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Computer scientists design method to root out gender and racial biases in machine learning algorithms

Dec 19, 2016

Researchers have created a test to assess gender and racial biases in machine learning algorithms. The paper was presented at the Neural Information Processing Systems (NIPS) conference in Barcelona, Spain, alo...

Chinese sailors seize US Navy research drone, Trump reacts on Twitter

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Dec 18, 2016

Science, World

On Thursday, a Chinese submarine seized a submersible US naval drone in the international waters of the disputed South China Sea region. The drone, a five-foot-long, torpedo shaped ‘Slocum Glider’, was recordin...

Regulators in Britain approve mitochondrial replacement therapy, clinics set to apply for licenses

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Dec 18, 2016

Headlines, Health, Innovation, Science

On Thursday, Britain’s Human Fertilization and Embryology Authority (HFEA) announced that it would begin accepting applications from clinics to perform a controversial procedure that uses the DNA from three par...

England ramps up badger culling, advocates and scientists argue the effort is misguided, ineffective

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Dec 17, 2016

Environment, Science, World

The UK government is facing criticism from wildlife advocates after a report published Friday revealed that officials had shot almost 11,000 badgers between August and October, as part of a culling program to c...

Woman gives birth to healthy baby with transplanted ovarian tissue, frozen before chemotherapy when she was nine

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Dec 16, 2016

Headlines, Health, Innovation, Science

A woman gave birth to a healthy baby on Tuesday, after doctors had successfully restored her fertility following chemotherapy, using transplanted ovarian tissue that doctors had removed and frozen when she was ...

China issues “red alert” for smog in Beijing and 21 other cities

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Dec 16, 2016

Environment, Health, Science, World

Officials in Beijing have issued a five-day long pollution alert, taking measures to shut down schools, recommending that residents stay indoors, and keeping certain vehicles off the roads. The toxic cloud was ...

First offshore wind farm in United States goes online off Rhode Island coast

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Dec 16, 2016

Environment, Innovation, Science

In an important step forward ahead of Donald Trump’s looming inauguration in January, the first offshore wind farm in the United States began operation on Monday. The wind farm consists of five, 560-ft tall win...

Study suggests eventual stem-cell based treatment for reversing aging

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Dec 15, 2016

Health, Innovation, Science

Scientists at the Salk Institute in La Jolla, California, have used gene therapy to reverse aspects of the aging process in mice. Though the researchers caution that a clinical application for humans is at best...

Is the world ready for nuclear diamonds? Probably not

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Dec 13, 2016

Innovation

A team from the University of Bristol has found a way to turn nuclear waste into long lasting diamond batteries. The method, presented last week, could be used not only to eliminate radioactive material, but al...

Bill Gates announces billion-dollar clean energy investment fund

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Dec 12, 2016

Business, Environment, Headlines, Science

Bill Gates and other tech billionaires are investing in a billion-dollar clean energy fund to fight climate change. The new ‘Breakthrough Energy Ventures’ fund directors will include Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO...

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