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Medical

Scientists Created a Synthetic Molecule, and It Could End Antibiotic Resistance

It will take time, but a solution may be on the horizon.

Future Society

Google Just Admitted to Tracking Your Location Even When You Have the Settings Disabled

Android devices have been offering up location data since the beginning of 2017.

Neuroscience and Brain

We May Finally Have a Map That Shows How Memories Are Made

It's the first whole-brain map of electrical connectivity in the brain.

Off-World

The Inside Scoop on Elon Musk’s Plan to Make “Insurance for Life as We Know It”

Can humans become a multiplanetary species?

Science & Energy

There’s a Metal That Conducts Electricity but Not Heat

VO2 could be used to make new window coatings that improve energy use in buildings.

Science & Energy

We Can Observe Memories Being Passed Down Through Generations

These memories could help us fight Alzheimer's and cancer.

DNA

One Way to End Meth Addiction? Alter the DNA of Addicts Using Gene Therapy

A new treatment removes the pleasurable effect of methamphetamines via a specially designed antibody.

Virtual Reality

This Humanoid Robot May be Your Next Assistant

And it uses virtual reality to let the human user see what it sees.

Elon Musk

Elon Musk Outlined the Two Critical Things Threatening Humanity

These issues pose sizable threats to humanity.

Robots and Machines

A New “Star Trek-Like Tractor Beam” Moves Objects With Light

This isn't exactly our sci-fi fantasies come to life, but it's pretty remarkable nonetheless.

Bitcoin

The Future of Bitcoin is Threatened by Quantum Computers

Can Bitcoin keep up with quantum computing?

Health & Medicine

No, There Has Not Been a Successful Human Head Transplant — and There May Never Be

"It's despicable and dangerous for real science."

Bitcoin

Bitcoin Just Surged to a New All-Time High Above $8,200

More good news for investors.

Health & Medicine

We May Have Uncovered the First Mental Exercise to Prevent Dementia

The researchers say they found a form of brain training that can help preserve memory and brain function.

Science & Energy

After Six Years, We Finally Found the Melted Uranium at Fukushima

"Now that we have seen it, we can make plans to retrieve it."

Blockchain

A Digital ID Could Make Managing Your Identity Much Easier

Tomorrow's ID systems could be blockchain-based.

Medical

For the First Time, a Robot Passed a Medical Licensing Exam

While technically already a doctor, this AI won't be taking over human jobs just yet.

Advanced Transport

The UK Expects to Have Driverless Cars on the Streets by 2021

By 2035, the driverless car industry in the UK is expected to be worth £28 billion — roughly $37 billion.

Cancer

Scientists Engineer Nonimmune Cells That Kill Cancer Upon Contact

These modified cells work like "warheads."

Virtual Reality

A Virtual Reality Film Experience Just Received the First Oscar for VR

This Oscar-winning exhibition "breaks the dictatorship of the frame."