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Bees need a safety buddy, and this dog is it

Bees need a safety buddy, and this dog is it

The newest apiary inspector at the Maryland Department of Agriculture is Mack, a 2-year-old yellow Lab. He joined the team last fall to help his inspect beehives for a highly contagious bacterial disease.
by Jodi Helmer

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Autonomous killer robots in battle: The good and the bad

Autonomous killer robots in battle: The good and the bad

New algorithms and huge new databases are allowing robots to navigate complex spaces. It doesn't take much imagination to conjure a future in which a swarm of those robots are used on a battlefield.

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Mars by 2018? SpaceX and NASA announce a new project

Mars by 2018? SpaceX and NASA announce a new project

The Red Dragon missions are aimed at figuring out what's needed "to land large payloads propulsively on Mars." For now, the plan doesn't include sending astronauts to the red planet.

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