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Can we teach robots right from wrong by reading them bedtime stories?

How advances in virtual reality will change how we work and communicate

In the world's most dangerous nation for environmentalists, a leader is murdered

For one South African house cleaner, this year's big drought means crying, hungry children

The next president could make or break the Paris climate agreement

In British Columbia, the government has begun killing wolves in order to save the caribou

Study shows US could convert its economy to renewable energy without battery breakthrough

Iran’s startup tech scene is getting off the ground

Fury Road: Did Oscar-winning 'Mad Max' damage world's oldest desert?

After the Hollywood Presbyterian hospital hack, how much of a threat are ransom-driven cyber attacks

Researchers show wolves use 'howling dialects' to communicate

How will Brazil come through on its Olympic promises?

Not many fish are left to bite in Rio's trash-lined bay

The bigger problems behind Brazil's recent disease outbreaks

Value tech? Then you'll have a tech genius. Art? An art genius.

Olympic sailor Isabel Swan wants a clean bay in Brazil for the Olympics

Women lead the fight to protect Amazonia from the impacts of a huge dam

'Little Teresa' helps São Paulo women fight drought and male domination — with rain barrels

One reason undocumented immigrants didn't learn about Flint's lead poisoning sooner: There wasn't mu

Young women in Kosovo are writing code to fight harrassment