Scientists Share Weirdly Wondrous Animals In Twitter #CuteOff

Major props to these scientists for introducing us to a whole new world of wonderfully wacky animals.  People in the science community took to Twitter, this week to participate in the most adorable social media battle known to mankind — the #CuteOff. Scientists — being scientists — went off the beaten path and shared photos of some uniquely awesome animals

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Technology Hiding Crisis

Technology Hiding Crisis

Although it sounds like a science-fiction nightmare. But “killer robots” have the likes of British scientist Stephen Hawking and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak fretting and warning the machines could fuel ethnic cleansings and an arms race.         Without human intervention,autonomous weapons use artificial intelligence to select targets,which have been described as “the third revolution in warfare, after

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Software Turns Smartphones Into Tools for Medical Research

Jody Kearns doesn’t like to spend time obsessing about her Parkinson’s disease. The 56-year-old dietitian from Syracuse, New York, had to give up bicycling because the disorder affected her balance. But she still works, drives and tries to live a normal life. Yet since she enrolled in a clinical study that uses her iPhone to gather information about her condition,

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Don’t ‘Like’ Violent News On Facebook

In the wake of mass shootings like the massacre in Charleston, South Carolina, last month, media coverage of the violence is all over social media. Often, it focuses on the killer. If you’re sharing or “liking” stories about these crimes on Facebook, you may be inadvertently helping perpetuate the violence — and new research suggests that kids, in particular, can

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