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Robots Have an Increasingly Important Role in Construction
With 400,000 people around the world entering the middle class daily, old methods of creating housing won’t cut it
Machines Can Create Art, but Can They Jam?
Jazz composition and performance is the next frontier in creative AI
The Problem Isn’t Sharing Misinformation Online; It’s Believing It
To counter spurious ideas such as those of the antivaccine movement, consider what drives people to accept them
Where AI in Medicine Falls Short
It can help with diagnosis but not yet with helping physicians and patients decide what to do with the information
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How Big Data Can Help Save the World
Emerging analytic and computing tools are enabling much better use of huge data sets
How Smarter Technology Will Feed the Planet
A tech revolution in agriculture is improving yields and driving down waste
How to Be a Better Web Searcher: Secrets from Google Scientists
Researchers who study how we use search engines share common mistakes, misperceptions and advice
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