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Graphene

A New Battery Built by Samsung Uses Graphene to Charge Five Times Faster

This may be the improvement batteries have needed for years.

FCC Says 7.5 Million Pro-Net Neutrality Comments Were Faked
FCC

FCC Says 7.5 Million Pro-Net Neutrality Comments Were Faked

The FCC also confirmed that 50% of the anti-net neutrality comments came from a Russian mailing address.

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Bitcoin

Bitcoin Rose More Than 1,300 Percent This Year. Is This a Bitcoin Bubble?

After breaking the $10,000 barrier, the value of the cryptocurrency has continued to rise.

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Off-World

We Just Discovered 72 New Galaxies, Which Means Trillions of New Alien Worlds

This opens up worlds of possibilities.

New NASA Tires Never Get Flat and Are Almost Indestructible
Advanced Transport

New NASA Tires Never Get Flat and Are Almost Indestructible

Welcoming to a new kind of driving.

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Off-World

Experts Say Some Organisms Thrive in Martian Soil

"The best surprise came at the end of the experiment when we found two young worms in the Mars soil simulant."

New Drug Delivery Device Treats Glaucoma from Within the Eye
Health & Medicine

New Drug Delivery Device Treats Glaucoma from Within the Eye

The new implant could help prevent blindness by providing regular doses of medicine.

SpaceX raised $100 million
SpaceX

SpaceX Just Raised Another $100 Million to Fund Our Journey Off World

That brings the total for this round up to $450 million.

NASA is Launching Microbes into Space to Better Treat Astronauts
NASA

NASA is Launching Microbes into Space to Better Treat Astronauts

"If we are serious about the exploration of space, we need to know how human vital systems are influenced by microgravity."

MIT Scientists Created a New Method of Turning CO2 into Fuel
Renewable Energy

MIT Scientists Created a New Method of Turning CO2 into Fuel

The membrane could provide a cost-effective method of addressing greenhouse gases.

New Artificial Muscles Lift 1000 Times Their Own Weight
Robots and Machines

New Artificial Muscles Lift 1000 Times Their Own Weight

They have origami skeletons and are surprisingly strong.

The US Military is Testing Mood Altering, AI-Controlled Brain Implants in Humans
Brain Implants

The US Military is Testing Mood Altering, AI-Controlled Brain Implants in Humans

DARPA is funding two projects that seek to use brain implants to treat mental illness.

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Bitcoin

Bitcoin Just Passed $10,000. It’s Officially One of the World’s 30 Largest Currencies.

November ended on a high note for the world's favorite cryptocurrency.

A US Senator Wants Tighter DNA Testing Kit Restrictions
DNA

A US Senator Wants Tighter DNA Testing Kit Restrictions

Sen. Chuck Schumer argues consumers don't fully understand how their genetic data might be used.

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Bacteria

Scientists Use CRISPR to Turn E.Coli Bacteria into a Microscopic Tape Recorder

"The CRISPR-Cas system is a natural biological memory device."

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Medical

A Promising Gene Therapy Will Be Tried in Living Humans Next Year

By identifying molecular targets in patients with heart failure, all patients — not just those with genetic mutations — could be treated.

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Universal Basic Income

Experts Say a Universal Basic Income Would Boost US Economy by Staggering $2.5 Trillion

Their figures are based on every adult receiving $1,000 per month.

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Physics

For the First Time, Scientists Have Measured the Earth’s Ability to Absorb Neutrinos

They used 5,160 sensors buried in ice for their calculations.

Study Predicts That After 2030, Every Other Year Will Bring Record-Hot Summers
Climate Change

Study Predicts That After 2030, Every Other Year Will Bring Record-Hot Summers

Three in four people could be exposed every year to deadly heatwaves by 2100.

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Exoplanets

One Scientist Has a Plan to Send the Building Blocks of Life to Distant Exoplanets

But humans might not be around to see them arrive.