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Why alien 'megastructures' may hold key to making contact with extraterrestrials

Looking for evidence of Dyson spheres might be more fruitful than listening for radio transmissions.

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How the 'pink moon' got its nickname

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Why April's 'pink moon' has some astronomers seeing red

"I think these names are distracting from the real interest in the moon."

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British cybersecurity researcher who helped to stop WannaCry attack pleads guilty in hacking case

Marcus Hutchins, who went by "MalwareTech" online, faces up to five years in prison for each of two counts.

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Once upon a time in Silicon Valley: How Facebook's open-data nirvana fell apart

Analysis: A lack of rules built upon optimism about the internet and amplified by a growth-at-all costs strategy has given way to scrutiny and skepticism.

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Trump's 'Game of Thrones' tweet was like 'five Super Bowl ads' for HBO, say brand experts

Trump's "Game Over" tweet about the Mueller report got 4 billion views in 24 hours, said one brand analytics company.

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Scientists create world's first 3D-printed heart using human cells

The team created a cell-containing "bioink" and used it to 3D print the organ layer by layer.

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U.S. looking at ways to hold Zuckerberg accountable

Discussions at the Federal Trade Commission come more than a year into an investigation of Facebook's data-handling practices.

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What happened before the Big Bang?

"It's my life's work to try to answer that question," University of Toronto physicist Renée Hložek says.

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Radical experiment restores some activity in pigs' brains hours after slaughter

New finding challenges the long-held view that brain cells undergo sudden and irreversible damage after death.

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Astronaut to establish new spaceflight record for women

Koch arrived at the space station in March and is now scheduled to remain in orbit until February.

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Declassified U-2 spy plane photos are helping archaeologists uncover ancient sites

The images offer a vast trove of information about ancient villages and agricultural sites.

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Stonehenge was built by descendants of Neolithic migrants, DNA study shows

Genetic material from old skeletons reveals pattern of migration from present-day Turkey.

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Inside a bikini-photo startup's scrappy battle to put Facebook on trial

The David vs. Goliath contest pits a small startup against one of the most powerful technology companies in the world.

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This floating city concept is one way to cope with climate change

A U.N.-backed proposal aims to "climate proof" urban areas of the future.

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Notre Dame Cathedral fire sparks Islamophobic theories on social media

Images and videos of the flaming cathedral spread quickly across social media and were quickly seized upon to push Islamophobic narratives that have flourished in far-right politics.

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Technology can play a big part in helping to create and sustain effective connections between citizens and governments – both national and local. These connections can exist without technology, but it is a powerful, flexible and accessible enabler.

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Mark Zuckerberg leveraged user data to fight rivals and help friends, internal docs show

Facebook's leaders seriously discussed selling access to user data — and privacy was an afterthought.

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Meet the two-armed robot that could pave the way for household bots

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EU governments approve copyright reform targeting tech giants

Not all member states agreed with moving forward with the contentious copyright reform.