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This Company is Ready to Fight Back Against Climate Change and “Fix the Planet”
Climate Change

This Company is Ready to Fight Back Against Climate Change and “Fix the Planet”

This tech-focused business is tackling the problems that plague humanity

A SpaceX Crew Dragon space craft sits atop a Falcon 9 rocket
Crew Dragon

SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Goes Vertical for First Test Launch

Like a gem on a crown.

Tiny satelietes could help stabilize massive space telescopes.
Off-World

Tiny Satellites Could Be “Guide Stars” for Massive Space Telescopes

CubeSats with lasers could guide our gaze into the cosmos.

Researchers have found that cells that naturally help fight the inflammation caused by multiple sclerosis originate in the gut.
Health & Medicine

New Research Could Stop Multiple Sclerosis in Its Tracks

One of our body's natural defenses could help end the often-debilitating disease.

A plastic part broke off the Ocean Cleanup Project's device, which was intended to capture ocean plastic. But the project's CEO remains undeterred.
Environment

Plastic Part Breaks Off Device Intended to Capture Ocean Plastic

The Ocean Cleanup Project is having a bad month.

Amazon gas stations would give the company a way to generate revenue and improve its delivery network — all while collecting more consumer data.
Finance

Finance Expert: Amazon Should Open Gas Stations

And he makes a compelling argument.

According to a new World Bank automation report, fears that robots will cause widespread job losses are largely unfounded — but not everyone agrees.
Future Society

World Bank: Fears of a Robot Takeover Are “Unfounded”

"This fear is not supported by the evidence so far.”

See China’s Lunar Rover Set Off Across the Far Side of the Moon
Moon

See China’s Lunar Rover Set Off Across the Far Side of the Moon

It has a long journey ahead.

An upcoming galactic collision could wake the Milky Way's black hole and fling our solar system into intergalactic space, according to new research.
Off-World

Galactic Collision Could Fling Our Solar System Into Intergalactic Space

The collision "could knock us out of the Milky Way."

According to a new essay, several companies trying to develop nuclear fusion reactors believe they're getting pretty close.
Physics

Expert: “I’m 100 Percent Confident” Fusion Power Will Be Practical

Companies chasing after the elusive technology hope to build reactors by 2030.

Rolls Royce plans to break the world speed record for an electric airplane in 2020 with a craft designed to reach a top speed of at least 300 MPH.
Advanced Transport

Rolls Royce Is Building the World’s Fastest Electric Airplane

ACCEL is set to go wheels up in 2020.

Cyberdyne's assistive exoskeleton, HAL, was approved for rehab treatments in early 2018. Now it's about to ship to five more hospitals.
Neuroscience and Brain

Watch a RoboCop-Like Exoskeleton Help Paralyzed People Walk Again

Cyberdyne's HAL exoskeleton is about to arrive at five more hospitals.

Clearing Old Cells from Mouse Brains Lowered Signs of Anxiety
Brain

Clearing Old Cells from Mouse Brains Lowered Signs of Anxiety

Drugs could clear out the dormant cells, reducing anxious behaviors.

The discovery of a relationship between the dark matter in dwarf galaxies and their star formation could help us understand the mysterious material.
Science & Energy

New Finding Could Be “Smoking Gun” in Understanding Dark Matter

It could help us nail down the nature of the mysterious material.

The Pakistan city of Karachi is launching a network of zero-emissions buses powered by bio-methane created out of cow manure.
Advanced Transport

Pakistani City to Use Cow Manure to Power Fleet of 200 Buses

The project could cut emissions while also saving fresh water.

Fossil fuel may comprise a large part of the Texas economy, but new research shows that the state has the natural resources to ditch coal entirely.  
Solar Power

New Research: Texas Could Ditch Coal Entirely for Wind and Solar

"Wind and solar are easily capable of picking up the slack."

A cancer-detecting breathalyzer is ready for clinical trials, and if it works as hoped, it could usher in a new era in cancer screening.
Cancer

Cancer-Detecting Breathalyzer Moves Into Clinical Trials

A UK team is looking for 1,500 people to test its device.

A neural implant nicknamed the "bionic face" can help treat facial paralysis by stimulating paralyzed muscles with electricity.
Brain

A “Bionic Face” Brain Implant Could Treat Facial Paralysis

The device copies neural activity from one half of the face and sends it to the paralyzed part.

Researchers are gene-hacking plants to make them gigantic. The idea is that it could vastly increase food yields for farmers.
Science & Energy

Scientists Are Gene-Hacking Plants to Make Them Enormous

Huge edible plants could feed more people.

Bill Gates' nuclear energy company, TerraPower, was building a Traveling-Wave Reactor near Beijing when the Department of Energy stepped in.
Nuclear Fusion

China Tariffs Blocked Bill Gates’ Plan for Safe Nuclear Power

New Energy Department policies blocked nuclear power plans three years in the making.