The future according to Parks and Recreation
What the final season had to say about 2017.

February 26, 2015 at 06:24AM
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How Stephen Hawking, diagnosed with ALS decades ago, is still alive
The ALS Association says the average lifespan of someone diagnosed with the condition is between two and five years. Twenty percent make it past year five. From there, the number plummets. Less than 5 percent make it past two decades. And then there’s Hawking. He has passed that two-decade mark twice — first in 1983, then in 2003. It’s now 2015.

February 26, 2015 at 05:18AM
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The Ethical Risks of Detecting Disease Outbreaks With Big Data
An over-prediction could cause panic, misallocation of limited supplies of vaccines or medical resources, and, as some reactions to the recent Ebola outbreak demonstrated, damaging stigmatization of people or communities who don’t pose a risk.

February 26, 2015 at 04:18AM
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A Same-Day Delivery Startup Brought Me a Fish We Both Assumed Would Die
No one ever needs a live pet fish, three gallons of water, a fish tank, a heater, food, and various fish home accoutrements at a moment’s notice. And yet, at 11am on a Tuesday, I texted a stranger and told them I needed all of this, and yes, I needed it today. Three hours and $200 later, my new friend arrived. This all-too-simple delivery came courtesy of the vaguely mysterious new service Magic.

February 25, 2015 at 09:13PM
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Google’s AI Is Now Smart Enough to Play Atari Like the Pros
Google didn’t spend hundreds of millions of dollars because it’s expecting an Atari revival, but this new research does offer a hint as to what Google hopes to achieve with DeepMind.

February 25, 2015 at 04:09PM
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Net Neutrality Enters Final Arguments Ahead Of FCC Vote
Activists on both sides of the nasty political fight over new rules for Internet lines suited up for one last skirmish Wednesday as Federal Communications Commission officials made final tweaks to a plan expected to be approved Thursday.

February 25, 2015 at 02:54PM
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Interview with a Wadhwa
A trip to Silicon Valley to meet Vivek Wadhwa, this month’s most controversial man in tech.

February 25, 2015 at 02:54PM
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How Madden Helped A Schlub Like Me Make It Into The NFL
One reporter’s grueling quest to get himself into a video game.

February 25, 2015 at 02:54PM
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​Why You Won’t Be Able To Buy An Apple Car
Apple probably isn’t getting into the car business. At least not in the way we know it today. It’s getting into the mobility business, where you dial up a ride on your smartphone, Uber-style, get to where you’re going and move on with your life.

February 25, 2015 at 02:28PM
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A Demonstration Of The Tech That Might Replace LTE
They’ll be building a network soon in San Francisco to see how well it works in practice.

February 25, 2015 at 02:17PM
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