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Early Wuhan coronavirus study focuses on minimizing spread
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Computer vision algorithm removes the water from underwater images
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Locating a 2,000-year-old Roman Shipwreck with Image Processing and AI
Archaeologists recently discovered a Roman shipwreck in the eastern Mediterranean. The ship and its cargo are both in good...
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Top “Behind the Headlines” Posts of the Decade
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Do Monkeys Enjoy Tchaikovsky?
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Women technologists share the best – and the worst – career advice they’ve received
Headlines abound about how women are underrepresented in tech, as do recommendations to address the issue. But one of the...
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Mind-controlled robot that works without brain implants
Mind-controlled robots have long been featured in science fiction, but thanks to new research in brain-computer interfaces...
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AI predicts which ovarian cancer treatment is best for each patient
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50 Years Later: New Technology is Fueling the New Lunar Race
Fifty years ago, man first stepped onto the moon. The effort to get Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to the surface was as...
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From Hologram to Reality, 3D Printing with Light
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Image processing helps solve the age-old mystery of “Why do zebras have stripes?”
Why are zebras striped? The hypotheses are many and varied. Do the stripes work as camouflage, temperature regulation, or a...
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Robot quickly teaches itself to walk using reinforcement learning
A team of researchers from the University of Southern California’s Valero Lab built a relatively simple robotic limb that...
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Deep learning deciphers what rats are saying
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Guess what neuroscientists found when they studied the brains of football fans
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A Robot Brings This 290 Million-Year-Old Fossil Back to Life
An impeccably-preserved fossil discovered in Germany was brought back to life with the help of a CT scan, a 3D-printer,...
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Top 10 “Behind the Headlines” stories of 2018
Once again, science and technology played a major role in some this year’s biggest stories. The Behind the Headlines blog...
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Star Trek-inspired solid-state airplane takes to the sky without moving parts
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Data shows a warmer, drier California has produced more destructive wildfires
Data shows California is warmer and drier than past decades. The effects of the change in climate have proven deadly, as...
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What can fly at 430,000 miles per hour and has a shield with superpowers?
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Designing “A Fitbit for Sharks”
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A dangerous rainbow: Why colormaps matter.
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Researchers Simulate the Impact of Climate Change on Hurricane Florence
Mother Nature was in a cranky mood this past week. The Philippines dealt with the wrath of Typhoon Mangkhut, while the east...
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Now submarines can communicate wirelessly with airplanes and drones
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Microscope creates first-ever 3D video of living cells inside the body using MATLAB
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Best trivia question ever: What is a scutoid?
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Start-up helps two big sisters create a custom, synthesized voice for their sister
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Wirelessly Powering a Smart Pill From Outside the Body
Smart pills will change the way medical professionals treat disease. Researchers are developing tiny capsules that can be...
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All-time heat records set around the globe last week: Some great climate visuals
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Your Taxi Rides Are Being Tracked. See What Data Mining the Rides Can Show.
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The “laurel” versus “yanny” debate is everywhere this week. Even CNBC has joined the discussion by renaming market...
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