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Health & Medicine

Our Latest Weapon Against Antibiotic Resistance? Platypus Milk

The bizarre critters could help us address a global crisis.

Electric Vehicles

Electric Vehicles Are the Future, but Their Batteries Are Stuck in the Past

Unsustainable materials. Dangerous work conditions. We need better car batteries to power our future.

Climate Change

Governments Are Insuring Coral Reefs. That May Be Enough to Save Them.

One Mexican state has given its reefs hurricane insurance.

Future Society

L’Oreal Buys Augmented Reality Beauty App, Allowing Robots To Point Out Our Every Flaw

New tech, same ol' beauty standards.

Mars

Putin Plans to Put Russians on Mars in 2019

If he succeeds, they'll get there before NASA and Elon Musk.

Future Society

Norway Plans a Sustainable “City of the Future”

The city will use only the energy it creates.

Future Society

Cities’ “Smart” Led Streetlights May Be Secretly Watching Over You

How would you feel about street lamps outfitted with hidden surveillance tech?

Science & Energy

Neil deGrasse Tyson: We Don’t Understand the Most Fundamental Aspects of Our Universe

Humanity, it seems, has a lot to learn.

Artificial Intelligence

AI Translates News Just as Well as a Human Would

The AI was able to translate Chinese to English with "human parity."

Health & Medicine

Growing New Veins Could Make Life Better for People on Dialysis

A small practical improvement could make a world of difference.

Future Society

Autonomous Robot Bees Are Being Patented by… Walmart?

Oddly enough, this isn't the first farming patent the retail giant has filed.

Pollution

You’re Probably Drinking Microplastics With Your Bottled Water

Plastic bottles pollute the planet, and also your innards.

OpenAI

OpenAI Wants to Make Safe AI, but That May Be an Impossible Task

There may be no way to protect ourselves from AI.

Science & Energy

Microbial Armor Could Protect Dying Coral Reefs

Corals with healthy microbiomes are healthier overall, but scientists don't yet know if the microbes are the reason why.

Health & Medicine

This Startup Will Literally Kill You for Science

“What if we told you we could back up your mind?”

Cryptocurrency

Google Becomes Most Recent Platform to Prohibit Cryptocurrency Ads

Following Facebook's lead, Google has decided to remove all ads related to cryptocurrencies and ICOs.

Future Society

Stephen Hawking’s Most Dire Predictions for the Future

Hawking inspired us. He also made us afraid.

Science & Energy

On Pi Day, All Hail the Pi Master of Earth: Suresh Kumar Sharma

Suresh Kumar Sharma. So hot right now.

Robots and Machines

Uber Plans to Take Ridesharing to the Skies. Meet the VTOL Flying Car

It's a car. It's a plane. It's an Uber.

Health & Medicine

Newly Developed Microneedles Can Dissolve in the Skin to Deliver Drugs

No more painful injections.