Space & PhysicsOctober 24, 2016
How NASA Fights to Keep Dying Spacecraft Alive
Many deep-space probes have essentially entered hospice care
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TechnologyAugust 25, 2015
The Air Force Wants You to Trust Robots--Should You?
Research and development in human–robot trust is the cutting edge of artificial intelligence, but faith in machines can often be misplaced
The SciencesMay 18, 2015
Rape Kit Backlog Grows Nationwide, Jeopardizing Prosecutions
Hundreds of thousands of untested rape kits sit in police storage throughout the U.S. for lack of money, manpower and other resources
TechnologyMay 14, 2015
Combing Through Causes Of The Amtrak Crash
A lack of capital investments for safety improvements or the speed of the driver could have caused the tragic derailment of Amtrak 188
TechnologyMay 13, 2015
Broken Rails Are Leading Cause of Train Derailments
The cause of the Amtrak derailment in Philadelphia is under investigation, but broken rails and welds are more than twice as likely to cause train derailments than any other reason
The SciencesMay 4, 2015
Twitter Account Tied to Texas Shooting Is Connected to ISIS
The account used the hashtag #texasattack before violence erupted Sunday
The SciencesApril 13, 2015
It’s Not Who Follows Hillary Clinton, It's How She Uses Them
Political Twitter followers are largely useless filler according to Obama's re-election architect
TechnologyMarch 19, 2015
Why Some of Google's Coolest Projects Flop Badly
A scientist known as the "Captain of Moonshots" talked at SXSW this week about Google X's biggest flops and lessons learned