North Korea, already one of the least-wired places in the world, appears to be cracking down on the use of the Internet by even the small number of foreigners who can access it with relative freedom by blacklisting and blocking ...
Internet
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Google's new image-recognition program misfired badly this week by identifying two black people as gorillas, delivering a mortifying reminder that even the most intelligent machines still have lot to learn about human sensitivity.
Internet
Jul 2, 2015
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Instruments that measure the properties of light, known as spectrometers, are widely used in physical, chemical, and biological research. These devices are usually too large to be portable, but MIT scientists have now shown ...
Nanophysics
Jul 2, 2015
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Hotter temperatures are messing with the gender of Australia's bearded dragon lizards, a new study finds.
Ecology
Jul 2, 2015
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Extra-terrestrials that resemble humans should have evolved on other, Earth-like planets, making it increasingly paradoxical that we still appear to be alone in the universe, the author of a new study on convergent evolution ...
Evolution
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Being able to dive is what matters most for seal pups, but how do they learn to do it? Grey seal pups that can play in pools may have better diving skills once they make the move to the sea, and this could increase their ...
Ecology
Jul 2, 2015
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Insect legs could help engineers improve the safety of long tubular structures used in aircraft to reduce weight and in hospital equipment, such as catheters. Scientists from Trinity College Dublin are looking at how the ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 2, 2015
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Online payments titan PayPal said Wednesday it is buying international money-sending service Xoom in a deal valued at $890 million.
Business
Jul 2, 2015
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Australia Thursday hailed a United Nations decision to keep the Great Barrier Reef off its in danger list as "tremendous", but activists warned more must be done to improve the marine park's health.
Environment
Jul 2, 2015
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Birds that moult at the wrong time of the year could be disadvantaged, according to a study by scientists at Lund University, Sweden. Birds depend on a full set of feathers for maximum efficiency when flying long distances, ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 2, 2015
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