December 9, 2016

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Can fertility startup OvaScience really help women conceive late in life, as promised?

An audacious startup thinks it can give 40-ish women a better shot at having children. Should desperate would-be parents believe it?

 
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American life expectancies are declining, and the finger is being pointed at big pharma and distracted driving

It’s not just disease that’s dragged down the nation’s life expectancy.

 
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Google’s legged robots are getting smarter and leaner

Legged robots from Boston Dynamics can navigate a home, and even deliver a parcel, using advances in manipulation and vision.

 
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Tencent, a leading Chinese Internet company, is entering the race to advance AI with a new lab

Tencent, which provides the immensely popular mobile app WeChat along with games and entertainment content, is determined to build a formidable AI lab.

 
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Following its explosive failure, SpaceX is struggling to relaunch itself

Since a catastrophic explosion in September, delays have lost the company work to a European rival.

 
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The NSA spied on cell phone use on airplanes in mid-flight

Even at 30,000 feet, intelligence agencies can keep tabs on you.

 
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Greenland’s ice sheet is more prone to collapse than we thought

We know it’s melting, but scientists are rewriting its history, with big consequences for global sea-level rise.

 
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