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Drones

These Tiny Drones Can Pull Objects 40 Times Their Weight

They figured out how to open doors.

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Virtual Reality

Incredible Augmented Reality Demo Conjures Up Ghostly Versions of Your Coworkers

Remote work doesn't have to be lonely.

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Privacy

Big Tech Splits Over Privacy Issues, at Least on the Surface.

Big tech companies are paying lip service to online privacy, but their efforts are paper-thin.

Artists rendering of an Alibaba peppercorn Snickers bar produced from big data.
Data Privacy

How Alibaba Used Big Data To Dream up a Peppercorn Snickers Bar

This could be the future of developing new products — for better or for worse.

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Health & Medicine

Gene Therapy Could Become as Easy to Get as a Flu Shot

Gene therapy is coming to your home.

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Cryptocurrency

Two Cryptocurrency Heavyweights Partner on a Dollar-Backed Stablecoin

You can now fill your crypto wallet with USD Coins.

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Bitcoin

What Even Is Blockchain? Trust Machine, a New Documentary, Has Answers

The story of blockchain is almost here. Watch the exclusive trailer now.

A map of the United States depicting the ten states where you are most likely to lose your job to a robot.
Future Society

Here Are the States Where a Robot Is Most Likely to Steal Your Job

Robots are coming for jobs in the American South and Great Plains.

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Robotics

These Lego-like “Brixels” Could Make Your Walls Into Robots

Here's something new for architects to play with.

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Prosthetics and Devices

For a Thousand Bucks, You Can Get the First Non-Dorky Smart Glasses

They’re not quite spy glasses, but they can call an Uber and text your pals.

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Climate Change

These Cameras Will Capture 1,000 Years of Climate Change

Mark your calendars for the photo exhibition in the year 3018.

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Off-World

The Wounded Hubble Could Be Back Soon, but It’s on Borrowed Time

NASA engineers may have found a fix — for now.

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Pollution

Microplastics Are Already in Our Bodies, According to a New Study

Our plastic waste can now be found in our... uhh... bodily waste.

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Future Society

Report: Amazon Tried to Sell Facial Recognition Tech to ICE

And its employees are mad as hell about it.

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Advanced Transport

Federal Officials Put the Brakes on a Driverless School Bus

Officials called the project both "irresponsible" and "inappropriate."

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Artificial Intelligence

This Startup Is Paying Strangers to Train AIs

It's like Uber for algorithms.

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Bacteria

A New Test Can Screen for Every Bacteria That Causes Disease In Humans

It could be a powerful weapon in the fight against antibiotic resistance.

World Governments Want to Slice Up Antarctica When a Scientific Treaty Lifts
Environment

World Governments Want to Slice Up Antarctica When a Scientific Treaty Lifts

They're digging for anything that could support their claims to the land.

Researchers: Mars Might Have Enough Oxygen For Underground Life
Mars

Researchers: Mars Might Have Enough Oxygen For Underground Life

The Red Planet could support bacteria or even sponges.

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Mars

Future Mars Colonists Could Fly Rockets They 3D Printed Right on the Red Planet

Forgot your wrench back on Earth? Just print one.