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Off-World

Water May Be Trapped in Sponge-Like Martian Rocks

Scientists believe the red planet was once wet and warm, but they couldn't figure out where the water had gone. A new study suggests a possible explanation.

By Chelsea Gohd

Bitcoin

Three More Cryptocurrencies Arrive on Bloomberg Terminal

Ethereum, ripple, and litecoin join the ranks.

By Chelsea Gohd

Solar Power

China’s First Solar Highway is Nearly Complete, May Soon Be Able to Charge Electric Cars

It should be up and running in China early next year.

By Kyree Leary

Virtual Reality

Magic Leap Shows Off Their New Augmented Reality Headset

The headset promises to seamlessly blend the digital world with reality.

By Chelsea Gohd

Treatments

The FDA Approves a New Gene Therapy Treatment for a Rare Form of Blindness

Known as Luxturna, it can be used to treat children and adults suffering from mutation-induced vision loss.

By Kyree Leary

Graphene

Two Layers of Graphene Make Diamond-Hard Armor That Can Stop a Bullet

The material is nearly one million times thinner than paper.

By Kyree Leary

Climate Change

Scientists Are Engineering Carbon-Storing Plants to Fight Climate Change

Engineered plants could reduce the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

By Brad Jones

Climate Change

If the Science is Sound, Why Do People Still Deny Man-Made Climate Change?

We still have politicians bringing snowballs to the floor of Congress.

By Dom Galeon

Future Society

The GOP Revealed a Bill to Replace Net Neutrality, and It’s Not Good

"It's a poorly disguised slap in the face to Internet users."

By Dom Galeon

Mars

After the Moon and Mars, NASA Wants to Head to Alpha Centauri in 2069

Plans are still in early development — so early, the mission doesn't even have a name yet.

By Kyree Leary

Future Society

New Device Could Make Networks More Efficient, Boost Internet Speeds

All is not lost.

By Patrick Caughill

Future Society

The UK Just Decided That 10 Mbps Broadband Should be a Legal Right

As the US rolls back internet freedom, the UK takes another path.

By Patrick Caughill

Falcon

Here’s Your First Look at SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy, the Reusable Rocket Launching in January

Ready for takeoff.

By Chelsea Gohd

Gene Editing

New CRISPR Gene Editing Experiment Slows Down Hearing Loss

"We were really excited when we observed hearing preservation in the injected ears but not the uninjected ears of the same mouse."

By Brad Jones

Advanced Transport

People Are Taking Ubers to Avoid Ambulance Fees

"If ambulances aren't used when they're less needed, that improves response time when they are needed."

By Brad Jones

Environment

Want to Save the Environment? Experts Say You Should Stop Traveling.

A single flight can wreak havoc on the atmosphere.

By Kristin Houser

Health & Medicine

Japan Pledges $2.9 Billion to Universal Health Care in Developing Nations

The goal is to have 1 billion more people with access to basic health services by 2023.

By Dom Galeon

Off-World

The Pentagon Ran a Secret Program to Find UFOs. Should We Expect Aliens?

"The Times story vindicates the claim that a conspiracy of silence has shrouded the defense department when it comes to [UFOs]."

By Lou Del Bello

Quantum Computing

This Silicon Quantum Computer Chip Design Might Actually Work

Working computer chips with quantum functions are becoming a reality.

By Chelsea Gohd

Cancer

Can “RoboSperm” Really Be Used to Fight Cervical Cancer?

This has the potential to save thousands of lives.

By Patrick Caughill