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New tracking technology knows when, where your eyes look

The prototype tracks vision, turning eyesight into an interactive element in PC use

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The Geminoid DK robot digs into the uncanny valley

A new robot eerily mimics the facial expression of a Danish associate professor, goatee and all. Oh the humanity?

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"Darwin's Devices": Here come the robot fish

A scientist uses aquatic automatons to plumb the mysteries of evolution, intelligence and the future

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How the class of 2016 sees the world

Beloit College's Mindset List finds that the class of 2016 will never use plane tickets, and other strange truths

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"Orfeo": Artist or terrorist -- is there a difference?

In Richard Powers' sweeping new novel of ideas, an avant-garde composer flees charges of bioterrorism

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Space wombs for stem cells: Satellites could help accelerate the discovery of...

Stem cells: amazing, but finicky. The best place to grow them could be in the near-zero gravity of low-space orbit

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Would you eat "meat" from a lab? Consumers aren’t necessarily sold on...

Interested in a juicy burger grown in the lab?

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It's the end of the world and we know it: Scientists in many disciplines see...

Stephen Hawking is one of many scientists who see the possible near-term demise of our species. Spend that 401k!

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Listening to DNA

The genome project is getting the buzz. But the real breakthroughs may come from labs out of the limelight, like Gene Logic.

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Moderna says its coronavirus vaccine exhibits "94.5% vaccine efficacy."...

Though promising, more hurdles remain — and "vaccine effectiveness" is different from "vaccine efficacy"

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In a huge advance for gene therapy, inserting algae genes in a human...

"People thought I lost my mind to propose to put genes from algae [in] humans," researcher Botand Roska tells Salon

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Biotechnology greed is prolonging the pandemic. It’s inexcusable

In the debate over vaccine patents, a flawed logic is being used to justify putting profits above saving lives

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