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Today, the first Snowden disclosures in 2013 feel like a distant memory. The public perception of surveillance has changed dramatically since and, likewise, the battle to shape the legality and logistics of such snooping is continually evolving.
To us, 2015 appeared to be the year where major change would happen whether pro- or anti-surveillance. Experts felt a...
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If you serve it, they will eat it—or at least that seems to be a take-away from a new study on healthy menu options published in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the Association for Consumer Research.
Between 2010 and 2012, the Walt Disney Company experimented with kids' meal menus in 145 restaurants in...
Analysis of the 3D structure of DNA in tumour cells reveals how mutations in the IDH1 gene, and associated changes in methyl groups attached to DNA, elevate the expression of cancer-promoting genes.
Nature doi: 10.1038/nature16330
The BBC has announced that it's now piloting "virtual voiceover" technology, which will be used to automatically translate TV reports into Japanese. In early 2016, the broadcaster's Russian service will start using it as well.
Creating a way for news editors to produce multi-language reports almost single-handedly, the BBC's technology will take the script for a news package and translate...
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Congress on Friday adopted a $ 1.15 trillion spending package that included a controversial cybersecurity measure that only passed because it was slipped into the US government's budget legislation.
House Speaker Paul Ryan, a Republican of Wisconsin, inserted the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) into the Omnibus Appropriations Bill—which includes some $ ...
The #3 CJ Wilson Racing Mazda MX-5 leads its sister car through one of the Circuit of the Americas' brightly painted turns. (credit: Sideline Sports Photography)
When it comes to natural talent, racing a car is a lot like most other sports. Innate ability counts, of course, but it's no substitute for hard work. Data also...
Light isotopes of hydrogen and helium formed minutes after the Big Bang. The study of one of these primordial isotopes, helium-3, has now been proposed as a useful strategy for constraining the physics of the standard cosmological model.
Nature doi: 10.1038/nature16326
Light isotopes of hydrogen and helium formed minutes after the Big Bang. The study of one of these primordial isotopes, helium-3, has now been proposed as a useful strategy for constraining the physics of the standard cosmological model.
Nature doi: 10.1038/nature16326
Composite image of Abell 2744, with the smaller substructures visible around the larger central mass. (credit: ESA/XMM-Newton (X-rays); ESO/WFI (optical); NASA/ESA & CFHT (dark matter))
The cosmic microwave background radiation (CMB) provides a glimpse at the baby Universe, shortly after its birth in the Big Bang. By mapping out the patterns and irregularities in this...
