Algorithms can certainly speed things up. But are they an appropriate tool processing residency a...
One study says it will take at least 100 years to bridge the global gender gap. And 217 years to ...
-Analysis- CARACAS — Artificial Intelligence is opening up new opportunities for the economy and society. But it will also affect millions of human jobs, and thus poses a huge challenge for ...
BEIJING — A video is making the rounds across China's internet. On a bus in the western city of Xi'an, an elderly man is seen shouting at a pregnant woman that she should give up her seat. "I am ...
Scientists from the University of Magdalena in Colombia discovered six new species of tardigrades...
PARIS — The French capital was set to be the world capital of science. On May 17-18, no fewer than 50 conferences in the fields of aerospace, mechanics, energy, the environment, civil engineering, ...
Wind power has its drawbacks, especially in central German region of Hesse, where developers want...
Education and experience certainly play a role in how well an individual understands other people...
There's a potentially sinister side to the crush of data we unwittingly feed into systems lik...
Since 2011, the Caribbean islands have been attacked by rafts of algae which give off a pungent o...
China's efforts to maintain control over citizens now include implementing volunteer "stabili...
-Analysis- MUNICH — As far as industrial strategies and international competition are concerned, there’s no greater contrast than that between Europe's resignation and China's iron ...
With facial recognition cameras and Big Data, the Chinese leadership is pushing its penchant for ...
Can a clone have a birthday? Well, let’s just say that Dolly the sheep was delivered 22 years ago on July 5 — the world’s first cloned mammal to see the light of day. The result of a successful ...
PARIS — Block construction, robotics and basic coding — all in one package, and especially designed for a non-tech-savvy public. That, in a nutshell, is the idea behind Mindstorms, which toymaker ...
Our political leaders are woefully inefficient and too often dishonest. So maybe we should let ma...
Computers that can perfectly mimic the human voice? Hyper sensitive surveillance cameras? Advance...
China Newsweek — June 4, 2018 Over the past decade, there have been countless reports about the boom in cosmetic surgery in Asian countries such as China, Japan and South Korea. Names have ...
Carnegie Airborne Observatory researchers map coral reefs in Caribbean to aid with post-hurricane...
PARIS — The address is not by chance. Courbet, a jewelry designer that sells synthetic diamonds, has decided to open at the world's most prestigious location for any jeweler: the Place Vendôme in ...
Researchers used visuals and scanning technology to gauge how people "feel" about the contenders ...
Internet giants have now started flirting with decentralization, to try and replace the so-far fa...
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