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MoMA takes on the '60s in a welcome shakeup of the permanent collection galleries

Since reopening in its expanded building in 2004, the Museum of Modern Art has shaken itself up in numerous ways, some for better, others for worse.

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Obama administration to rransfer Ebola funds to Zika fight

In an effort to break the two-month deadlock over funding to fight the encroaching Zika virus, Obama administration officials announced on Wednesday that, as congressional Republicans had demanded, they would transfer $510 million originally intended to protect against Ebola to the Zika battle.

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DEET seen as safe for pregnant women to avoid Zika despite few studies

This summer, some yellow-fever mosquitoes carrying the Zika virus are expected to arrive along the Gulf Coast and elsewhere in the continental United States. Health officials are urging people to use insect repellents with DEET to avoid being bitten

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To beat Go champion, Google's program needed a human army

Nearly 20 years ago, after a chess-playing computer called Deep Blue beat the world grandmaster Garry Kasparov, I wrote an article about why humans would long remain the champions in the game of Go.

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American new F.D.A. guidelines ease access to abortion pill

Changes include increased window to take drug and at a smaller dose

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Apple's New Challenge: Learning How the U.S. Cracked Its iPhone

Now that the United States government has cracked open an iPhone that belonged to a gunman in the San Bernardino, Calif., mass shooting without Apple’s help, the tech company is under pressure to find and fix the flaw.

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Vietnam's battle with Tuberculosis

The nation was once racked by a tuberculosis epidemic, one of the worst in which H.I.V. was not the driving force.But officials fought back fiercely.

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U.S. says it has unlocked iPhone without Apple

The Justice Department said on Monday that it had found a way to unlock an iPhone without help from Apple, allowing the agency to withdraw its legal effort to compel the tech company to assist in a mass-shooting investigation.

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Birth defects tied to Zika in Panama

Panama has reported its first case of birth defectsassociated with the Zika virus, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday

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F.B.I. clash with Apple loosed a torrent of possible ways to hack an iPhone

For weeks, the United States government has said that the only way to open an iPhone used by a gunman in a mass shooting was to get Apple’s help, a position that set off a clash between the technology giant and law enforcement.

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Andrew S. Grove, longtime chief of Intel, dies at 79

Andrew S. Grove, the longtime chief executive and chairman of Intel Corporation who was one of the most acclaimed and influential personalities of the computer and Internet era, died on Monday at his home in Los Altos, Calif. He was 79.

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U.S. says it may not need Apple's help to unlock iPhone

The Justice Department said on Monday that it might no longer need Apple’s assistance in opening an iPhone used by a gunman in the San Bernardino, Calif., rampage last year.

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In late Antiquity Textiles, a long-lasting fashion show

Less durable remains, like fabrics of garments and home decorations that somehow survive time’s decay, can also be telling artifacts of early cultures.

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Hey Siri, can I rely on you in a crisis? Not always, a study finds

Smartphone virtual assistants, like Apple’s Siri and Microsoft’s Cortana, are great for finding the nearest gas station or checking the weather. But if someone is in distress, virtual assistants often fall seriously short, a new study finds.

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In the Apple case, a debate over data hits home

the national debate touched off this winter by the confrontation between the Justice Department and Apple over smartphone security is not exactly the one Mr. Obama had in mind.