Genuinely extinct or just not worth looking for? Scientists set out to discover just how endangered certain species are
Scientists are heading off in search of a rare species of bird which has not been seen for 17 years.
Ecology
Aug 17, 2017
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Tech companies banishing extremists after Charlottesville
It took bloodshed in Charlottesville to get tech companies to do what civil rights groups have been calling for for years: take a firmer stand against accounts used to promote hate and violence.
Internet
Aug 17, 2017
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New gene catalog of ocean microbiome reveals surprises
Microbes dominate the planet, especially the ocean, and help support the entire marine food web. In a recent report published in Nature Microbiology, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa (UHM) oceanography professor Ed DeLong ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 17, 2017
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Journalists successfully used secure computing to expose Panama Papers, researchers say
A team of researchers from Clemson University, Columbia University and the University of Washington has discovered a security success in an unlikely place: the "Panama Papers."
Security
Aug 17, 2017
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Study validates East Antarctic ice sheet to remain stable even if western ice sheet melts
A new study from Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis validates that the central core of the East Antarctic ice sheet should remain stable even if the West Antarctic ice sheet melts.
Earth Sciences
Aug 17, 2017
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Computer scientists offer new techniques to measure social bias in software
Today, banks are increasingly using software to decide who will get a loan, courts to judge who should be denied bail, and hospitals to choose treatments for patients. These uses of software make it critical that the software ...
Software
Aug 17, 2017
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Gold nanostars and immunotherapy vaccinate mice against cancer
By combining an FDA-approved cancer immunotherapy with an emerging tumor-roasting nanotechnology, Duke University researchers improved the efficacy of both therapies in a proof-of-concept study using mice.
Bio & Medicine
Aug 17, 2017
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AI implications: Engineer's model lays groundwork for machine-learning device
In what could be a small step for science potentially leading to a breakthrough, an engineer at Washington University in St. Louis has taken steps toward using nanocrystal networks for artificial intelligence applications.
Materials Science
Aug 17, 2017
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Lithuanian man brought to US to face $100 million fraud case
A Lithuanian man has been extradited to the United States to face charges that he duped Google and Facebook into sending him over $100 million.
Security
Aug 17, 2017
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Apple CEO makes $2 million pledge to fight hate
Apple is donating $2 million to two human rights groups as part of CEO Tim Cook's pledge to help lead the fight against the hate that fueled the violence in Virginia during a white-nationalist rally last weekend.
Business
Aug 17, 2017
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