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It’s never been easy, but drones and cybersystems are making it more difficult than ever to decide which servicemen are deserving of what
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When an algorithm-driven light show took over the Bay Bridge last week, it was the latest example of how much technology is transforming how cities look.
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A look at the space shuttle toilet and "the deepest, darkest secret about space flight"
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More and more scientific research is showing that sleep is more important to our state of mind--and body--than we ever could have imagined
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Research shows that cities can cut emissions by 70 percent; check out the ones striving their hardest to curb their carbon appetites
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Actually, fairly smart. And we're only seeing the first wave of smartwatches, with Apple expected to enter the fray as early as this year
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With nanomedicine, the strategy is not to poison cancer cells or to blast them away but to trick them
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Napoleon Chagnon’s new memoir reignites the firestorm over his study of the Yanomamö
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Often described as “uncontacted,” isolated groups living deep in the South American forest resist the ways of the modern world—at least for now
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Bernard Bailyn, one of our greatest historians, shines his light on the nation’s Dark Ages
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Want to know where the poor live? Look at where the light isn’t
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The White House wants to fund a huge project that would allow scientists to see, in real time, how a brain does its work
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A different type of stem cell—one used in asexual reproduction—can create new heart muscle tissue without raising ethical questions, new studies show
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The renowned chimp expert discusses her new book, her efforts to protect the rainforest and why she misses living with chimps
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The dumb dog days are over, says evolutionary anthropologist Brian Hare
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Last week's close encounters with space rocks have raised concerns about how we deal with dangerous asteroids. Here's how we would try to knock them off course.
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Don't understand love? Not to worry. Scientists continue to study away to try to make sense of it for the rest of us
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They have recently been the subject of a lot of scrutiny, but the American military first began developing similar aerial vehicles during World War I
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The debate over drones stirs up questions about whether robots can learn ethical behavior. Will they be able to make moral decisions?
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In a new book, Louis Michael Seidman claims that arguing about the constitutionality of laws and reforms is the cause of our harsh political discourse
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