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Alzheimer's disease
Health & Medicine

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

A diabetes drug could help Alzheimer's sufferers.

CANES
Artificial Intelligence

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

It could also make their fleets safer and more formidable.

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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.

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Drones

Drones Are Diving Under Antarctic Ice to Map Unseen Portions of Our World

This ambitious mission will help us to forecast and better understand sea level rise.

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Climate Change

Not All Geoengineering Is as Terrifying as You May Think

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

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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."

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Bitcoin

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

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

Study Shows Touching a Humanoid Robot Elicits Arousal In Humans
Artificial Intelligence

Study Shows Touching a Humanoid Robot Elicits Arousal In Humans

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

Venezuela Set to Launch Its Own Oil-Backed Cryptocurrency
Bitcoin

Venezuela Set to Launch Its Own Oil-Backed Cryptocurrency

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

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

Renewable energy could be produced with nuclear fusion.
Renewable Energy

ITER Nuclear Reactor May Be The “Holy Grail” of Limitless Renewable Energy

It could become a source of clean energy by 2025.

Macro grids will solve some energy supply problems.
Renewable Energy

Macro Grids May Be the Future of Renewable Energy

"We're basically getting that big battery we want for free."

Deep sea exploration will be possible thanks to emerging technologies.
Robotics

Schools of Robots Are Mapping the Unknown Features of the Deep Sea

We still have no idea what's in the majority of Earth's oceans.

Microbial life could travel through space via dust.
Science & Energy

Dust Collisions Could Transport Microbial Life to Other Planets

"What my calculations show is that one would need just a vanishingly small concentration [of life] at 150 kilometers altitude for my mechanism to work."

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Blockchain

Estonia’s Plans to Build a Digital Nation Using Blockchain Are Taking Shape

A digital nation is just a cryptocurrency away.

Do Companies Have the Legal and Ethical Rights to Slow Your Devices?
Future Society

Do Companies Have the Legal and Ethical Rights to Slow Your Devices?

Who owns what you buy?

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Future Society

With Hundreds of New Low-Orbit Satellites, OneWeb Promises to Bridge the Digital Divide

By 2021, the company wants to provide 2.5 gigabits per second to every rural home.

It Doesn’t Matter How Cold it is Today. Global Warming is Killing People.
Global Warming

It Doesn’t Matter How Cold it is Today. Global Warming is Killing People.

The U.S. President has confused weather with climate.

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Brain

Letting Patients “Hear” Their Brainwaves Can Reduce PTSD Symptoms

The treatment helped alleviate insomnia, depressive mood, and anxiety.

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Pollution

New Airplane Design Uses Less Fuel, Reducing Noise and Air Pollution

We need to rethink how we design our airplanes.