The world has mostly embraced technological advances. But as fallout over the Facebook data-breac...
Information gleaned from digital sources must be used in strict accordance with the law. But it&#...
FOREST CITY — It was slow at the thrift shop, and manager Stephanie Henderson, 38, was looking at her laptop, trying to discover all that Facebook had collected on her: the posts, the memes, the ...
"Cow Fitbits" and artificial intelligence are coming to the dairy farm, but some farmers aren'...
Alternative energy projects might be good for the environment. But with a few exceptions, they...
Scientists are investigating why 68 dolphins — most of which were dead —washed ashore...
-OpEd- MUNICH — We are making the world a better place: That has been a central promise that helped Silicon Valley's Internet giants seduce the public, on their way to gaining unprecedented ...
NEW DELHI — A recent photo posted on Facebook by the Secretary of the Department of Science and Technology, Ashutosh Sharma, featured 41 heads of Indian educational and research institutions. It ...
MOSCOW — Rumor has it that Vladimir Putin is something of a techie. Though the man in charge at the Kremlin has been vague about his economic priorities after the March 18 presidential election, ...
With the melting of the ice, maritime traffic is growing, which means new economic opportunities,...
-Essay- WASHINGTON — As I was driving back to Washington last Christmas, I needed the navigation smartphone application Waze to get me out of Brooklyn, onto the Verrazano bridge, then across ...
-Analysis- PARIS — He is “a man of about forty-two years of age, of large build, but slightly round-shouldered. His massive head momentarily shook a shock of reddish hair, which resembled a ...
LAUSANNE — Is wildlife a world of bullies? We like to imagine the relationships among living beings as a no-holds-barred struggle for survival, a twisted vision of Charles Darwin's theory of ...
Researchers at the University Of Macerata used volunteers and online bots to help translated the ...
-Analysis- BUENOS AIRES — Everything suggests that in the future, the world may want practically anything Argentina can produce. The question is whether the response to this demand should be ...
Imagine if machines could do the job of strippers — or prostitutes. Where would it lead us?
Some designers can't wait to start burrowing. In Mexico, there's even talk about building...
BOGOTÁ — A new in-depth study of the well-being of Colombian coffee farmers could help provide the prescription for good health for us all. Understanding the fundamental elements of healthy ...
BEIJING — Over the past decade or so, “The Low-Fertility Trap,” a hypothesis put forth by Wolfgang Lutz, Vegard Skirbekk and Maria Rita Testa, respectively Austrian, Norwegian and Italian ...
Like it or not, some people are smarter than others. And pretty soon, robots will be smarter than...
TURIN — From vacuum-cleaner robots that clean your house all by themselves to virtual assistants that can keep track of every appointment in your work agenda to self-driving cars that will soon be ...
A young designer from Paris is applying his knowledge about natural light to the narrow streets o...
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