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Spies in Our Pockets
Electronic eavesdropping is becoming ever more nefarious in the age of smartphones and digital devices.
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A Single Migration From Africa Populated the World, Studies Find
Modern humans evolved in Africa roughly 200,000 years ago. But how did our species go on to populate the rest of the globe?
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Google's Internet-Beaming Balloon Gets a New Pilot: AI
This summer, the Google X lab launched a balloon into the stratosphere over Peru, and it stayed there for 98 days.
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Worldwide Brain-Mapping Project Sparks Excitement, and Concern
Worries include how to coordinate research programs and resources from different countries.
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We Have to Start Thinking About Cybersecurity in Space
U.K.-based researchers are studying the cybersecurity of space-related technologies.
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University of Calgary Physicists Create Nano-Sized Device With Huge Potential in Field of Quantum Computing
Researchers say they have made the first-ever nano-sized optical resonator, or optical cavity, from a single crystal of diamond that is also a mechanical resonator...
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Brain to Robot: 'Move, Please'
Researchers in Switzerland are developing robots that can help paralyzed stroke victims regain the use of their arms and hands.
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Modern Technology Unlocks Secrets of a Damaged Biblical Scroll
Biblical scholars in Israel used technology developed by University of Kentucky computer scientists to examine an ancient charred scroll virtually with a digital...
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In a Lab in Poland, Plastic That Can Crawl
Researchers at Poland's University of Warsaw have developed a robotic caterpillar that can move across a surface by itself when exposed to a specific shade of green...
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The Wikipedia Bots that Are Engaged in Spats that Never End
Is. Isn't. Is. Isn’t. Is. Isn't.
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Alan Turing's Homosexual Court Files Go on Display
Turing's 1952 conviction meant he lost his security clearance and had to stop work at GCHQ, the post-war successor to Bletchley Park.
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Tech Giants Team Up to Fix Typography's Biggest Problem
Fonts have a serious image problem.
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Lasers Create Tiny, Flexible Power Sources
Researchers are developing more flexible power sources for wearable technologies, in new and different shapes.
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NASA Scientists Find 'Impossible' Cloud on Titan--Again
The puzzling appearance of an ice cloud seemingly out of thin air has prompted NASA scientists to suggest that a different process than previously thought—possibly...
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Cheap Lidar: The Key to MakingSelf-Driving Cars Affordable
Chances are you've never seen a fully autonomous self-driving car out on the street.
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73% of Coding Bootcamp Graduates Employed Full-Time, Earn Salary Lift
Coding bootcamps have surged in popularity because they are accelerated programs that attract technology-minded students looking to learn a range of skills.
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How Quantum Computing Could Unpick Encryption to Reveal Decades of Online Secrets
The advent of a universal quantum computer could herald the end of effective data encryption.
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Nokia's Terabit Fiber Internet Breakthrough Points to Even Faster Internet Speeds
Researchers have developed a data-tranmission technique that will have the capacity to provide speeds 1,000 times faster than Google Fiber.
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Researchers Find Common Traits That Account for Strong STEM Outcomes in Schools
Researchers have identified 14 components common to exceptional high schools with science, technology, engineering, and math programs.
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Send Secret Messages Hidden in the DNA of Bacterial Spores
Humble bacterial spores are taking us closer to an age of DNA information storage, thanks to new ways of protecting archived data from corruption as well as from...
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