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Advanced Transport

To Reduce Air Pollution, Germany Will Test Free Public Transportation in Some Cities

The idea is still in the early planning stages, and previous attempts in other parts of the world haven't gone well.

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Health & Medicine

Scientists Reverse Alzheimer’s in Mice

But the treatment comes with significant caveats.

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Exoplanets

The Kepler Mission Has Discovered Nearly 100 New Exoplanets

Learning more about these planets could put our own home in a galactic context.

Elon Musk’s Former Employee Is Building a European Rival to Tesla’s Gigafactory
Elon Musk

Elon Musk’s Former Employee Is Building a European Rival to Tesla’s Gigafactory

Northvolt now has $62.9 million to start construction.

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Future Society

Experts Want Facebook to Take Down Its Messenger Kids App

Pediatricians cited a link between social media use and unhappiness among teens.

AI Will Help Judges Score Gymnastics Events at the 2020 Olympics
Artificial Intelligence

AI Will Help Judges Score Gymnastics Events at the 2020 Olympics

Is this the first step toward nonhuman judging panels?

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Future Society

Bill Gates Warns Sillicon Valley of Technology’s Dangerous Potential

Do tech giants believe they're above the law?

NASA’s Recent Pictures of Objects in the Kuiper Belt Just Broke Records
NASA

NASA’s Recent Pictures of Objects in the Kuiper Belt Just Broke Records

New Horizons captured images of space objects nearly 3.8 billion miles away from our planet.

For Small Businesses, the Future Is Fading Fast
Future Society

For Small Businesses, the Future Is Fading Fast

"Globalization is a reality. It is not going to disappear. It's like breathing."

Want to Build a Better Climbing Robot? Copy a Cockroach.
Robotics

Want to Build a Better Climbing Robot? Copy a Cockroach.

Bipedal androids just aren't up to the task.

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Artificial Intelligence

Crappy Valentine’s Day, Robots: AI Is Terrible at (Human) Seduction

Robots are weird about expressing their love.

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Climate Change

More Storms May Be Inevitable If We Don’t Meet The Goals Of the Paris Accord

The tipping point could soon be behind us.

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Biology

Now a Person’s Genes Could Reveal Their Time of Death

All it takes are some gene samples and a bit of machine learning.

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Health & Medicine

Oh, Brother: People Might Not Take This Potential Malaria Drug Just Because it Turns Their Urine Blue

Be cured of malaria, or live with blue pee for a few hours? Decisions, decisions...

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Artificial Intelligence

A New AI Detected 17 Times More Earthquakes Than Traditional Methods

The first of its kind system can separate “noise” from an actual quake.

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Artificial Intelligence

AIs Are Finally Doing Something Useful: Fighting Hospital-Acquired Infections

This algorithm spotted warning signs five days sooner than doctors did.

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Machine Learning

AI Smartphones Will Soon Be Standard, Thanks to Machine Learning Chip

ARM's AI chips could be in devices as soon as 2019.

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Exobiology

Mining Crypto Takes So Much Bandwidth, It’s Inhibiting the Search for Alien Life

Radio astronomers are finding the GPUs they need are sold out or being priced ridiculously high.

Three Problems Tesla Has to Face Down Before Becoming the Company of the Future
Tesla

Three Problems Tesla Has to Face Down Before Becoming the Company of the Future

Tesla will need to solve these if it's going to stay afloat.

Worst Case Scenarios: What Could Happen to Elon Musk’s Space Roadster?
Elon Musk

Worst Case Scenarios: What Could Happen to Elon Musk’s Space Roadster?

A publicity stunt that could go very wrong.