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Sustainable Development

Why AI Can Still Hardly Pass An Eighth Grade Science Test

An artificial intelligence competition that asked AI models to answer eighth-grade science questionsannounced its winners this week—but it doesn’t look like rob...

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Sustainable Development

Neuroscientists Score A Rare Hit Against An Impenetrable Face Of Schizophrenia

One of the most prevalent and difficult-to-treat symptoms of schizophrenia isn't hearing voices or paranoia or any of the more popularly associated features of the disease&...

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Sustainable Development

How We Entered A New Era Of Astronomy

Last week, a new era of astronomy began as Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory executive director David Reitze stood before a packed room at the National Pr...

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Environment

Last January Was The Hottest Global Temperature Anomaly Of Any Month On Record

NASA has released its global temperature data for January 2016, and, once again, the record for the hottest month in recorded history has been shattered. At a time whenthes...

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Gender

Women Considered Better Coders – But Only If They Hide Their Gender

When a group of computer science students decided to study the way that gender bias plays out in software development communities, they assumed that coders would be prejudi...

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Health

The Hidden Health Consequences Of How We Design Our Homes

The way we design and build our houses could have a surprising impact on a tiny, but important, aspect of our personal lives: the microscopic organisms that share those hom...

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Sustainable Development

New 'Stentrode' Goes Deep Inside The Brain Without The Need For Brain Surgery

Whether it's to allow for the control of robotic limbs or just to watch neurology in action, to really get at the inner workings of the brain it's still necessary to access...

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Gender

Women And Girls Imperative To Science And Technology Agenda

Can you imagine an entire day without access to your mobile phone, laptop, or even to the internet? In our rapidly changing world, could you function without having technol...

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Alternative Entertainment

Cinema Focuses On Entertainment, Later Education: Shyam Benegal

Shyam Benegal says when you make a film, the process is entertainment first followed by information and education.
The director said unlike a classroom, you need to ho...

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Environment

Why Eradicating Earth’s Mosquitoes To Fight Disease Is Probably A Bad Idea

But what would a world free of mosquitoes look like? Would it be an Earth in which the infectious diseases that plague millions are completely, permanently, and mercifully ...

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