Research and experimental development is formal work undertaken systematically to increase the stock of knowledge, including knowledge of humanity, culture and society, and the use of this stock of knowledge to devise new applications It is used to establish or confirm facts, reaffirm the results of previous work, solve new or existing problems, support theorems, or develop new theories. A research project may also be an expansion on past work in the field.
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Bug sake! Climate change is killing off insects
Climate change gets blamed for a lot of things these days: inundating small islands, fueling catastrophic fires, amping-up ...
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How technology is changing sexual identity
Sex as we know it is about to change. We are already living through a new sexual revolution, thanks to technologies that ...
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Study: Trump's bravado isn't an anomaly, it's the culmination of a century-long political trend
To outsiders, President Trump’s brazen speech and unconventional style may make him seem like an outlier, the sum of leftover ...
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Why the criminal justice system should abandon algorithms
It's time that US courts stopped relying on biased algorithms to excuse the inherent bias embedded within the criminal justice ...
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New research methods could help us find flight MH370
Motivated by a desire to help find Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, which is believed to have crashed into the southern Indian ...
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How scientists recreated a monster wave that looks like Hokusai's famous image
Accounts by mariners of freak or rogue waves out in the ocean have long been a common occurrence but until relatively recently ...
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China’s scientific achievements are surrounded by secrecy – but this could change
China’s recent scientific achievements – including its embryo gene-editing research and historic moon landing – appear ...
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Staring deep into Uranus: Science is peeking at its weird angles
Uranus is arguably the most mysterious planet in the solar system – we know very little about it. So far, we have only ...
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Why you should care about CERN’s new and BIGGER particle collider
After four years of research, a new conceptual design report for CERN's 100 km-long Future Circular Collider (FCC) has been ...
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We have to save the bees, here’s how we can do it
Planting bee-friendly plants seems to be the new fad in many cities around the globe. In the UK, amateur gardeners regularly ...
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The FBI says its photo analysis is scientific evidence. Scientists disagree.
At the FBI Laboratory in Quantico, Virginia, a team of about a half-dozen technicians analyzes pictures down to their pixels, ...
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The hidden secrets of insect poop
Insect defecation may not seem like one of the pressing scientific inquiries of our time, but in fact the faeces of these ...
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Women aren't failing at science — science is failing women
Female research scientists are more productive than their male colleagues, though they are widely perceived as being less ...
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Nefarious AI creates images of delicious food that doesn't exist
Ever think those pictures of delicious food you see on the internet are too good to be true? What if they were made by an ...
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NASA looks to secure flight data with blockchain tech
NASA is exploring potential use-cases for blockchain technology in a bid to safeguard the privacy and security of aircraft ...
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Central bank study shows little desire to issue digital currencies
63 central banks were surveyed on the status their proposed CBDCs, to determine the likelihood of an incoming wave of digitized ...
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There's more to Bitcoin maximalism than meets the eye
What exactly is Bitcoin maximalism? In this article, Hard Fork takes a look at what Bitcoin maximalism is, and what it means ...
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AI is incredibly smart, but it will never match human creativity
One could be forgiven for thinking that machines are creative. Numerous artificial intelligence projects appear to demonstrate ...
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These are the 10 coolest Kickstarter campaigns of 2018
Kickstarter is always a mixed bag. On the one hand, there are some of the most innovative products on Earth, all in one place. ...
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Report: People are going to have a lot of sex in self-driving cars
It's clear that driverless cars will revolutionize the way we get from Point A to Point B. Perhaps less obvious is how it'll change our sex lives. According to a new study by the Annals of Tourism Research, ditching the driver could open up a whole lot of doors for transit-related ...
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This trippy '80s video effect might help explain consciousness
Explaining consciousness is one of the hardest problems in science and philosophy. Recent neuroscientific discoveries suggest ...
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Silicon Valley’s quest for immortality – and its worrying sacrifices
Somewhere in Silicon Valley, a man wakes early with the sunrise. Venturing into the kitchen, he pacifies his rumbling belly ...
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Why using human ‘super recognizers’ to identify criminals can be bad
People often say that they never forget a face, but for some people, this claim might actually be true. So-called super recognizers ...
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Report: Anonymity could be the answer to feeling happier online
Social media usage has been proven to have negative effects on our mental health but a recent study has revealed that the ...
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Study: Switching between devices is associated with poorer attention and memory
How many times have you sat down to watch TV or a movie, only to immediately shift your attention to your smartphone or tablet? ...
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Fear of ‘chemicals’ is stunting our scientific progress
During casual conversations with Uber drivers and new acquaintances on flights across the country, it sometimes comes up ...
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Watch this 15-year-old hacker play DOOM on John McAfee’s ‘unhackable’ crypto-wallet
John McAfee’s ‘unhackable’ cryptocurrency wallet has been cracked to run the iconic game DOOM, courtesy of a teenage ...
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DNA-based diet and exercise plans offer little more than self-fulfilling prophecy, study
Stanford University, over the course of a year, recruited 223 participants in a fascinating study at the intersection of ...
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'Loot boxes' in video games could be giving kids a gambling problem
The number of children with gambling problems has “quadrupled to more than 50,000 in just two years,” according to recent ...
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Here's why NASA is sending worms to space
We are hoping the worms can help us uncover more about muscle loss in astronauts during spaceflight since they can lose up ...
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Here’s what your phone can learn from the sound of your voice
It can determine everything from who you are and where you come from, your current location, your gender and age, and what ...
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Researchers found a psychological link between conspiracy theories and creationism
According to studies and researchers, teleological thinking also links to beliefs in conspiracy theories and creationism. ...
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This AI can predict Telegram pump-and-dump schemes with 80% accuracy
Spotting a pump-and-dump is tough work, but academics from Imperial College London have devised used machine learning, to ...
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US government building tools to deanonymize anonymous cryptocurrencies
If you thought you were safe using privacy coins like Zcash and Monero, think again, the US government is developing forensic ...
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Swiss hotel chain offers a 'social media sitter' to handle your Instagram while you relax
Ibis, A popular European hotel chain, just introduced the world to the "social media sitter." It's the answer to a problem ...
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7 EU countries accuse Google of violating GDPR by tracking users
Consumer groups in the Netherlands, Poland, Czechia, Greece, Slovenia, Sweden, and Norway have asked regulators to look into ...
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Why your app idea is just 'meh' and won't succeed
You heard me correctly, I said “meh.” I’m not talking about the "meh" used to ironically describe something beautiful/awe-inspiring; ...
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Amazon’s sexist hiring algorithm could still be better than a human
Amazon has decided to shut down its experimental artificial intelligence (AI) recruiting tool after discovering it discriminated ...
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Spooky data visualization reveals most haunted cities in the US
It’s that time of year when humans as well as their pets dress up in Halloween costumes and discussions around trick-or-treating, ...
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Violent videos put journalists at increased risk of post-traumatic stress
Journalism work relies on potentially harmful user-generated content, the risks of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) ...
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50% of American WhatsApp users don't know it's owned by Facebook
Research from the search engine DuckDuckGo has revealed 50 percent of American WhatsApp users don't realize Facebook owns ...
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Philips will challenge tech giants to bring blockchain to healthcare
Data breaches are among the most damaging security incidents, and they happen everywhere. What makes the healthcare industry ...
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A woman won a Nobel Prize, but science is still sexist
The most recent Nobel Prize winner, Donna Strickland, is the third women to become a Nobel laureates. This has raised questions ...
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This study wants to help you spot 'fake news'
The study is based on a subtle psychological mechanism called the “confidence heuristic." It helps us make decisions and ...
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How star-gazing helped scientists solve a centuries-old mystery
This discovery represents the first ever detection of a collision between a white and a brown dwarf and it could be used ...
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No black scientist has ever won a Nobel Prize — that’s bad for science and society
In over 100 years, a black scientist has never become a Nobel Prize winner. Black people in Western countries are also less ...
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Social media is being weaponized at a terrifying rate
Believe it or not, there are several ways in which social media can be used to sabotage, disenfranchise or misinform others. ...
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How we can turn plastic waste into green energy
Using “cold plasma pyrolysis”, plastic waste could be turned into green energy. It can convert waste plastics into hydrogen, ...
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Penis bone puzzle solved by invasive 3D scanning
Penis bones found in some animals have evolved in different shapes and sizes, from the ice-cream scoop form to the long thin ...
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ASMR videos could be a new digital therapy for mental health
Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR) videos could help mental health issues. Videos include soft-whispering and relaxing ...
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A geneticist and social scientist debate if we should edit the genomes of human embryos
Felicity Boardman: The birth of a child with genetic disease is generally an unexpected event. The parents of these children ...
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Why Silicon Valley is no longer the place to be for your startup
By this point, everyone knows the legends and stories surrounding Silicon Valley. The origins of the biggest and most famous ...
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5 reasons why all teams need to work remotely
I assume you know enough about remote work teams - the challenges, systems, tools, and more. But luckily that doesn’t apply ...
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This underwater death machine has one mission: Destroy the starfish
Australia's Great Barrier Reef is dying. Decades of human intervention have left the UNESCO World Heritage site reeling from ...
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Google's definitely biased, but not in the way Trump thinks
In two tweets early Tuesday morning, President Trump reignited the debate about censorship on America's most popular tech ...
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Study: Air pollution responsible for 'huge' drop in intelligence
Air pollution could be a leading cause in a societal reduction in intelligence levels, according to new research. A study ...
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North Korean hackers are targeting cryptocurrency traders with fake software
Kaspersky Labs has discovered a North Korean hacking crew is targeting cryptocurrency traders by trojanizing exchange software. ...
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Telling the truth about defects in technology should never, ever, ever be illegal
Congress has never made a law saying, "Corporations should get to decide who gets to publish truthful information about defects ...
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Browser mining is generating over $250K worth of cryptocurrency every month
Academic research has discovered that embedded cryptocurrecy miner CoinHive is generating $250K worth of Monero every month. ...
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Analyst: Renewable energy will be 'effectively free' by 2030
Analysts at Swiss investment bank UBS believe that by 2030, we could all be living without much of a carbon footprint -- ...
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John McAfee’s 'unhackable' cryptocurrency wallet has been hacked (again)
A team of security researchers has a solid claim to $10,000, after meeting the three requirements of Bitfi's second bug bounty ...
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Online dating study shows everyone seeks partners 'out of their league'
A recently published study sought answers to a seemingly unquantifiable question: What does dating "out of your league" really ...
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Blockchain bug hunters feature prominently at this year's Pwnie Awards
Three researchers are up for Pwnie Awards this year after exposing critical bugs in popular blockchain projects IOTA and ...
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Women founders get less funding than men but make double the revenue
According to a recent study from BCG, female founders of start up companys receive less funding but make double the revenue ...
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Fitbit’s lousy period feature proves the need for more women in tech
Fitbit's recently released female health feature faces backlash over limited period tracking and this could be because there's ...
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Getting oxygen puffed in your face to focus is complete bullshit
Especially when doing so will set you back $700.
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Telegram Passport is already drawing fire for not being secure enough
The first piece of blockchain tech from Telegram was shown off last week, but experts are claiming that its just waiting ...
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AI may soon save a ton of cute (and ugly) animals from drug testing
As cold-blooded and inhuman as it may sound, animal tests are an integral part of modern-day drug and chemical compounds ...
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What online activists need to know about going viral
Inspiring stories of social activism, such as the Civil Rights movement and the fight against climate change, abound in history. ...
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These satellite images show how much damage climate change has caused
Ian Whittaker, Nottingham Trent University The average rainfall for the first two weeks of July in England was 6mm, while ...
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Here's how Afrika tweets during elections
The latest "How Africa Tweets 2018" report by Portland, an international strategic communications agency, has revealed that ...
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This UX researcher reveals how to spot a liar
I pay people to talk to me. As a researcher, I typically study a particular product or a particular industry, so I need to ...
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I got a hoax academic paper about how UK politicians wipe their bums published
Gary Lewis, Royal Holloway I had what seemed like rather a good idea a few weeks back. Building on some prominent findings ...
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Sorry thieves, you can no longer hack iris-scanners using corpse eyes
Researchers in Poland have created a machine learning algorithim that can tell the difference between dead and alive irises. ...
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You can’t achieve long term profits without knowing how your employees feel
Does your company get a good return on all the time and money it invests in leadership development? Despite the millions ...
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Study links frequent gadget use to increased ADHD symptoms in teens
It's no secret that the number of hours teens spend on electronic devices has some impact on their well-being. What scientists ...
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Review of top 50 ICOs shows most promise things they will never deliver
The paper concludes that the ICO market is being held together by trust placed in coders not well versed in consumer protections ...
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4 cryptocurrency trends to watch out for
“It’s the next big revolution, just like the internet was.” “No… it’s a bubble!” Love it or hate it, ...
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White House earmarks over $1B for quantum technology research
Recent bipartisan efforts from the US House of Representatives and Senate have led to the formation of a subcommittee to ...
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Scientists created an artificial neural network out of DNA
Caltech researchers created a functioning artificial neural network out of DNA. It can read patterns based on handwritten ...
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Medicine's blockchainification is imminent, say researchers
Analyzing 40 PubMed journals for blockchains revealed a continued and growing interest from the healthcare research and medical ...
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This startup wants to clear cities of cigarette butts using crows (yes, the bird)
Sometimes you run into an idea that seems so ridiculous, you simply have to know more about it – even if it’s just to ...
