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Robots are becoming classroom tutors. But will they make the grade?
Educational robots show promise for helping kids in the classroom or at home, but researchers are still figuring out how these bots should behave.
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Here’s how the record-breaking government shutdown is disrupting science
By Laurel Hamers | 8:00am, January 12, 2019
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A new app tracks breathing to detect an opioid overdose
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Known as the ‘mother of Hubble,’ astronomer Nancy Roman dies at 93
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