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The World Health Organization Identifies Gaming Disorder as a Mental Health Condition
Mental Health

The World Health Organization Identifies Gaming Disorder as a Mental Health Condition

"At what point does an activity transform from an entertainment to a disorder?"

Amazon's Alexa is coming to your wearables like this smartwatch soon.
Robots and Machines

Alexa Is Coming to Wearables Thanks to Amazon’s New Developer Kit

Alexa is going mobile.

A Battery-Powered Electric Plane Just Had Its First Test Flight in Australia
Advanced Transport

A Battery-Powered Electric Plane Just Had Its First Test Flight in Australia

The plane's pair of lithium-ion batteries can keep it in the air for about an hour.

How Einstein’s “Spooky Action” Could Help Secure Quantum Networks
Physics

How Einstein’s “Spooky Action” Could Help Secure Quantum Networks

This technique could prevent “eavesdroppers” from interfering with quantum networks.

Research into the genome continually uncovers things we don't know.
Science & Energy

New Genome Research in Plants Could Help Fight Human Disease

New research shows that cells rank genes by importance.

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Tesla

Watch a Tesla Model X Pull a Semi Truck Through Snow

"No power limited at all. That really wasn’t hard on the car. I’ve driven it much harder without heat-soaking.”

Big Tech Teams Up in Fight to Restore Net Neutrality
Future Society

Big Tech Teams Up in Fight to Restore Net Neutrality

Google, Facebook, Netflix, and many others are standing up for an open internet.

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Treatments

Lab-Grown Skin With Hair Will Illuminate Treatments For Skin Conditions

The follicles were grown in cultures of stem cells.

Scientists Are Rethinking the Very Nature of Space and Time
Physics

Scientists Are Rethinking the Very Nature of Space and Time

Entanglement could be the key to everything – literally.

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Advanced Transport

A Record Majority of Norway’s New Cars Are Now Electric or Hybrid

Tesla is partially to thank.

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Energy

This Inexpensive Battery Could Revolutionize the Clean Energy Industry

"If battery-powered cars can compete with or exceed gasoline-powered cars in terms of range and cost, that will change the world."

Suicide could be prevented in Canada with the help of AI.
Artificial Intelligence

Can Canada Use AI to Crack Suicide Trends?

Is it ethical to track potential suicides this way?

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Brain

Nissan’s Brain-To-Vehicle Interface Could Make Driving Safer by Scanning Your Brain

The technology is still in early testing, but Nissan intends to show it off next week.

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Health & Medicine

We Are One Step Closer to Designing Safer, Non-Addictive Opioids

Can we develop opioids that dull pain without the risk of addiction?

Meet Baby Emma. She Was Frozen as an Embryo for 24 Years.
Health & Medicine

Meet Baby Emma. She Was Frozen as an Embryo for 24 Years.

A human was conceived in 1992 and born in 2017.

A Lack of Oxygen Is Creating More Ocean “Dead Zones”
Climate Change

A Lack of Oxygen Is Creating More Ocean “Dead Zones”

The open ocean has lost two percent of its oxygen over the last 50 years.

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Moon

China Is Sending Plants and Insects to the Moon in 2018

"Together, they can establish a simple ecosystem on the moon."

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Future Society

10 Things Children Born in 2018 Will Probably Never Experience

The world they grow up in will be far different from the one we navigated.

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Artificial Intelligence

China Is Building a $2.1 Billion Industrial Park for AI Research

The 400 enterprises in the park will produce an estimated $7.7 billion per year.

A Wave of Climate Refugees Could Soon Emerge in the US
Climate Change

A Wave of Climate Refugees Could Soon Emerge in the US

For an increasing number of people living in vulnerable areas, relocation is the only option left.