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Futurology: How a group of visionaries predicted today's world a century ago

From shamanic ritual to horoscopes, humans have always tried to predict the future. Today, trusting predictions and prophecies has become part of daily life. From the weather forecast to the time the sat-nav says we will ...

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FAA puts out a call for pilots to test changes in Boeing jet

Federal safety officials are recruiting pilots from airlines around the world to test changes that Boeing is making to the flight-control software on the grounded 737 Max jet, according to two people briefed on the situation.

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China's 'barefoot architects' are transforming left-behind rural villages

China is urbanizing at breakneck speed. Hundreds of millions of people have migrated from rural areas to cities in search of jobs or higher wages, even as the government commissions new buildings and infrastructure in less ...

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Don't ban new technologies – experiment with them carefully

For many years, Facebook's internal slogan was "move fast and break things." And that's what the company did—along with most other Silicon Valley startups and the venture capitalists who fund them. Their general attitude ...

Aug 22, 2019

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Can a Siri-like chatbot help lonely seniors?

It's not quite the Joaquin Phoenix-Scarlett Johansson love story from 2013 romance "Her," but researchers believe an artificial intelligence chatbot may help relieve human loneliness, particularly in seniors.

Aug 21, 2019

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Pentagon cancels billion-dollar missile defense project

The Pentagon is pulling the plug on a billion-dollar, technically troubled project to build a better weapon that would destroy incoming missiles. The move is aimed in part at considering new approaches to missile defense ...

Aug 21, 2019

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'Nuclear-powered' missile accident in Russia: What really happened?

A missile engine exploded at a naval test range, west of the city of Severodvinsk on Russia's northern coast at 9am on August 8. At least five people were killed and several others injured. As it is associated with Russia's ...

Aug 19, 2019

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Futurology: How a group of visionaries predicted today's world a century ago

FAA puts out a call for pilots to test changes in Boeing jet

China's 'barefoot architects' are transforming left-behind rural villages

Don't ban new technologies – experiment with them carefully

Can a Siri-like chatbot help lonely seniors?

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'Nuclear-powered' missile accident in Russia: What really happened?

Researchers advance organ-on-chip technology to advance drug development

A wearable system to assist visually impaired people

Volocopter gets safety nod in push for air taxis of the future

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Scurrying roaches help researchers steady staggering robots

Testing a connected eco-driving system in field trials with heavy-duty trucks

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AI system optimally allocates workloads across thousands of servers to cut costs, save energy

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Understanding the animal brain could help robots wash your dishes

Researchers find smart faucets could aid in water conservation

Polished Chromium-based Edge browser lands in beta

A psychological approach to human-automation interaction

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