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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.

Off-World

The US Has Tons of Spaceports But Not Enough Launches

We don't need 10 spaceports for 29 launches per year.

Bitcoin

Maybe Goldman Sachs Isn’t So Keen On Crypto, After All

The Wall Street bank might not be ready to dive into crypto's turbulent waters.

Health & Medicine

Sugar Pills Can Help Tiny Robots Navigate Your Body

This specific kind of pill keeps the bots from releasing drugs too early.

3D Printing

It’s Now Way Easier to Manipulate Individual Atoms in 3D

The technique could make quantum computers a whole lot more sophisticated.

Future Society

Social Media Giants Need Regulation From a Government That’s Unsure How To Help

Congress is ready to help tech companies win the war against misinformation. If only it knew how.

Off-World

Japan Will Soon Conduct The First Test of Elevator Movement in Space

It's an important step towards making a space elevator into a real, useful tool.

Health & Medicine

Genetically Engineered Mosquitoes Are About to Fly Free in Africa

This is the first step of a long-term plan to eradicate malaria from the region.

Artificial Intelligence

Five Experts Share What Scares Them the Most About AI

A future governed by AI is promising. But it's also scary.