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AI Listened to People's Voices. Then It Generated Their Faces.
June 11, 2019 | ArticleSuccessful results matched some of the speakers' physical characteristics.
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What Is Cryptography?
June 06, 2019 | ReferenceFrom ancient Greece to the age of quantum computers, cryptography continues to keep our secrets safe.
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There Are Still 10 Chernobyl-Style Reactors Operating Across Russia. How Do We Know They're Safe?
June 03, 2019 | ArticleThe flawed reactor design that led to a catastrophic meltdown at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant was used in several other places. Some are still operating.
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This 'Doomsday Plane' Can Survive a Nuclear Attack
May 31, 2019 | ArticleA reporter recently got a tour of the secretive military plane. Here's what she found.
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The Tendency for Order to Emerge from Chaos Was Hidden in the Most Fundamental Equations of Fluid Mechanics
May 30, 2019 | ArticleOrder sometimes emerges from chaos in turbulent fluid flow. We may finally have a mathematical explanation for why.
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Mathematicians Edge Closer to Solving a 'Million Dollar' Math Problem
May 28, 2019 | ArticleA new paper could end up being a big step toward solving one of the oldest unanswered puzzles in mathematics: Is the Riemann hypothesis correct?
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This Animated Mona Lisa Was Created by AI, and It Is Terrifying
May 27, 2019 | ArticleA neural network helped Mona Lisa get in touch with her feelings.
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Did Scientists Just Break the Record for Highest-Temperature Superconductor? Maybe.
May 23, 2019 | ArticleA superconductor lets electricity flow through it perfectly, without losing any of it.
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The Government Is Serious About Creating Mind-Controlled Weapons
May 23, 2019 | ArticleDARPA hopes to invent ways to instantly read soldiers' minds using tools like genetic engineering of the human brain, nanotechnology and infrared beams.
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There's a Brand-New Kilogram, And It's Based on Quantum Physics
May 20, 2019 | ArticleThe kilogram isn't a thing anymore. Instead, it's an abstract idea about light and energy and fundamental universal constants.
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