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As lawmakers debate the future of the primary federal program aimed at ending domestic violence, one scholar says the criminal…
The true number of people who do not favor either of the two major political parties in the US has actually remained stable…
The death of the rules-based world order that supports the global economy and free trade has been greatly exaggerated.
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An algorithm named AICAN has been 'taught' the entire canon of Western art history – and now produces, titles…
When people form local networks to take care of resources such as drinking water, they strengthen their communities. Technology…
Only a small fraction of the data from archaeological fieldwork is made accessible to the public or preserved for future…
A big spill in Michigan's Straits of Mackinac could have devastating consequences. But does replacing the pipeline running…
Individuals who carry the breast cancer genes _BRCA1_ or _BRCA2_ are often unaware of the fact. That suggests that physicians…
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Later this month, Christie's will be auctioning its first piece of AI art – a portrait created via machine learning.
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A majority of the over 24 mosques spread over Palu were damaged in the tsunami. Two of them survived, though one of them…
Artificial intelligence research owes a lot to biology and chemistry.
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When political polls are aggregated together, that can make the results misleading.