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Computer Learns to Recognize Rough Sketches
A new algorithm developed at Brown University and the Technical University of Berlin is the first computer application designed...
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The Rush to Exploit an Increasingly Ice-Free Arctic
Every time a new sea ice extent record for Arctic melting is broken, the same question comes up: how...
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Will We Be the First Martians?
People have dreamed of colonizing the Red Planet for more than a century. USA Today takes a look at...
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Living in Denial
From climate change to vaccines, evolution to flu, denialists are on the march. Why are so many people refusing...
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Planets Can Form in the Galactic Center
At first glance, the center of the Milky Way seems like a very inhospitable place to try to form...
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Genetic Test Can Predict Autism Risk
Researchers from Australia have developed a genetic test that can predict an individual’s risk of developing Autism Spectrum Disorders...
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Melting Himalayan Glaciers May Magnify Water Scarcity
Many politically unstable areas of South Asia are “water-stressed,” meaning the areas are facing water scarcity due to poor...
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Weird Exoplanets Could Harbor Weird Life
New research indicates that life might be able to survive on some of the odder exoplanets discovered so far...
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Scientists Explain the Mystery of Aging Brain
Researchers at Newcastle University have revealed the mechanism by which neurons, the nerve cells in the brain and other...
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Cameras to Focus on Dark Energy
A pair of detectors that measure minute distortions in images of distant galaxies will probe the riddle of cosmic...