Backlash grows on 'Star Wars' video game 'loot boxes'
A new "Star Wars" video game is drawing fire for a feature that essentially allowed money instead of skill to determine who wins.
Software
Nov 30, 2017
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Digitally assembled map offers insights into the Battle of Vimy Ridge
On April 9, 1917, after months of careful preparation, the Canadian Corps was ordered to seize Vimy Ridge.
Earth Sciences
Nov 10, 2017
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Future robots won't resemble humans – we're too inefficient
Humanoid robots are a vanity project: an attempt to create artificial life in our own image – essentially trying to play God. The problem is, we're not very good at it. Ask someone on the street to name a robot and you ...
Robotics
Nov 7, 2017
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Signs may help may help history buffs get more buff
Visitors to the country's national parks and historic sites may be just a sign—and a few steps—away from improving their health and fitness while enjoying their park trips, according to a team of researchers.
Ecology
Nov 6, 2017
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Modern civilization doesn't diminish violence
Modern civilization may not have dulled mankind's bloodlust, but living in a large, organized society may increase the likelihood of surviving a war, a Florida State University anthropology professor said.
Social Sciences
Oct 26, 2017
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Ground-floor insulation can reduce floor heat loss by up to 92 percent
Adding insulation to suspended timber ground floors commonly found in homes built before the Second World War can reduce heat-loss by up to 92 percent, according to research from UCL and the University of Sheffield.
Energy & Green Tech
Oct 12, 2017
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Marie Curie and her X-ray vehicles' contribution to World War I battlefield medicine
Ask people to name the most famous historical woman of science and their answer will likely be: Madame Marie Curie. Push further and ask what she did, and they might say it was something related to radioactivity. (She actually ...
General Physics
Oct 11, 2017
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Weather causes 'lowest' European wine output since WWII
Europe's wine production has dropped to levels unseen since World War II as extreme weather battered top producers Italy, France, Spain and Germany, the main farmers' union said Tuesday.
Environment
Oct 10, 2017
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Japan A-bomb survivors hail ICAN Nobel Peace Prize win
Survivors of the World War II atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on Friday congratulated ICAN on winning this year's Nobel Peace Prize, vowing to work together with the disarmament group to achieve a nuclear-free world.
Other
Oct 6, 2017
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Source code of award-winning knowledge base is now available for everyone
Almost every word has more than one meaning. Modern search engines solve this problem using knowledge bases. Yago was one of the first knowledge bases, developed by scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Informatics in ...
Computer Sciences
Sep 1, 2017
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