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Volvo's new electric truck is about to deploy on the streets of Hamburg, Germany. And they could beat Tesla's semi to the punch.
Tesla

The future of garbage is electric.

According to the Pew Research Center, more Americans now get their news from social media than do from traditional printed newspapers.
Future Society

Or at least this is the first time they're admitting it.

Researchers have discovered that the Earth's underground ecosystem is massive, roughly twice as big as all the world's oceans combined.
Science & Energy

We might want to look down before we look up.

In a hearing in front of a House Committee, Google CEO Sundar Pichai said that Google had "no plans" to launch a search product in China.
Future Society

But project Dragonfly is very real.

Replacing Nuclear With Renewables Would Save France $44.5 Billion
Nuclear Fusion

Gradually decommissioning old nuclear plants would get France to 95 percent renewable energy by 2060.

A White-Hot Molten Silicon “Sun” Could Power 100,000 Homes
Energy

Excess electricity from solar panels heats a vat of molten silicon.

During a spacewalk, two Russian astronauts will examine a hole in the side of the ISS's Soyuz capsule in an attempt to figure out if was a work of sabotage.
International Space Station

Russia still isn't convinced that hole was made accidentally.

Experts in the 3D bioprinting and regenerative health field got together to come up with ways space agencies could use the technology to treat astronauts.
Off-World

In space, there's no emergency room.

Samsung Is Reportedly Helping Tesla With Self-Driving Car Tech
Self-Driving Vehicles

But the South Korean tech giant is keeping it on the down-low.

An employee sent an email to Uber execs warning about issues with the company's autonomous cars days before a self-driving fatality.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Uber execs reportedly ignored his emailed warnings.

A plant in the Chinese city of Jinan is feeding food waste to cockroaches, which then become food for pigs and other livestock.
Food

A billion bugs eat 55 tons of kitchen waste — every day.

A new dark matter detection study, COSINE-100, may debunk another experiment that claimed to have spotted dark matter. But the two had some key differences.
Dark Matter

New research is a "nail in the coffin" for controversial findings.

A New Spray Gel Helps Kill Tumors Left Over From Cancer Surgery
Cancer

The gel reactivated the immune systems of mice who had tumors left in their bodies.

A SpaceX Dragon capsule just brought the ISS Christmas dinner, a feast consisting of turkey and all the fixings, plus cookies to decorate.
SpaceX

The astronauts will enjoy a turkey dinner with all the fixings.

California Is Installing Chargers for a Type of Electric Car That Doesn’t Exist Yet
Advanced Transport

The first vehicles that will use them are still two years out.

If governments don't take swift action against climate change, the global economy could be headed for a crisis, according to investors.
Climate Change

Today's "zombie-like" response could lead to financial catastrophe.

NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft found evidence of "hydrated minerals" on the surface of Bennu, an asteroid millions of miles away.
NASA

"This is a great surprise."

Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg’s “Epic Rap Battle,” Explained
Elon Musk

Who won? Who's next?

A landmark research study at the National Institute of Health is finding that too much screen time is changing the way children's brains are developing.
Brain

But we don't know if that's a bad thing yet.

Voyager 2 Just Entered Interstellar Space
Science & Energy

It's now 11 billion miles from Earth.