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Prosthetics and Devices

Scientists Unveil the First Portable Bionic Hand With a Sense of Touch

“We are going more and more in the direction of science fiction movies.”

Blockchain

Beyond Mining: Blockchain Boosts Solar Exchange Markets

Cryptocurrencies could facilitate the exchange of clean energy and carbon credits.

Physics

Parallel Universes Could Solve One of the Biggest Mysteries in Physics

The many worlds interpretation may explain some puzzling inconsistencies pertaining to black holes.

Artificial Intelligence

Soon We Won’t Be Able to Tell the Difference Between AI and a Human Voice

The line between human and machine gets even blurrier.

Off-World

New Data Finally Reveals That, No, There Is No Alien Megastructure

We have answers to the "most mysterious star in the universe."

Future Society

SuperMeat Raises $3 Million to Produce “Clean Meat” in the Lab

The company's chicken products are expected to hit the market within three years.

Cryptocurrency

Vladimir Putin Looks to Develop a New Cryptocurrency — the Cryptorouble

The country wants to avoid Western sanctions.

Climate Change

2017 Broke Another Heat Record — but There’s Hope for Future Years

This was the hottest non-El Niño year on record. It's time for individuals to act.

Future Society

DARPA Launches Subterranean Challenge to Improve Underground Ops

Elon Musk isn't the only one venturing below Earth's surface.

Bitcoin

2018 Could Be the Rise of Ripple

While many haven't heard of the cryptocurrency, Ripple originated in concept as early as 2004 — before Bitcoin even existed.

Fungi

Surprising Study Shows Fungicides May Be a Major Threat to Bees

"This research suggests the regulatory system for pesticides may have let us down once again."

Health & Medicine

Scientists Claim They Found a Drug That “Significantly Reverses Memory Loss”

A diabetes drug could help Alzheimer's sufferers.

Artificial Intelligence

An AI-Powered Network Could Save the US Navy Billions of Dollars

It could also make their fleets safer and more formidable.

Future Society

Climate Change Places a Major Economic Burden on Future Generations

One new study links higher temperatures in childhood to financial instability in adulthood.

Climate Change

Not All Geoengineering Is as Terrifying as You May Think

It's based on an "embarrassingly" simple idea: Make the ice brighter.

Robotics

Researchers Gave Robots the Ability to Think Ahead

The technology allows robots to "learn a range of visual object manipulation skills entirely on their own."

Bitcoin

Experts: Each Bitcoin Could be Worth $60,000 by December 2018

Experts see a clear trend for the world's most popular cryptocurrency.

Artificial Intelligence

Study Shows Touching a Humanoid Robot Elicits Arousal In Humans

We might be more emotionally attached to robots than we think.

Bitcoin

Venezuela Set to Launch Its Own Oil-Backed Cryptocurrency

The government hopes the “petro” will help offset the country’s dire financial situation.

Ethics

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Issues Guide on AI Ethics

Ethically Aligned Design aims to address some of the societal considerations related to the development of autonomous systems.