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Health Apr 25

Scientists get one step closer to decoding thoughts into speech

By Karen Weintraub, Scientific American

Imaging scientist Katie Bouman watching the first reconstructed image of a black hole emerge from the Event Horizon Telescope data. Image courtesy of Katie Bouman

Katie Bouman ‘hardly knew what a black hole was.’ Her algorithm helped us see one

Imaging scientist Katie Bouman chats with the PBS NewsHour about how she crafted an algorithm that constructed the first ever photo of a black hole.

By Vicky Stein

Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo gestures during a game at the 2018 World Cup. Photo by REUTERS/Hannah McKay

To beat Vegas bookies at the World Cup, these statisticians turned to artificial intelligence

After cleaning up at the 2014 World Cup, statistician Andreas Groll is enlisting machine learning to keep his lucky streak going…

By Amanda Grennell

Through Twitter, American conservatives spread 30 times more content by Russian trolls than liberals in the month before the 2016 election. Photo by Lucas Jackson/via Reuters

Inside the study showing conservatives retweeted Russian trolls 30 times more often than liberals

Computational social scientists found that 40,000 American Twitter users retweeted Russian trolls more than 80,000 times in a single month before the 2016 election.

By Rashmi Shivni

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World Oct 22

U.S. troops leaving Syria can’t stay in Iraq, Iraq’s military says

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Science Oct 21

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By Zachary Jaggers, The Conversation

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