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Health & Medicine

Researchers Developed a New MRI Technique that Can Better Predict Stroke Risk

“If successful this technique has the promise to save lives.”

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Moon

NASA Plans to Send a Robot to Hunt for Life on Saturn’s Moon

They will sample water to see if the world may host extraterrestrial life.

Hawking’s Institute Is Using a Supercomputer to Uncover the Nature of Space and Time
Off-World

Hawking’s Institute Is Using a Supercomputer to Uncover the Nature of Space and Time

The computer will sort through 14 billion years of data.

Hurricane Harvey Is Over, But the Public Health Impact is Just Beginning
Health & Medicine

Hurricane Harvey Is Over, But the Public Health Impact is Just Beginning

Standing water is a major threat, as it is attracting contaminants and breeding mosquitoes.

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Health & Medicine

Can Inhaling Salty Air Cure Respiratory Illness?

Science says no, but some benefit may come from enjoying yourself.

Tesla Confirms That Model 3 Progress Is Right on Track
Tesla

Tesla Confirms That Model 3 Progress Is Right on Track

As promised, production will start in July, and road testing is already underway.

A Billionaire Is Helping Fund a Massive Universal Basic Income Project
Universal Basic Income

A Billionaire Is Helping Fund a Massive Universal Basic Income Project

More than 26,000 people will receive unconditional money.

Hurricane Harvey Could Be Another Devastating Consequence of Climate Change
Climate Change

Hurricane Harvey Could Be Another Devastating Consequence of Climate Change

Climate change is pushing our weather to extreme levels.

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Elon Musk

Elon Musk’s Company Just Smashed Through a Major Milestone

4 *billion* miles...welcome to a sustainable future.

New Study Finds Parkinson’s is Partly an Autoimmune Disease
Health & Medicine

New Study Finds Parkinson’s is Partly an Autoimmune Disease

And developing treatments to mitigate that immune response could help slow or stop the disease's progression.

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Artificial Intelligence

Experts Say AI Has a 50% Chance of Beating All Human Intelligence Within 45 Years

As it turns out, the AI takeover has actually already started.

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Devices

New, Tiny Quantum Device Could Make Quantum Internet a Reality

It is 1,000 times smaller than previous, similar devices.

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Artificial Intelligence

Experts Weigh in on AI and the Singularity

How close are we really?

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Off-World

Mysterious Signals From Space Continue to Baffle Scientists

We’ve received 22 in the past decade, and one should have been completely undetectable.

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Science & Energy

The U.K.’s Oldest Postal Service Is Now Using All-Electric Vans

The Royal Mail is getting ready to turn its 49,000 delivery vans into EVs.

Quantum Breakthrough: Physicists Have Once More Created Time Crystals
Physics

Quantum Breakthrough: Physicists Have Once More Created Time Crystals

“This is a new phase of matter, period.”

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Advanced Transport

The Boring Company Just Got Permission to Extend Their Test Tunnel

Musk’s subterranean solution to traffic is gaining momentum.

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Advanced Transport

The World’s First Production-Ready Flying Car Is Finally Here

After next week, the way that we travel may never be the same.

Toxic Byproducts From Farms Are Destroying Our Environment
Environment

Toxic Byproducts From Farms Are Destroying Our Environment

How dangerous are under-regulated farms?

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Black Holes

Supermassive Black Holes Suggest We May Be Very Wrong About How Our Universe Formed

These SMBHs are showing up where they shouldn’t be.