by Noor Wazwaz | Jul 15, 2015 | Science + Technology, Topics
WASHINGTON—The Explorer camera is the size of a softball. And you can throw it like one. The device is a ball with six wide-angle cameras protected by a thick shell, symmetrically positioned around the ball so no matter which way it bounces or how it lands, it can see...
by Empriss Campbell, Henry Gu, & Siyao Long | Jul 15, 2015 | Science + Technology
LAUREL, MD.—— NASA’s New Horizons unmanned spaceship flew past Pluto Tuesday after a journey of nine years and 3 billion miles, sending back reams of data that provide a better understanding of the solar system. “This is true exploration. New Horizons is flying into...
by Henry Gu & Nikki McGee | Jul 10, 2015 | Science + Technology
WASHINGTON–The computer system malfunctions at United Airlines and the New York Stock Exchange on July 8 were apparently not the result of cyberattacks. However, the White House created a cybersecurity sprint team in June to review the federal government’s...
by Ezra Kaplan | Jul 9, 2015 | Politics, Science + Technology
WASHINGTON—Presidential candidates took to Snapchat, the popular photo and video-sharing app, as they celebrated the nation’s birthday. Out of the 14 GOP candidates, seven are already actively using Snapchat to boost their campaigns. Start with Texas Gov. Rick Perry....
by Jin Wu | Jul 8, 2015 | Health, Science + Technology
Farm to fork, detecting the bacteria can be made easier, scientists say. COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Worried about food safety? Is salmonella a big deal for you? Better, faster ways of spotting it may be on the way. Researchers from universities and corporations...
by Yuan Gu | Jul 2, 2015 | Science + Technology, Topics
WASHINGTON – Recent movies, such as Ex Machina, may not be too far off in raising concerns about progress in creating superintelligent computers that could threaten humans by thinking faster, some top scientists said Tuesday. “If the system is better than you at...
