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Mixed reality blends virtual reality with the real world. (Photo: AP)

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Virtual reality may improve your recall power: Study

Many of the participants said the immersive "presence" while using VR allowed them to focus better.

15 Jun 2018 6:00 PM IST

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A Marine Walk to remember

Researchersconducted an expedition recently to learn about the city's rich marine life.

17 Jun 2018 1:22 AM IST

The expedition crew of Research Vessel Petrel, which is owned by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, says it located the wreckage of the Indianapolis on the floor of the North Pacific Ocean, more than 18,000 feet (5,500 metres) below the surface, the US Navy said in a news release Saturday.

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Wreckage of WWII-era USS Indianapolis found

The sinking of the Indianapolis remains the Navy's single worst loss at sea.

20 Aug 2017 10:54 AM IST

Facebook Live, the social media giants live video broadcasting platform, has been used to film grisly crimes that include suicides, murders, and rapes

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Why Facebook is so hard to resist decoded, explain researchers

Researchers found even brief exposure to a Facebook-related image such as logo, screenshot can cause a pleasurable...

7 Aug 2017 9:15 AM IST

In a typical targeted cyberattack, a threat actor once inside the attacked network establishes a foothold and then collects valuable information to subsequently transfer to the command and control server (C&C).

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Worrying trend in hackers using steganography

Researchers find multiple hacking groups are increasingly using the technique to hide stolen information inside images.

7 Aug 2017 9:04 AM IST

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New firewall can protect your phone from security threat

Some 400 million people change their phone's components, such as touchscreens, chargers, and battery or sensor...

6 July 2017 9:21 PM IST

Those high in psychopathy and narcissism have a strong desire for power and often lack empathy. (Photo: Pixabay)

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Toxic' bosses bad for employee health, reputation

Workplace bullying is obviously unpleasant for the target but also creates a toxic working environment for all involved.

7 Jan 2017 6:33 AM IST

Xiao Nan, the robot reporter, took only a second to finish writing the piece. (representational image)

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Now, 'smart' robots that ask questions when confused

The algorithm developed by researchers at Brown University in the US enables a robot to quantify how certain it is about...

7 March 2017 2:12 PM IST

They say chances of marriages working out are higher with robots (Photo: YouTube)

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New 3-D printed 'bionic skin' lets robots 'feel'

The University of Minnesota discovery is also a major step forward in printing electronics on real human skin

21 May 2017 7:40 PM IST

Known as La Gioconda in Italian, the Mona Lisa is often held up as a symbol of emotional enigma. (Photo: AFP)

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Mona Lisa's smile decoded: science says she's happy

Close to 100 per cent of people described her expression as unequivocally happy

11 March 2017 12:55 PM IST

This variation in brain structure was only seen in boys, but not in girls with the same personality traits. (Photo: Pixabay)

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Boys' brains wired to be callous, unemotional: study

Researchers studied brain development in 189 adolescents.

28 Dec 2017 5:38 PM IST

$The skeleton of a T rex named Trix is installed in a room of the Naturalis Museum of Leiden, Netherlands on September 9, 2016, during the exhibition \T rex in Town\ (Photo: AFP)$ Science

T. rex was not feathery, study says

For the new study, an international team of scientists tracked down museum samples of skin from T. rex and several of...

7 Jun 2017 8:14 AM IST