This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm John Matson. Got a minute? Out in space, NASA's Kepler mission keeps watch on more than 150,000 stars. The telescope's job is to see if those stars dim ever so slightlybecause of the presence of an

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SCOTT SIMON, HOST: When crisis strikes, leaders often call for sacrifice. In the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey and in these days before Hurricane Irma churns ashore, we've seen innumerable Americans volunteer, sacrifice and even risk their lives to h

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In 2012, Kaggle challenged its community to build an algorithm that could grade high-school essays. 2012年,Kaggle给当地学校出了个难题,设计一个算法来评判高中作文。 The winning algorithms were able to match the grades given

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Of course, we all see and share and appreciate all the good that new technology can do us. 当然,我们都见证、分享和感激新科技所带来的好处。 It's a lot of good. Autonomous cars can give people with disabilities new independence

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Facebook has begun using artificial intelligence (AI) to identify members who may be at risk of killing themselves. 社交网络脸书已开始利用人工智能识别可能有自杀风险的用户。 The social network has developed algorithms that

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FOR as long as humans have romanced each other, others have wanted to meddle. Whether those others were parents, priests, friends or bureaucrats, their motive was largely the same: they thought they knew what it took to pair people off bett

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