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Cryptocurrency

Two Cryptocurrency Heavyweights Partner on a Dollar-Backed Stablecoin

You can now fill your crypto wallet with USD Coins.

Bitcoin

What Even Is Blockchain? Trust Machine, a New Documentary, Has Answers

The story of blockchain is almost here. Watch the exclusive trailer now.

A map of the United States depicting the ten states where you are most likely to lose your job to a robot.
Future Society

Here Are the States Where a Robot Is Most Likely to Steal Your Job

Robots are coming for jobs in the American South and Great Plains.

Robotics

These Lego-like “Brixels” Could Make Your Walls Into Robots

Here's something new for architects to play with.

Prosthetics and Devices

For a Thousand Bucks, You Can Get the First Non-Dorky Smart Glasses

They’re not quite spy glasses, but they can call an Uber and text your pals.

Climate Change

These Cameras Will Capture 1,000 Years of Climate Change

Mark your calendars for the photo exhibition in the year 3018.

Off-World

The Wounded Hubble Could Be Back Soon, but It’s on Borrowed Time

NASA engineers may have found a fix — for now.

Pollution

Microplastics Are Already in Our Bodies, According to a New Study

Our plastic waste can now be found in our... uhh... bodily waste.

Future Society

Report: Amazon Tried to Sell Facial Recognition Tech to ICE

And its employees are mad as hell about it.

Advanced Transport

Federal Officials Put the Brakes on a Driverless School Bus

Officials called the project both "irresponsible" and "inappropriate."

Artificial Intelligence

This Startup Is Paying Strangers to Train AIs

It's like Uber for algorithms.

Bacteria

A New Test Can Screen for Every Bacteria That Causes Disease In Humans

It could be a powerful weapon in the fight against antibiotic resistance.

World Governments Want to Slice Up Antarctica When a Scientific Treaty Lifts
Environment

World Governments Want to Slice Up Antarctica When a Scientific Treaty Lifts

They're digging for anything that could support their claims to the land.

Researchers: Mars Might Have Enough Oxygen For Underground Life
Mars

Researchers: Mars Might Have Enough Oxygen For Underground Life

The Red Planet could support bacteria or even sponges.

Mars

Future Mars Colonists Could Fly Rockets They 3D Printed Right on the Red Planet

Forgot your wrench back on Earth? Just print one.

Black Widow Spider Research Could Lead to Bulletproof Silk
Science & Energy

Black Widow Spider Research Could Lead to Bulletproof Silk

Scientists piece together the spider's mysterious spinning process.

Drones

Uber Aims to Replace Delivery Drivers With Drones

Human drivers will shuttle other humans while your burrito takes to the sky.

This Super-Light Plastic Car May Be the Future of Electric Vehicles
Electric Vehicles

This Super-Light Plastic Car May Be the Future of Electric Vehicles

It weighs about half as much as the typical EV.

Elon Musk: First Boring Company Tunnel Will Open December 10
Elon Musk

Elon Musk: First Boring Company Tunnel Will Open December 10

This is in "real time," not "Elon time."

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Robotics

New Roundup Ranks the World’s Robots by Creepiness

Which is worse: a bot with dead eyes or one with no skin?