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The world of Twitterbots, from botdom's greatest hits to bot construction to the place of the bot in the social media universe.
Everything you've always wanted to know about self-driving cars, Netflix recommendations, IBM's Watson, and video game-playing computer programs.
An accessible guide to our digital infrastructure, explaining the basics of operating systems, networks, security, and other topics for the general reader.
How deep learning—from Google Translate to driverless cars to personal cognitive assistants—is changing our lives and transforming every sector of the economy.
What it takes to be a genius: nine essential and contradictory ingredients from Dean Keith Simonton, Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Department of Psychology at the University of California, Davis. 
A top behavioral geneticist makes the case that DNA inherited from our parents at the moment of conception can predict our psychological strengths and weaknesses.
Carbon Capture
A concise overview of carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS), a promising but overlooked climate change mitigation pathway.
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