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A tumor is a trove of data. Photograph: American Cancer Society/Getty Images


Big Data Shows Big Promise in Medicine

Big Data Shows Big Promise in Medicine

In handling some kinds of life-or-death medical judgments, computers have already have surpassed the abilities of doctors. We’re looking at something like promise of self-driving cars, according to Zak Kohane, a doctor and researcher at Harvard Medical School. On the...
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People are packed onto a truck as they flee Raqqa, Syria. (Youssef Youssef/European Pressphoto Agecy)


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Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly. (J. Scott Applewhite/Associated Press)


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The GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb is pictured in this undated handout photo. Elgin Air Force Base / Reuters


‘Mother of all Bombs’ and Mr. President

‘Mother of all Bombs’ and Mr. President

“Mother of all bombs” is really scary, it weighs ten tons and has unprecedented explosive capabilities, if we exclude the nuclear bomb. The bomb is designed to penetrate barricades and invade dungeons and tunnels. There is no hope for anyone in the targeted place. It...
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The guided-missile destroyer USS Porter conducts strike operations from the Mediterranean Sea. (Ford Williams/Agence France-Presse via Getty Images)


Trump Gets a Taste of Success

Trump Gets a Taste of Success

For a reminder of how new administrations can quickly get into trouble in foreign policy, consider that Monday, April 17, marks the anniversary of the catastrophic Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961 by President John F. Kennedy. Bad things can happen to good presidents, and...