A Tokyo medical school apologized Tuesday after an internal investigation confirmed that it altered entrance exam scores for years to limit the number of female students and ensure more men became doctors.
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Top Democrat on the House Intel Committee accuses Devin Nunes of altering a controversial GOP memo after Republicans voted to release it
Mark Wilson/Getty Images Rep. Adam Schiff, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, has accused his Republican counterpart Devin Nunes of altering a controversial secret GOP memo after Republicans voted to release it, and sending the modified version to the White House for review. The memo in question accuses the FBI and Justice Department […]
NASA considers altering astronaut DNA for Mars mission
Published time: 9 Oct, 2017 12:37 NASA wants to manipulate the DNA of its astronauts headed to Mars to protect them from cancer-causing cosmic radiation. NASA plans to send its first manned mission to Mars between 2030 and 2040 but still faces a number of obstacles before then. The Mars-bound astronauts will be exposed to […]
You can confuse self-driving cars by altering street signs
While car makers and regulators are mostly worried about the possibility of self-driving car hacks, University of Washington researchers are concerned about a more practical threat: defacing street signs. They’ve learned that it’s relatively easy to throw off an autonomous vehicle’s image recognition system by strategically using stickers to alter street signs. If attackers know […]
Turkish govt denies defacing or altering Gallipoli monument in ‘Islamist plot’
Published time: 18 Jun, 2017 22:12 Turkish officials have denied an unverified Guardian report that they removed an inscription on a Gallipoli monument in a politically-motivated effort to reflect a more Islamist narrative of the World War I battle. The Ataturk monument is a tribute to Anzac (Australian and New Zealand Army Corps) soldiers who […]
