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Robo-umps have arrived. Kinda. Beginning this season, Major League Baseball will use the ABS (short for automated balls and strikes) challenge system, so it's not full robo-umps, but there is now a ...

Players and managers were able to get used to ABS during spring training, but Opening Day will likely be the first time many fans experience the system. Mark Cunningham / MLB Photos via Getty Images ...

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This video is part of “Innovations In: Type 1 Diabetes,” an editorially independent special report that was produced with financial support from Vertex. Have you ever thought about how your body turns ...

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CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Province of Belluno — During bobsled events at the Winter Olympics, a pilot is in charge of controlling the sled while it shoots down an ice track at speeds of more than 90 miles ...