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Fast, stealthy, and cheap—autonomous, semisubmersible drone boats carrying tons of cocaine could be international law ...

Because two of us didn’t leave juvie together to start community service—three of us did. But Jordan didn’t last three weeks into his assignment before he turned his implements inward. I notice she ...

A new proposal calls on social media and AI companies to adopt strict verification, but the company hasn’t committed to ...

UK biomechanics professor Joanna Wakefield-Scurr is trying to design better bras by decoding the many mysteries of boobs.

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Allison Nixon had helped arrest dozens of members of The Com — a loose affiliation of online groups responsible for violence ...

A new wave of theft is rocking the luxury car industry—mixing high-tech with old-school chop-shop techniques to snag vehicles ...

Antimicrobial resistance is a major problem. Infections caused by bacteria, fungi, and viruses that have evolved ways to ...

Some cybersecurity researchers say it’s too early to worry about AI-orchestrated cyberattacks. Others say it could already be ...

EVs are getting cheaper every year as battery and vehicle manufacturing improve and production scales, and the researchers ...