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Science & Energy

Gamers Built a “Digital Museum” That Unlocked New Secrets of the Brain

Need something done fast? Make a game of it.

RX and Medicine

Quantum Dots Synthesized From Tea Leaves Could Be The Future Of Nanomedicine

Previously, creating quantum dots was expensive and resulted in toxic pollution.

Artificial Intelligence

AI 101, Because We Can’t Escape the Inevitable (It’s Free Too)

Unsure about AI? This class is for you.

Medical

Robots Can Grow Humanoid Mini-Organs From Stem Cells Faster And Better Than People

This could greatly speed up pharmaceutical research.

Mars

Our Bodies Aren’t Built to Have Babies on Mars – So Let’s Alter our DNA

We need to become a little less human.

Future Society

A Crypto-Trading, Floating Island Nation Promises Utopia, If It Happens

A sort of high seas Wakanda, the first floating island is expected to launch in 2020.

Elon Musk

Miss Elon Musk’s Boring Company Update? Here’s What You Need to Know

The company has big plans, and they start in LA.

Google

Conspiracy Theory Alert: Google Might Have Faked That AI Demo Call

Get your tin foil hat ready.

Future Society

The U.S. Department of Justice Clearly Knows How Creepy Cell Phone Surveillance ‘Stingrays’ Are

...They won't even acknowledge them.

Energy

Bitcoin Is Going To Use As Much Electricity As Austria By The Year’s End

Mining rigs are expected to account for one two-hundredth of the world's energy use.

Future Society

Dubai’s High-Tech, iPad-Shaped Apartment Could be a Troubleshooting Nightmare

This requires a new level of tech support.

Future Society

Finally, a Group of Workers Expected to Benefit From Automation: Women

Robots just aren't suited for female-dominated jobs.

Data Privacy

Internal, Speculative Google Video Shows How To Globally Model Human Behavior From User Data

It would be like the Human Genome Project but with our online activity instead of genes.

Future Society

Not Paying Attention in Class? China’s “Smart Eye” Will Snitch on You

"It’s like a pair of mystery eyes are constantly watching me.”

Artificial Intelligence

Stop Using Discriminatory AI, Human Rights Groups Say

The document was signed by Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, The Wikimedia Foundation, and others.

Health & Medicine

Ebola is Back. Here’s How This Outbreak is Different.

It's time to put that Ebola vaccine to the test.

Robotics

This Cute Little Robot Fly Is The First Without A Wire

RoboFly uses lasers to power its flapping wings.

Science & Energy

Researchers Don’t Know What’s Killing Florida’s Coral Reef

It's threatening the world's third largest reef, so they need to figure this out fast.

Elon Musk

Elon Musk Has a Plan to Get You Anywhere on Earth in An Hour

First, you'll go underground. Then, into space.

Bitcoin

Goldman Sachs Just Launched A New Cryptocurrency

It might start to replace the dollar. But, then again, it might not.