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No todos los sismos nacen igual. Un nuevo estudio demuestra que el sismo que mato a 300 personas en la Ciudad de Mexico…
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Is an archaic sewing skill a key to connected, sensing, communicating fabrics of the future?
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No one then knew a virus caused the 1918 flu pandemic, much less that animals can be a reservoir for human illnesses. Now…
Women are underrepresented in academic science. New research finds the problem is even worse in terms of who authors high-profile…
More connected devices means more vulnerability to cyberattacks. Is there a cheap, easy and secure way to protect the internet…
Efforts to curb railroads' monopoly power in the 19th century hold lessons for 21st-century policymakers and internet…
If Mary Shelley wrote the book today, Victor would surely be a synthetic biologist. But those fiddling with living things…
Teens' brains develop different skills along a predictable timeline. These milestones should influence the legal age…
New research suggests that hints left in Creole languages can identify where the original speakers came from – even hundreds…
Gun control advocates want to shut down the National Rifle Association's online video channel, NRA TV. A scholar looks…
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A basketball computer program simulates millions of trajectories in search of the ideal shot.
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Smartphones are key elements of two-factor authentication processes. Weakening their security threatens people's digital…
Twenty years ago, a Texas court decided Winfrey hadn't defamed the state's cattle industry. At the time, local media…