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In the wake of a self-driving Uber car killing a pedestrian in Arizona, an ethicist examines the state of autonomous vehicle…
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When structures collapse, what's involved in finding out what really happened?
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Companies developing autonomous vehicles are missing out on the local knowledge and values of the people who live where…
As the internet-connected world reels from revelations about personalized manipulation based on Facebook data, a scholar…
Facebook harvests individual users' data and sells it to advertisers, who narrowly target specific messages to particular…
Fourier's discoveries can still be felt in modern-day radiology, climate science and physics.
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The famous cosmologist was closely identified with black holes due to his revolutionary theoretical work explaining some…
Wikipedia's coverage on women is less comprehensive, and its volunteer editor base is mostly male. What can be done…
Despite his fears artificial intelligence might one day overtake humanity, Stephen Hawking knew from his own life how profoundly…
You can probably hear Hawking's famously computer-generated voice in your head. His example showed tech as a tool that…