Christchurch Cathedral in New Zealand partially collapsed after a 2011 earthquake. AP Photo/Mark Baker When disaster strikes, people often turn to religion for comfort and…
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At the International Conference on Robotics and Automation tomorrow, researchers from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) will present a new lane-change algorithm.…
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For-profit service providers may use discrimination as a way to make more money. wavebreakmedia/Shutterstock.com Over the years, countries have privatized dozens of services and activities…
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Nisarg Desai observes wild chimps known as Sandi, Ferdinand and Siri in Tanzania. Michael Wilson, CC BY-ND Freud, Wilkie and the other chimpanzees peacefully fed…
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Who gets to decide for the dead, such as this Egyptian mummy? AP Photo/Ric Feld The remains of a 6-inch long mummy from Chile are…
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Archaeologists have over the past few decades uncovered a growing body of evidence suggesting the pre-Columbian Amazon was not the sparsely populated, pristine rainforest it…
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In this interview, Audrow speaks with Andrea Bajcsy and Dylan Losey about a method that allows robots to infer a human’s objective through physical interaction.…
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DENPASAR, Indonesia — Tilapia is a mainstay of Balinese cuisine, but hundreds of thousands of the freshwater fish choke to death regularly in the resort…
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Could it be that a baby has all the brain cells she ever will? Jv Garcia on Unsplash , CC BY Scientists have known for…
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A lone new neuron (green) in a 13-year-old’s hippocampus. Sorrells et al, CC BY-ND When our recent study met significant skepticism, we weren’t surprised. After…
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