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Trump brags about his science knowledge because of his ‘super genius uncle’ who was an MIT professor

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President Trump on Friday baffled observers while touring the Centers for Disease Control headquarters in Atlanta, where he bragged that he had a predisposition toward science because of his ‘super genius’ uncle. ‘You know my Uncle was a great — he was at MIT,’ the president said while standing next to health officials who are … Read more

MIT researchers create new self-driving system that can steer in low visibility settings

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MIT researchers create new self-driving system that can steer in low visibility settings, including fog and snow Researchers from MIT are testing a new self-driving car system for bad weather Instead of lidar and cameras, it uses a sensor system that reads the ground directly below and around the car instead of in front of … Read more

MIT scientists create doomsday AI that will take over if it detects an asteroid heading toward Earth

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A team of scientists at MIT have developed a computer program that will help humans decide how to best deal with the end of the world, so long as that comes in form of a catastrophic asteroid collision.  Experts say there as many as two or three new asteroids, sometimes called ‘Near Earth Objects,’ discovered … Read more