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After revealing new policies, Starbucks closed more than 8,000 of its stores Tuesday afternoon so some 175,000 employees could undergo racial bias training.
Support for increased gun control in the U.S. is slowly rising, but one group of Americans seems to change their minds faster than others.
The hysteria about the future of artificial intelligence (AI) is everywhere. Here's how to tone it down.
The field of Artificial Intelligence is pushing back against a newcomer — for good reason.
China has been spotted trading with North Korea by a Japanese patrol plane. If true, the actions would violate international sanctions against North Korea.
A new study attempts to figure out why the motor cortex sometimes synchronizes to speech as the auditory cortex does.
Innovation is a “creative muscle” that needs to be flexed and exercised regularly to be strong and effective. Anyone can innovate — and some of the best or most creative […]
Logical fallacies will be everywhere this election season. Here's how to find the bad arguments and beat them.
Sedna could be the very first known object from the Inner Oort Cloud. But time is running out to create and launch a mission. In 2003, scientists discovered an object beyond […]
Are hot dogs or hamburgers the healthier option? It's a question that has plagued many a summer barbecue guest.
There's a lot of confusion as to what AI, machine learning, and robotics do. Sometimes, they can all be used together.
It's the dawn of a new age. AI, VR, and robotics are creating the future that science-fiction writers have dreamed about.
As Facebook users around the world are coming to understand, some of their favorite technologies can be used against them. It’s not just the scandal over psychological profiling firm Cambridge […]
Sales of drones are clocking in around $200 million and doubling each year. Which means there's a lot of testing to be done.
Although there is much guesswork as to the future of artificial intelligence, today’s AI systems continue to be a boon for science.
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The more diverse minds we have, the better we are as a population.
Police violence is experienced by a large proportion of Russians. Is America going the way of its geopolitical foe?
The legacy of what humanity’s greatest telescope has to teach us about the Universe continues to grow. Here in the Universe, in the Milky Way and beyond, new stars are birthed […]
Each year, lightning kills 24,000 people around the world. These maps show which regions get hit more than others.
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Should we be scared of a robot job apocalypse? Not all at once, says Accenture CTO Paul Daugherty.