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SpaceX Is Attempting Another First Next Week
SpaceX

SpaceX Is Attempting Another First Next Week

The mission is set to resupply the International Space Station.

Elon Musk Confirms Tesla is Working on Custom Hardware for Autopilot
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Confirms Tesla is Working on Custom Hardware for Autopilot

Musk purportedly noted that custom chips could "give 10x the power at a tenth of the cost."

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Artificial Intelligence

An AI That Makes Fake Videos May Facilitate the End of Reality as We Know It

It'll make you question every video you see.

China Is Officially Enacting a Plastic Waste Import Ban
Pollution

China Is Officially Enacting a Plastic Waste Import Ban

We'll need to find somewhere else to recycle our plastic.

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Health & Medicine

Scientists Discover a Way to Prevent Stem Cell Loss and Improve Tissue Regeneration

"We are excited to have a means of rescuing stem cells, boosting their ability to maintain healthy tissue."

UN Asserts That We Have Entered a “Planetary Crisis”
Environment

UN Asserts That We Have Entered a “Planetary Crisis”

Plastic waste in the ocean is almost indistinguishable from jellyfish, a major food source for sea turtles — a mistake that can prove fatal.

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Blockchain

Bank of America Wins Patent for Crypto Exchange System

This would make cryptocurrency conversion simpler and easier.

Advancements in AI Are Rewriting Our Entire Economy
Artificial Intelligence

Advancements in AI Are Rewriting Our Entire Economy

Instead of stealing jobs, AI could prove "productivity enhancing" for human-run businesses.

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Energy

Europe’s Power Suppliers Plan to Go Carbon-Neutral “Well Before” 2050

Eurelectric represents 3,500 power companies across the continent.

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Health & Medicine

Doctors Discard Viable Organs as Patients Die on Waiting Lists

82 percent of people on the national transplant waiting list need a kidney.

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Fossil Fuels

Changes to National Monuments Could Benefit the Fossil Fuel Industry

Cuts to protected areas might lead to coal mining and oil drilling.

Net Neutrality a Concern? Companies Are Already Denying You Access to Content
Robots and Machines

Net Neutrality a Concern? Companies Are Already Denying You Access to Content

Google and Amazon need to do better.

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Climate Change

California Is Working to Ban Gas-Powered Cars by 2040

"Until you set a deadline, nothing gets done."

A New CRISPR Technique Reverses Diseases in Mice
Health & Medicine

A New CRISPR Technique Reverses Diseases in Mice

And it does so without cutting DNA.

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Brain

New Gene Therapy Could Regenerate Brain Tissue, Fix Neurological Diseases

Genetic modification can repopulate the brain's supply of immune cells.

Edible Selfies? Five Innovations Disrupting How and What We Eat
Future Society

Edible Selfies? Five Innovations Disrupting How and What We Eat

Foodies and techies unite.

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Climate Change

The IPCC May Have Underestimated Future Warming Trends

A new study says the more-severe climate model predictions could be the most accurate.

We May Have Uncovered the Biological Mechanism to Turn off Hunger
Neuroscience and Brain

We May Have Uncovered the Biological Mechanism to Turn off Hunger

Is this the long-awaited solution to the obesity epidemic?

Revolutionary Tech Lets Us See Inside a Beating Heart
Health & Medicine

Revolutionary Tech Lets Us See Inside a Beating Heart

"This is the first demonstration of all-optical ultrasound imaging in a clinically realistic environment."

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Biology

Scientists Just Took a Giant Leap Forward in the Quest to Create Artificial Life

These semi-synthetic organisms use both natural and artificial DNA.