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China on Schedule With World’s Largest Radio Telescope to Search for Extraterrestrial Life

  "Having a more sensitive telescope, we can receive weaker and more distant radio messages," Wu Xiangping, director-general of the Chinese Astronomical Society, said of the 500-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) nestled in a bowl-shaped valley between hills in the southwestern province of Guizhou "It will help us to search for intelligent life outside of the galaxy and explore the origins of the universe," he added underscoring the China's race to be the first nation to discover the existence of an advanced alien civilization. (more&helli

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India launches mini space shuttle

India has launched an unmanned model space shuttle, joining the race to develop reusable spacecraft. The 7m-scale model took off from Andhra Pradesh and was expected to fly about 70km (43 miles) into the atmosphere before coming down at sea. Since Nasa stopped its Space Shuttle programme in 2011, there has been strong international competition to design alternative reusable spacecraft. (more…)

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Google Finally Launches the Instant Messaging App Google Allo

Google kicks off a fresh start into instant messaging with a new app called Allo. Compatible for iOS and Android, the app is far different from the Google Hangouts and G Chat programs we’re used to using through Gmail–think more Whatsapp, but with more customizable text options. For starters, users can guide their fingers to shrink or enlarge your text with a feature Google calls “WhisperShout.” Combining Snapchat’s drawing feature, you can also doodle on photos before sending to your contacts. (more…)

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This college has been using a robot as a teaching assistant for months – and no one noticed

In the lengthy list of jobs that robots might take off our hands, teaching assistants (TAs) aren't often mentioned, but an AI-powered TA called Jill Watson has been helping out students at the Georgia Institute of Technology for months... in secret. Jill's real identity has only recently been revealed, which has come as a big surprise to most of the 300+ students in the course. (more…)

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