Gold and silver spoofing cases taught U.S. regulators to fight market manipulation at machine speed. The catch: the cop is badly outspent.

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A little over a decade ago, AI researchers Joel Lehman and Kenneth O. Stanley set small robots fitted with sensors loose in a ...

NCIS is bringing back Tony DiNozzo for Season 24, adding to a wave of franchise nostalgia that already includes Gibbs on Origins and Sam Hanna's new chapter.

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A computer algorithm used by ambulance service call handlers to triage cases "could not" have classified a Middlesbrough-born man's case as the highest priority, an inquest has heard. The Pathways ...

For new discoveries, everyday mysteries, and the science behind the headlines, follow NPR's ShortWave podcast . Over a century ago, the German psychologist Wolfgang Köhler conducted what became a ...