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After Cassini: Pondering the Saturn Mission's Legacy
As the Cassini spacecraft nears the end of a long journey rich with scientific and technical accomplishments, it is already having a powerful influence on future...
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Choose Better Passwords With the Help of Science
A team of researchers has been conducting experiments into improving password security.
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High-Frequency Chip Makes Fastest Internet Speeds Look Slow
A new high-frequency electronic chip has the potential to transmit tens of gigabits of data every second, much faster than today's fastest Internet connections....
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A New Mobile Application Helps Scientists Map the Sound Environment
NoiseCapture is an application that unites specialists in environmental acoustics and geographic information.
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Siri and Alexa Can Be Turned Against You by Ultrasound Whispers
Researchers have developed a method to hijack intelligent voice assistant using sounds above the range of human hearing.
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PupilScreen Aims to Allow Parents, Coaches, Medics to Detect Concussion, Brain Injuries With a Smartphone
The PupilScreen smartphone application can objectively detect concussions and other traumatic brain injuries.
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Mark Sagar Made a Baby in His Lab. Now It Plays the Piano
People get up to weird things in New Zealand.
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Our Weather-Prediction Models Keep Getting Better, and Hurricane Irma Is the Proof
By Wednesday of last week, even as Tropical Storm Harvey continued to rain devastation on the Gulf Coast, a new storm, Irma, was taking shape in the eastern Atlantic...
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Massive Genetic Study Shows How Humans Are Evolving
A huge genetic study that sought to pinpoint how the human genome is evolving suggests that natural selection is getting rid of harmful genetic mutations that shorten...
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In a High-Tech World, Car Designers Still Rely on Clay
Car designers have every kind of software and virtual reality tool. But when they want to make sure a car's curves look just right, they rely on one of the world's...
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Radiation Analysis Software Makes Emergency Responders' Jobs Quicker, Easier
InterSpec is a program for mobile and traditional computing devices designed to analye gamma radiation data at the scene of a disaster.
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ASU Researcher Works to Design Algorithms for More Robust Networks
Researchers at Arizona State University say they are trying to design effective intervention strategies and algorithms when networks are likely to fail.
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Microsoft and Cornell Tech Announce New Partnership
Microsoft is partnering with the Cornell Tech-based Initiative for Cryptocurrencies and Contracts.
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How to Make Robots That We Can Trust
The design of trustworthy autonomous systems must entail consideration of the ability to explain decisions and recourse options when things go awry.
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The Effectiveness of Coding Camps
Do coding schools really get you working faster, with better pay, than college computer science courses?
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Supercomputers Take Big Green Leap in 2017
The most environmentally-friendly supercomputers more than doubled their energy efficiency in 2017.
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How Apple Finally Made Siri Sound More Human
The first time Alex Acero saw Her, he watched it like a normal person.
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Facebook AI Learns Human Reactions After Watching Hours of Skype
There's something not quite right about humanoid robots.
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Why John Deere Just Spent $305 Million on a Lettuce-Farming Robot
Tractor giant John Deere just spent $305 million to acquire Blue River Technology, a startup that makes robots capable of identifying unwanted plants and shooting...
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