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5 ways to help robots work together with people
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Swamped by cyberthreats, citizens need government protection
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The surprising way plastics could actually help fight climate change
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How a scientist says he made a gene-edited baby – and what health worries may...
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How mainstream media helps weaponize far-right conspiracy theories
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CRISPR babies raise an uncomfortable reality – abiding by scientific...
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Screening the human future: YouTube, persuasion and genetically engineered...
In a masterfully manipulative Youtube video, He Jiankui tells the world about the first genetically edited babies.AP Photo/Mark SchiefelbeinOn Sunday, Nov. 25, the scientist He Jiankui claimed the...
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Scientist at work: To take atomic-scale pictures of tiny crystals, use a...
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CRISPR babies and other ethical missteps in science threaten China's global...
China's military may bear the brunt of hits to the country's scientific reputation.Roman Pilipey/Pool Photo via AP“What happened this time was an ethics disaster for the world,” according to Wang...
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Opening up mosquito research labs to the community
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El acceso universal a Internet en México reduciría la pobreza
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We asked artificial intelligence to analyze a graphic novel – and found both...
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George H.W. Bush's overlooked legacy in space exploration
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WhatsApp skewed Brazilian election, proving social media's danger to democracy
Misinformation via social media played a troubling role in boosting far-right Congressman Jair Bolsonaro to into the Brazilian presidency. Bolsonaro did not win 55 percent of votes thanks to...
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Fecal microbiome transplantation shows promise in treating colitis
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The web really isn't worldwide – every country has different access
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3 ways Facebook and other social media companies could clean up their acts –...
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I used facial recognition technology on birds
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Hunting for rare isotopes: The mysterious radioactive atomic nuclei that will...
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YouTube, persuasion and genetically engineered children
In a masterfully manipulative Youtube video, He Jiankui tells the world about the first genetically edited babies.AP Photo/Mark SchiefelbeinOn Sunday, Nov. 25, the scientist He Jiankui claimed the...
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