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New NSF-NIH Initiative on Smart and Connected Health
The National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation have launched a new interagency initiative dedicated to the topic of smart and connected health.
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How To Break Your Phone Addiction
I got my first smartphone in the summer of 2012, and ever since, I’ve found myself wishing I had stuck with my flip phone. It’s not that I hate my iPhone, exactly, but I frequently
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Intelligent Machines That Learn Like Children
Machines that learn like children provide deep insights into how the mind and body act together to bootstrap knowledge and skills. Deon, a fictional engineer in the 2015 sci-fi film Chappie, wants to create a
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I have 1,605 Facebook friends. Why do I feel so alone?
My name is Hadiya. And sometimes, I feel lonely. Even the people who know me best would be astounded by that assertion. Most people would label me an extrovert. I am confident. I have no
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The Secret behind One of the Greatest Success Stories in All of History
In Steven Pinker’s new book, Enlightenment Now, he argues that we live in the best of times—and must remain devoted to reason and humanism if that is to continue. In thinking about the state of
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Love and dating after the Tinder revolution
How many couples will have met online this Valentine’s Day? More than ever before is the safe answer, as online dating continues to sweep the world. But is data crunching the best way to find
