Researchers at Google's DeepMind team have developed an artificial intelligence that's loosely inspired by how the human brain works… and that's able to play 49 classic…
Google's New AI Plays Atari Games As Well As You Can, Or Better
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Secret Service Will Fly Its Own Drones To Protect The White House
Washington, D.C. is officially off-limits for drones. But just because it’s the law doesn’t mean people listen; in January, a small quadcopter crashed onto the White House…
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Scientific Journal Publishes Papers Of 200 Words Or Less
In brief, indeed. A scientific journal launched this month publishes "papers" that are 200 words or less. (Most of the papers are more like hypotheses or study proposals…
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FedEx Refuses To Ship Milling Tool That Makes Untraceable Metal Gun Parts
Exactly how much of a gun is a machine that makes untraceable metal gun parts? That’s a question FedEx wrestled with, as they debated whether or not to ship a machine…
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The Safer, Faster, More Efficient Commute Of The Future
Traffic sucks. Even the Department of Transportation thinks so. Someday in the not too distant future--think somewhere between Uber picking you up when you’re drunk and the…
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How Big Would A Meteorite Have To Be To Wipe Out All Human Life?
Short answer: 60 miles wide, give or take…
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Trained Polar Bears Volunteer To Give Blood For Science
Meet Tasul, an elderly polar bear at the Oregon Zoo. (Salmon do not come in that shape in the wild.) He has worked with scientists before, wearing a camera to record his…
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Marketing Drones Scanned Los Angeles For Cellphone Location Data
Acting as cheap flying cameras, drones already raise a lot of questions about privacy. But it’s not just aerial photography people should worry about with drones. Earlier…
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The Month In Plagues: Pig MRSA Threat, There’s Probably No Plague On The NYC Subway, And More
Your monthly roundup of infestations, contagions, and controls from around the web:
In outbreak news
Measles continues to spread in the United States, with more than 150…
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Chemicals From Beauty Products Have Migrated To Antarctica
You make contact with a lot of cyclic volatile methyl siloxanes every day, and you probably don't even know it. The mouthful of a name refers to groups of chemicals found…
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Second Bright Spot Is Further Evidence That Ceres Is A Death Star
You can’t trick us, Ceres. Out there in the asteroid belt, in the dark space between Mars and Jupiter, you’ve been keeping secrets. Scientists thought your shiny white spot…
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New Mysterious Craters Found In Siberia
They're baaack... Remember those weird craters that suddenly appeared in Siberia last year? They just showed up in the middle of nowhere, unannounced and unexpected. At the…
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Hammerhead Drone Makes First Flight
The laws of aerodynamics require a certain smoothness of form, a kind of mandatory design elegance. The Piaggio Aerospace Hammerhead stands in contrast to this romantic…
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FCC Approves Major Net Neutrality Rules
After years of debate, the FCC voted in favor of sweeping new rules on net neutrality, which prevent blocking, paid fast lanes, and more.
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This Small Robot Boat Can Patrol Megayachts
From a distance, the Hydra looks like a jet ski that’s lost its rider. The result of a partnership between Al Seer Marine and 5G International, the Hydra is an unmanned…
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Scientists Observe Temperatures Warming In Response To Increased Carbon Dioxide
Greenhouse gas emissions, particularly those from carbon dioxide, are on the rise. They have been for a while, to the alarm of governments, activist groups, and just about…
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New 5-Mile-Around Hyperloop Test Track Will Cost $100 Million
Two years ago, Elon Musk had an idea. What if, instead of traveling by road, rail, air, or boat, we all travelled in giant tubes that could move pods of people at up to…
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No, Human Head Transplants Will Not Be Possible By 2017
If you believe Italian neurosurgeon Sergio Canavero, the first human head transplants are just around the corner. Canavero, from the Turin Advanced Neuromodulation Group in…
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This Is One Seriously Big Wels Catfish
Fishermen are known for their tall tales of big catches. Turns out, this one has a lot of truth to it: Italian fisherman Dino Ferrari caught this monstrous 280-pound…
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A Delicate Chameleon Displays Vivid Colors Under The Microscope
Photographer Elizabeth Marchiondo doesn’t often have the opportunity to handle organisms as delicate as this chameleon. “I’m used to photographing live aquarium scum through…
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