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Science & Energy

Check Out This Stunning Image of a Far-off Galaxy

This "cosmic gem" doesn't look like something 65 million light years away.

Military

The Military’s “Molar Mic” Is Straight out of Mission Impossible

It sends audio through a person's teeth and bones.

NASA

Corporate Sponsors Could Help NASA Keep Pace with Private Space Companies

This launch brought to you by Coca-Cola.

Blockchain

Crypto-pocalypse Soon-ish? Judge Rules ICOs Are a Security

The judge declined to dismiss the case. That might create a legal precedent for regulators to get involved.

Fossil Fuels

Experts Warn That Demand for Fossil Fuels Could Peak a Decade Earlier Than Predicted

The good news is that the global energy system is tipping toward solar and wind power. The bad news is that it could tank the economy.

Climate Change

A New Map of Antarctica Is Detailed Enough to See a Car Parked on An Ice Shelf

Antarctica is now the best-mapped continent on Earth.

Artificial Intelligence

If Artificial Intelligence Only Benefits a Select Few, Everyone Loses

Workers aren't going to be excited about technology that replaces them, so our economies need to shift.

Advanced Transport

The UK’s First Flying Taxi Wants to Take You Farther Than Just Across Town

This car flies like a drone, and it might someday be the way you travel between cities.

Science & Energy

We’re Drinking so Much Water That We’re Actually Making the Ocean Saltier

As we make saltwater drinkable, we could endanger delicate ocean ecosystems.

Brain

This Device Reads Your Brainwaves to Figure Out Your Mood

If you're feeling down, it could someday give your brain a little boost.

Future Society

An Amazon Patent Would Use Cages to Keep Employees “Safe”

The company has already come up with a better, less-confining solution.

Health & Medicine

Diabetes Patients Are Hacking Together the Tech They Need. Doctors Are Just Tuning In.

Patients have been hacking together their devices to create a DIY artificial pancreas.

Artificial Intelligence

Op-Ed: We Gave Corporations Our Data. Now They’re Deciding How AI Will Affect Our Future.

While we’re deciding how we feel about AI, companies like Google are already shaping our future.

Artificial Intelligence

MIT’s New Robot Can Visually Understand Objects It’s Never Seen Before

After it learned to pick up one shoe, the system could do the same with shoes it had never seen before.

Artificial Intelligence

Drone Racing: The Next Battleground For AI to Try to Dominate Humans

They'll navigate complex courses in a series of four races.

Science & Energy

Google’s New Search Engine Could Solve a Major Problem in the Scientific Community

Need a dataset? Just Google it.

Elon Musk

The Most Far-Out Statements From Elon Musk’s Wide-Ranging Interview With Joe Rogan

We listened to the whole interview so you didn't have to.

Artificial Intelligence

Left Unchecked, Artificial Intelligence Can Become Prejudiced All On Its Own

Taken to its extreme, AI that runs the world could even develop an anti-human bias.

Off-World

Two Companies Are Going to Manufacture Optical Fibers in Space

The process could produce purer cables.

Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence Could Be The Key To Longevity [Affiliate]

The future of health is on the horizon.