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Algorithms Spot Millions of California's Tiniest Quakes in Historical Data
When it comes to earthquakes, large, destructive ones dominate the headlines.
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Mars Methane Hunt Comes p Empty, Flummoxing Scientists
A spacecraft that was supposed to solve the mystery of methane on Mars has instead compounded scientists' confusion.
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Black Hole Pictured for First Time, in Spectacular Detail
Astronomers have finally glimpsed the blackness of a black hole. By stringing together a global network of radio telescopes, they have for the first time produced...
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Japanese Space Probe Drops Explosive on Asteroid Ryugu
For the past year, space probe Hayabusa2 has pelted asteroid Ryugu with bouncing probes, shot a bullet at it, and taken a bite of it—all for science.
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AI Pioneer: 'The Dangers of Abuse Are Very Real'
Yoshua Bengio is one of three computer scientists who last week shared the US$1-million A. M. Turing award—one of the field's top prizes.
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GPS Glitch Threatens Thousands of Scientific Instruments
Researchers worldwide are racing to get ahead of a bug in the US Global Positioning System (GPS) that could cause data loggers, including thousands of scientific...
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Beware of Plausible Predictions of Fantasy Materials
The hunt is on for materials that have exotic properties, to enhance quantum computers, touch screens and electronic displays, and to double the efficiency of solar...
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Siberia's Ancient Ghost Clan Starts to Surrender Its Secrets
Samantha Brown didn't have high hopes when she opened the ziplock bag containing some 700 shards of bone. It would be a lot of work to analyse them and none was...
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Four New DNA Letters Double Life's Alphabet
The DNA of life on Earth naturally stores its information in just four key chemicals—guanine, cytosine, adenine and thymine, commonly referred to as G, C, A and...
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Japan's Hayabusa2 Craft Touches Down on Asteroid Ryugu
It was a brief but historic tap on the surface of the asteroid Ryugu, at 7:29 am Japan time on 22 February. The Hayabusa2 spacecraft touched down at its target...
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Gravitational-Wave Observatory LIGO Set to Double Its Detecting Power
Spotting gravitational waves is due to become an almost hourly event in the next decade. Starting around 2023, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory...
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Extreme Chemistry: Experiments at the Edge of the Periodic Table
If you wanted to create the world's next undiscovered element, number 119 in the periodic table, here's a possible recipe.
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How Machine Learning Could Keep Dangerous DNA Out of Terrorists' Hands
Biologists the world over routinely pay companies to synthesize snippets of DNA for use in the laboratory or clinic.
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Hidden History of the Milky Way Revealed by Extensive Star Maps
Last April, Amina Helmi felt goose bumps while driving to work in the northern Netherlands. It had nothing to do with the weather—it was pure anticipation. Just...
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Earth's Magnetic Field Is Acting p and Geologists Don't Know Why
Something strange is going on at the top of the world. Earth's north magnetic pole has been skittering away from Canada and towards Siberia, driven by liquid iron...
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Machine Learning Leads Mathematicians to nsolvable Problem
A simple artificial intelligence problem puts researchers up against a logical paradox discovered by famed mathematician Kurt Gödel.
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China Becomes First Nation to Land on the Moon's Far Side
A Chinese probe has made a historic touch-down on the far side of the Moon, according to the country's state-run media. It is the first time a probe has visited...
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Europe’s AI Researchers Launch Professional Body Over Fears of Falling Behind
Universities on the continent are rapidly losing talent to industry in the United States and China, say scientists behind the initiative.
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International Students Steer Clear of Graduate Programs in the nited States
The number of international students enrolling in U.S. graduate programs is falling, according to reports from the U.S. Council of Graduate Schools in Washington...
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