuring Win Nobel Prize in Physics
The 2012 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded jointly to Serge Haroche and David J. Wineland for experimental methods that enable measuring and manipulation of individual...
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Can We Trust the Code That Increasingly Runs Our Lives?
Imagine how different the first pictures sent from the Mars Rover would have been if there had been a software failure.
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In Europe, Speed Cameras Meet Their Technological Match
When Marc Guerin, a software salesman, drives the 38 kilometers from his home west of Paris to Roissy Charles de Gaulle Airport, he seeks out the fastest route...
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