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Future Society

How Satellites Are Warning African Farmers About Pest Invasions

The agricultural revolution keeps on evolving.

Climate Change

More Than 40 Percent of the World’s Coal Plants Lose Money

No more excuses — it's time to go solar.

Off-World

Virgin Galactic Will Send People to Space By Christmas. Maybe.

The company's founder is feeling optimistic about 2018.

Health & Medicine

A Needle-Covered Patch Could Help Heal Damaged Hearts

The patch helps prevent cell death and repair damaged tissue.

Moon

These 9 Companies Will Help NASA Return Humans to the Moon

The contracts have been signed, and NASA's ready to go.

Prosthetics and Devices

A New Prosthetic Arm Takes the Place of a Phantom Limb

The two amputees in the study barely had to practice moving the robotic arm.

Prosthetics and Devices

U.S. Soldiers to Wear Microsoft AR Goggles During Combat Missions

The U.S. Army is buying 100,000 HoloLens goggles.

Climate Change

Report: Global Temps Could Rise 9 Degrees Fahrenheit by 2100

Record temperatures are just one sign that climate change is persisting.

Off-World

Hubble Takes Another Incredible Picture After Gyroscope Failure

After weeks of tinkering, experts got Hubble back on its feet.

Tesla

China Forces Tesla and Other EV Makers to Turn Over Driver Data

Every vehicle in the nation shares 61 data points — including its real-time location.

Health & Medicine

Those CRISPR Baby Experiments Were Just Banned By The Chinese Government

Enough is enough.

Science & Energy

Scientists Discover a “Ghost of a Galaxy” Orbiting the Milky Way

It's both massive and extremely diffuse.

Science & Energy

Experts Predict What Earth’s Next Supercontinent Will Look Like

Pangea was the last supercontinent. Novopangea could be the next one.

Medical

Amazon’s Next AI Bet: Digitizing Medical Records

Amazon wants in on medtech.

Artificial Intelligence

Instagram Will Use AI To Describe Images for Visually Impaired Users

Lots of people who are visually impaired use Instagram.

Future Society

Australian Companies Can Fire Workers Who Refuse Biometric Scans

Employees' fingerprints aren't protected under privacy laws.

Elon Musk

Elon Musk’s Boring Company Scraps Plans for a Westside LA Tunnel

Elon Musk's company decided to settle with local advocates instead.

Artificial Intelligence

China Plans to Build a Deep Sea Base Run Entirely by AI

Robots, not humans, will run the show.

Health & Medicine

Scientists Around the World Condemn That CRISPR Baby Experiment

You can't push the frontier of science if you leave all the ethicists behind.

Climate Change

Harvard Scientists to Release Sun-Dimming Sky Chemical in 2019

But just a tiny bit, to see what happens.