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Molecules From Scratch Without the Fiendish Physics
A suite of artificial intelligence algorithms may become the ultimate chemistry set. Software can now quickly predict a property...
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Do Aliens Go Invisible By ‘Going Green’?
The Fermi Paradox asks the simple question “where are they?” Our Milky Way galaxy is so big and so...
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Weaponizing Neuroscience
A group of forward-thinking military scientists want to plug soldiers’ weapons directly into their brains, and this time DARPA...
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Social Media More Addictive than Cigarettes and Alcohol
Tweeting or checking emails may be harder to resist than cigarettes and alcohol, according to researchers who tried to...
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Is It Ethical to Own an iPhone?
Business ethics may trump social ethics, but individuals are struggling in the light of revelations of suicides and inhumane...
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Algorithm Reads Minds, Translates Brain Activity Into Words
Scientists have picked up fragments of people’s thoughts by decoding the brain activity caused by words that they hear....
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The High Price of Long Life
Recent media stories suggest that anti-aging medicine may soon change from fantasy into a scientifically realistic prospect. If anti-aging...
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For Moon Colony, Technology Is the Easy Part
Could the United States establish a moon colony and develop a new propulsion system for going to Mars? All...
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The ‘Microplastic’ Threat to Our Foodchain
Microscopic plastic debris from washing clothes is accumulating in the marine environment and could be entering the food chain,...
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Panel Urges Review of Nanotechnology Risks
Tiny substances called nanomaterials have moved into the marketplace over the last decade, in products as varied as cosmetics,...