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Can Your Electric Vehicle Catch Fire During a Hurricane?
E.V. batteries that are submerged in saltwater can catch fire after the floods subside, but experts say it’s a rarity....

Google Researchers Win Nobel Prize Amid Company’s Antitrust Battle
Two of the company’s A.I. researchers shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, just hours after the Justice Department started spelling out plans that could lead to its break up....

Nobel Prize in Chemistry Goes to 3 Scientists for Predicting and Creating Proteins
The Nobel, awarded to David Baker of the University of Washington and Demis Hassabis and John M. Jumper of Google DeepMind, is the second this week to involve artificial intelligence....

U.S. Weighs Forcing Google to Break Off Parts of the Company
They include making Google’s data available to rivals and forcing it to break off parts of the company, the Justice Department said in a court filing....

Does Your School Use Suicide Prevention Software? We Want to Hear From You.
Concerned about anxiety and depression among students, some schools are monitoring what children type into their devices to detect suicidal thinking or self-harm....

Nobel Physics Prize Awarded for Pioneering A.I. Research by 2 Scientists
With work on machine learning that uses artificial neural networks, John J. Hopfield and Geoffrey E. Hinton “showed a completely new way for us to use computers,” the committee said....

Bitcoin Documentary ‘Money Electric’ Reopens Search for Satoshi Nakamoto
The identity of the pseudonymous Bitcoin creator has eluded sleuths for years. But does finding the real Mr. Nakamoto really matter?...

A.I. Pioneer Geoffrey Hinton Reflects on Winning the Nobel Prize
The computer scientist Geoffrey Hinton spoke with The Times shortly after learning he had won the Nobel Prize for Physics....

9 of the Most Celebrated Awards in Science Outside of Nobel Prizes
The Nobel Foundation offers prizes in only three scientific disciplines, but other awards have been created to honor scientists in different fields....

Google Must Open Android to Other App Stores, Judge Says
The internet giant was ordered by a federal judge to make a series of changes to address its anticompetitive conduct....