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Know Your 3.14 – This is What Pi Sounds Like
From Quarks to Quasars

Know Your 3.14 – This is What Pi Sounds Like

The WHO Is on the Lookout for the Disease That May Be the Next Global Pandemic
Health & Medicine

The WHO Is on the Lookout for the Disease That May Be the Next Global Pandemic

"This is not some future nightmare scenario."

Hazy Experiments Could Teach Us About Alien Life
Off-World

Hazy Experiments Could Teach Us About Alien Life

This is the first step to figuring out if there there could be life on exoplanets.

3 Takeaways From Elon Musk’s SXSW Talk (and One Song)
Elon Musk

3 Takeaways From Elon Musk’s SXSW Talk (and One Song)

Complete with a "Mars Bars" joke.

How To Fathom Pi: Amazing Visual Illustrations
Science & Energy

How To Fathom Pi: Amazing Visual Illustrations

Meet Albert Einstein, the Father of Modern Science
From Quarks to Quasars

Meet Albert Einstein, the Father of Modern Science

Switzerland Is Developing a System to Track Drones All Over the Country
Drones

Switzerland Is Developing a System to Track Drones All Over the Country

The Swiss want to make unmanned drone services a major part of business plans.

Wandering Gut Bacteria Could Be Behind Conditions Like Lupus
Bacteria

Wandering Gut Bacteria Could Be Behind Conditions Like Lupus

The bacteria living in your gut might not stay put. Here's what that means for your health.

Cars on the Blockchain? Six Ways Automakers Could Employ the New Technology
Blockchain

Cars on the Blockchain? Six Ways Automakers Could Employ the New Technology

Blockchain is ready to transform personal transportation.

MIT Is Taking on Fusion Power. Could This Be the Time It Actually Works?
Science & Energy

MIT Is Taking on Fusion Power. Could This Be the Time It Actually Works?

"We think we have the science, speed and scale to put carbon-free fusion power on the grid in 15 years."

Trump blocking Twitter users
Future Society

Trump Should Mute People on Twitter Instead of Blocking Them, Says Federal Judge

It's a First Amendment issue.

Berkeley Could Become the First US City to Allow Investments on the Blockchain
Investing

Berkeley Could Become the First US City to Allow Investments on the Blockchain

Its ICO would actually be an “initial community offering.”

wildlife wwf poaching wildlife trafficking
Science & Energy

To Combat Wildlife Trafficking, Tech Companies Take a Stand

They aim to reduce wildlife trafficking online by 80 percent by 2020.

Congress Hasn’t Given up on Nuclear Power
Nuclear Fusion

Congress Hasn’t Given up on Nuclear Power

Two bills that could revitalize the nuclear energy industry moved forward this week.

California’s Bullet Train Is Going to Be Way, Way More Expensive
Advanced Transport

California’s Bullet Train Is Going to Be Way, Way More Expensive

The most recent business plan puts the project $13 billion more expensive than previous estimates.

diamond earth's crust silica perovskites
Science & Energy

Here’s What Scientists Can Learn From Newly-Discovered Deep-Earth Mineral

The diamond is just the wrapper for this specimen of Earth's deep crust.

It’s Really Hard to Give AI “Common Sense”
Artificial Intelligence

It’s Really Hard to Give AI “Common Sense”

Think common sense is scarce in humans? In AI, it's nonexistent.

northern white rhino
Science & Energy

With IVF, the Northern White Rhino May Not Go Extinct

There are three northern white rhinos left, and one is on his deathbed.

cryptocurrency heater
Cryptocurrency

Apparently Home Heaters Now Mine Crypto

The device addresses two problems simultaneously.

elon musk the boring company hyperloop tunnel mass transit public transportation
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Says Hyperloop Will Put Pedestrians, Mass Transit First

The Boring Company has a new focus.