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Blockchain Could Help Restaurants Make Sure the Seafood You Order Is Actually What Lands on Your Plate
Food

Blockchain Could Help Restaurants Make Sure the Seafood You Order Is Actually What Lands on Your Plate

Is that tuna? Or meat from an endangered whale?

Here’s How You Could Survive Being Sucked Into a Black Hole
Physics

Here’s How You Could Survive Being Sucked Into a Black Hole

“Given that we don’t know what happens past the Cauchy horizon, it could be crazy things as long as they’re mathematically possible."

A Massachusetts Company Claims to Be Close to a Solid-State Battery
Science & Energy

A Massachusetts Company Claims to Be Close to a Solid-State Battery

A new polymer could be the key to safer, better batteries.

Politicians Are Now Facing Legal Action For Sharing Extremists’ Posts on Social Media
Future Society

Politicians Are Now Facing Legal Action For Sharing Extremists’ Posts on Social Media

France's far-right Marine Le Pen is one of the first to face legal action.

Toyota Is Launching a $2.8 Billion Self-Driving Car Company
Self-Driving Vehicles

Toyota Is Launching a $2.8 Billion Self-Driving Car Company

Toyota hopes the Research Institute-Advanced Development will be "a company with different rules — like a startup."

Your Next Real Estate Agent Might Be a Robot
Artificial Intelligence

Your Next Real Estate Agent Might Be a Robot

And they'll do it for cheaper, too.

New App Turns Consent Into A Contract. Why Do We Need It?
Future Society

New App Turns Consent Into A Contract. Why Do We Need It?

The real problem is that we need such an app at all.

What Are YOU Looking At? Mind-Reading AI Knows
Artificial Intelligence

What Are YOU Looking At? Mind-Reading AI Knows

No need to close your other browser tabs yet.

A Nearby Planet Thought to Host Life Was Just Blasted With Radiation
Off-World

A Nearby Planet Thought to Host Life Was Just Blasted With Radiation

In just 10 seconds, its star became 1,000 times brighter.

Autonomous Transport Pods Make For a Sci-Fi Commute in Dubai
Self-Driving Vehicles

Autonomous Transport Pods Make For a Sci-Fi Commute in Dubai

And electric transportation cubes are part of Dubai's grand plans.

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Future Society

4 Astounding Things About Russia’s (Supposed) New Weapons

"My guess is they're not bluffing, that they've flight-tested this thing...”

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Health & Medicine

To Cure a Deadly Disease, 17 People Will Be Knowingly Infected With Worms

The volunteers will host the parasites for 12 weeks.

We Now Have Soft Robots With a Sense of Touch. But Why?
Robotics

We Now Have Soft Robots With a Sense of Touch. But Why?

You should be excited. They're cool. And also useful.

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Future Society

EU to Internet Companies: You Have Three Months to Get Rid of Extremist Content

"We still need to react faster against terrorist propaganda and other illegal content.”

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Medical

Apple to Launch Medical Practices to Treat Its Own Employees

Apple joins a short list of companies aiming to revolutionize their employees' healthcare.

Amazon’s Alexa Could Soon Translate Speech in Real-Time
Robots and Machines

Amazon’s Alexa Could Soon Translate Speech in Real-Time

This would even include the cultural knowledge needed to communicate respectfully.

The Marshall Islands Is Most Recent Nation to Make Crypto an Official Currency
Cryptocurrency

The Marshall Islands Is Most Recent Nation to Make Crypto an Official Currency

The island nation hopes the token will help solve its budgetary woes.

New Algorithm Lets AI Learn From Mistakes, Become a Little More Human
Artificial Intelligence

New Algorithm Lets AI Learn From Mistakes, Become a Little More Human

This AI learns by looking at mistakes as potential successes.

3 Reasons Why It’s a Good Idea to Resurrect a Species
Science & Energy

3 Reasons Why It’s a Good Idea to Resurrect a Species

Why should we spend time and resources to bring back species when so many are dying now?

AI Cameras Are Here. Here Are Three Ways We Could Use Them.
Artificial Intelligence

AI Cameras Are Here. Here Are Three Ways We Could Use Them.

They seem pretty creepy, but how might we benefit from them?