Why did Steve Job's death affect people who never
knew him

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The profound sense of loss and public mourning that followed the death of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs was a reflection of how great an impact he had on society and on the lives of individuals through the technology he helped to create.

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Toward new drugs for the human and non-human
cells in people

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Amid the growing recognition that only a small fraction of the cells and genes in a typical human being are human, scientists are suggesting a revolutionary approach to developing new medicines and treatments to target both the human and non-human components of people.

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Why can't the human body fight HIV infection

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University of Washington researchers have made a discovery that sheds light on why the human body is unable to adequately fight off HIV infection.

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Raising questions about iris recognition systems

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Since the early days of iris recognition technologies, it has been assumed that the iris was a "stable" biometric over a person's lifetime ? "one enrollment for life." However, new research from University of Notre Dame researchers has found that iris biometric enrollment is susceptible to an agi

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How to look inside the brain

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There have been remarkable advances in understanding the brain, but how do you actually study the neurons inside it? Using gorgeous imagery, neuroscientist and TED Fellow Carl Schoonover shows the tools that let us see inside our brains.

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Scientist explores human reason, limits of
artificial intelligence

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In ?Understanding Understanding: Natural and Artificial Intelligence? (ISBN 1466450584), Robert Kendall Lindsay clarifies the issues surrounding the artificial intelligence deployed by robots and supercomputers.

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SpaceX Completes Design Review of Dragon

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NASA partner Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) has completed an important design review of the crewed version of its Dragon spacecraft. The concept baseline review presented NASA with the primary and secondary design elements of its Dragon capsule designed to carry astronauts into low Earth orbit, including the International Space Station. SpaceX is one of several companies working t

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Science, Maintenance for Station Crew; Launch
Preps for New Crew Members

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The Expedition 32 crew members living and working aboard the International Space Station Thursday focused on a variety of science experiments and maintenance activities. Flight Engineer Joe Acaba worked with the Burning and Suppression of Solids (BASS) experiment, which examines the burning and extinction characteristics of a wide variety of fuel samples in microgravity. The BASS exp

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Cella Energy Signs Fuel Source Deal with Kennedy
Space Center

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A new approach to an established fuel will be the focus of research, development and maybe production with the help of NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Cella Energy's American subsidiary has signed on with Kennedy to make its micro-bead technology practical enough to be used as a fuel in most kinds of machinery, cars and perhaps even spacesuits and portable electronics. The company,

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Can Astronomers Detect Exoplanet Oceans

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Given the plethora of confirmed exoplanets, many researchers have turned their attention to studying these strange new worlds in greater detail. With several exoplanets thought to orbit in the "habitable zone" of their host star where liquid water might be stable, different methods of detecting surface water are under development. One such proposed method of detecting water oceans on an exoplane

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