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China launched its first privately developed rocket from a launchpad in northwestern China on Thursday, state media said, the latest milestone in the country’s ambitious space exploration program. Since coming…
Congo has agreed to allow the World Health Organization to use an experimental Ebola vaccine to combat an outbreak announced last week, the WHO director-general said Monday. The aim is…
The World Health Organization has released a plan to help countries wipe out trans fats from the global food supply in the next five years. The United Nations agency has…
Security researchers said Monday they have discovered a critical flaw in the way certain email programs handle a popular encryption technology that safeguards emails from prying eyes. The flaw, known…
One of the quietest places in this noisy city is in the middle of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which draws 7 million visitors a year. Most don’t know of…
A robotics company known for its widely shared videos of nimble, legged robots opening doors or walking through rough terrain is preparing to sell some after more than a quarter…
Tesla Inc.’s autopilot system was unlikely to have been a factor in a Florida car crash this week that killed two teenagers, the electric carmaker said in a statement issued…
Artificial intelligence has a new challenge: Whether and how to alert people who may not know they’re talking to a robot. On Tuesday, Google showed off a computer assistant that…
Patrick Traynor, a cybersecurity expert, was in New York in February working with police to help identify a way to detect credit-card skimmers on ATMs when he got a financial-fraud…
“Don’t hang up. Our records indicate you may qualify for a reduction or even forgiveness of your student-loan debt.” “You have been pre-selected to receive a cellular home security system…
Microsoft and Amazon.com may be competing in the cloud-computing market; but in the realm of voice-controlled personal assistants, Cortana and Alexa are forging a friendship. On Monday, the two companies…
President Donald Trump has found one part of the federal health law palatable: He’s allowing Obamacare rules that require chain restaurants to post calorie counts to go into effect Monday.…
Silicon Valley startup Drive.ai Inc. plans to roll out a small network of self-driving cars this summer which can be hailed using an app, thereby making it one of the…
The Zika scare of 2016 could lead to a yellow fever panic this year if South Florida residents let down their guard when it comes to protecting themselves from disease-carrying…
As thousands of passenger vehicles roll off the assembly line this week destined for the U.S. market, each of them will be equipped with backup cameras — the result of…
A robotic geologist armed with a hammer and quake monitor rocketed toward Mars on Saturday, aiming to land on the red planet and explore its mysterious insides. In a twist,…
Twitter Inc urged its more than 330 million users to change their passwords after a glitch caused some to be stored in readable text on its internal computer system rather…
The number of Americans sickened each year by bites from infected mosquitoes, ticks or fleas tripled from 2004 through 2016, with infection rates spiking sharply in 2016 as a result…
Wanted: A million people willing to share their DNA and 10 years of health habits, big and small, for science. On Sunday, the U.S. government will open nationwide enrollment for…
The Steamboat Geyser at Yellowstone National Park can spout 300 feet of scalding water into the air, a feature of the world’s tallest active geyser. That is known. What isn’t…