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Science & Energy

Scientists Created a New Organic Material That Generates Electricity When Stressed

One day it could even generate electricity from your heartbeat.

Health & Medicine

A Breakthrough Initiative Has Been Announced to Manufacture Human Organs

"Xenotransplantation offers hope to thousands of patients."

Science & Energy

Growing Human Mini Brains in Rats Isn’t an Ethical Concern…Yet

Experts say they could gain consciousness in the far future.

Evolution

17-Qubit Chips Have Officially Arrived, and So Begins the Quantum Revolution

It's possible that quantum computers could solve problems we don't even know we have.

Advanced Transport

Shenzhen’s Bus Fleet Will be 100 Percent Electric by the End of 2017

The remaining several hundred diesel buses are being phased out.

Bitcoin

Bitcoin Classic Shuts Down

They claim that Bitcoin Cash will soon be on top.

Prosthetics and Devices

Ford Pilots a New Exoskeleton to Lessen Worker Fatigue

One million overhead tasks a year become easier thanks to a non-powered support gear.

Quantum Computing

IBM Just Announced a 50-Qubit Quantum Computer

This is the most sophisticated quantum computer ever.

Advanced Transport

A Real-Life “Iron Man” Jet Pack Just Smashed World Speed Records

The future of personal transportation is taking flight.

NASA

NASA Plans to Test Their Space Launch System in 2019

They hope to beat the estimated launch date by six months.

Energy

The Air Force Has Invested $26.3 Million in a High-Energy Laser for Fighter Jets

The weapon will have to be able to withstand the g-force of a flying jet.

Self-Driving Vehicles

South Korea Built a “City” to Test Self-Driving Cars

The country wants level 3 autonomy within three years.

Health & Medicine

The EPA Just Approved the Release of Mosquito-Killing Insects Grown in the Lab

They could reduce biting mosquito populations by 80 percent.

Brain

Replacing Cells in the Human Brain Could Bring an End to Parkinson’s Disease

Cell replacement therapy may be the solution we've long dreamed of.

Biology

Scientists May Have Found the Chemical Compound That Started Life

This compound could be the "missing link" scientists have been looking for.

Self-Driving Vehicles

A Human Driver Caused a Collision During a Self-Driving Shuttle’s Debut

Police have cited the truck driver for illegal backing.

Science & Energy

Genetically Modified Apple That Doesn’t Brown Hits US Stores This Month

The Arctic apple could help make genetically modified food more widely accepted.

Bitcoin

The Bitcoin Hard Fork, Segwit2x, Has Been Suspended

The controversial plan has been called off ... for now.

Blockchain

You Can Help Make the World’s Very First Tokenized Song

An Ethereum-based technology is changing how creative content is produced.

Science & Energy

Doctors Reconstructed 80 Percent of a Boy’s Skin With Genetically Modified Cells

It may have been an extreme case, but the medical techniques may lead to more readily available treatments.