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Self-Driving Vehicles

New Research Shows Men Are More Comfortable With Self-Driving Cars Than Women

"We're talking about abstract things that many people have not experienced firsthand."

Health & Medicine

Antibiotic Considered Obsolete May Find New Use Against Superbugs

This 40-year-old drug is even more effective than current options.

Solar Power

China Has Built a Huge Floating Solar Farm on Top of a Deserted Coal Mine

Putting a solar farm on water has its unique advantages.

Artificial Intelligence

Separating Science Fact From Science Hype: How Far off Is the Singularity?

Most experts are confident it will happen sooner rather than later.

Artificial Intelligence

Your New Best Friend: AI Chatbot

What if AI bots could be the ones to have meaningful conversations with humans?

Future Society

US Report Confirms Russia Is Developing the World’s Most Powerful Nuclear Weapon

The 100-megaton thermonuclear weapon isn't "fake news."

Health & Medicine

Mirror Image Compounds Could Help Drugs Last Longer

Patients could kiss daily injections goodbye.

Self-Driving Vehicles

Who Is Responsible When a Self-Driving Car Has an Accident?

Two recent collisions in California involving autonomous driving technology highlight the dilemma.

Off-World

Rocket Lab Has Successfully Launched Its Electron Rocket Into Orbit

An Electron rocket launch is about one-twelfth the cost of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket launch.

Science & Energy

The Earth’s Magnetic Poles Are Overdue for a Switch

But this time, it will spell disaster for our electrical infrastructure.

Future Society

Automation Will Replace a Staggering Number of Workers in Major Cities

The most vulnerable cities are also the least wealthy.

Internet Of Things

A Web of Sensors May Uncover Secrets of the Deep Oceans

But is the plan really feasible?

Future Society

Your Fitness Tracking App May Have Revealed the Location of Secret Army Bases

Strava's heatmap offers detailed enough images to observe each base's internal layout.

Future Society

Bill Gates Is Working With Geneticists to Create the “Perfect” Cow

"You can have a cow that is four times as productive with the same survivability."

Future Society

Trump Administration May Build 5G Network to Protect Against Cyber Threats

"We want to build a network so the Chinese can't listen to your calls."

Medical

Medical AI May Be Better at Spotting Eye Disease Than Real Doctors

"With the AI system, results (for the screening) should be instantaneous and it can potentially reduce 80 percent of the workload of graders and optometrists."

Tesla

German Luxury Carmakers May Be Looking to Reverse Engineer Tesla’s Model 3

Many have speculated that BMW, Mercedes-Benz, or even Porsche could be attempting to uncover Tesla’s secrets.

Brain

Scientists Are Closer to Making Artificial Brains That Operate Like Ours Do

The artificial synapse fires 20 million times more rapidly than a human synapse does – and is more energy efficient, too.

Prosthetics and Devices

We Need to Prepare for a World Without Aging

Are we ready to face the challenges of immortality?

RX and Medicine

Incredibly Mobile “Minimalist Robot” Could Be the Future of Non-Invasive Medicine

“In the future, our robot can carry drugs and deliver them to a desired location where they are most needed, much like a doorstep delivery."