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Future Society

The House Has Voted. They Will Allow Warrantless Surveillance.

This may end the debate on privacy rights.

Renewable Energy

China Is the New World Leader in Renewable Energy

China is investing tens of billions of dollars in renewable energy around the world.

Health & Medicine

Research Finds Esketamine Effective in Treating the Worst Cases of Depression

The drug was effective among patients who didn't respond to other treatments.

Renewable Energy

New Report Predicts Renewable Energy Will be Cheaper Than Fossil Fuels by 2020

"Turning to renewables for new power generation is not simply an environmentally conscious decision, it is now — overwhelmingly — a smart economic one."

Renewable Energy

Chernobyl Is Being Transformed Into an Immense Renewable Energy Farm

A $1.54 million solar installation is giving Chernobyl a second life.

Science & Energy

DNA of Man Who Died in 1827 Recreated Without His Remains

His DNA was recreated using his living relatives. It's the first time this has ever been achieved.

Brain

“Brain-on-a-Chip” Devices Are Changing How We Study the Brain

The devices could one day eliminate the need for animal — and even human — test subjects.

Renewable Energy

Renewable Energy is Great, But It Won’t Save Us

Renewable energy is a good thing, but it's not the answer we need.

Genetics

Humans Share Genes With Lampreys That Repair the Fish’s Spinal Cord

These fish can go from paralysis to swimming in 10 to 12 weeks.

Advanced Transport

Get Your First Look at the Future of Hypersonic Flight

Boeing’s "son of Blackbird" is designed to exceed Mach 5.

Physics

For the First Time, Physicists Accelerated Light Beams in Curved Space in the Lab

The successful experiment "opens the doors to a new avenue of study in the field of accelerating beams."

Artificial Intelligence

Machines Just Beat Humans on a Stanford Reading Comprehension Test

AIs developed by Alibaba and Microsoft both outscored human participants.

Advanced Transport

Lockheed Confirms Secretive SR-72 Hypersonic Plane Will Be Made

The plane will be able to travel at Mach 6.

Health & Medicine

Newly FDA-Approved Platform Will Rapidly “Manufacture” Stem Cells to Repair Our Bodies

“The new platform represents a giant leap in regenerative medicine.”

Robots and Machines

Welcome to the Age of Micro Satellite Swarms

They're no bigger than a microwave oven, and can see through weather and darkness.

Artificial Intelligence

NASA-Funded Research Will Let Unmanned Spacecraft “Think” Using AI and Blockchain

This could allow deep-space satellites to quickly respond to threats and gather data without instructions.

Future Society

Panasonic’s Grand Plan for a Futuristic Smart City is Taking Shape

Virtual guardrails and self-driving buses are making this city's roads "smart."

Medical

A Robotic Implant Could Treat Congenital Disorders in Babies

The robot “tugs” at organs to spur cell growth.

Climate Change

Rising Clouds Could Spell Disaster for the World’s Tropical Forests

Climate change threatens to remove the clouds from cloud forests.

NASA

NASA Has Developed Autonomous Space Navigation That Uses Pulsars

“This demonstration is a breakthrough for future deep space exploration.”