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Exoplanets

The ExoLife Finder Telescope Could Revolutionize the Search for Life on Exoplanets

It's first exoplanet up will be Proxima b in the Proxima Centauri star system.

Science & Energy

Genetic Engineering Could Allow Us to Treat or Even Prevent Obesity

This could make it easier to lose unwanted weight.

Neuroscience and Brain

A Stanford Neuroscientist is Working to Create Wireless Cyborg Eyes for the Blind

Meet the man who is making a new kind of brain-computer interface.

Bitcoin

Bitcoin Was Just Used to Pay for a New Home in Texas

It's the first bitcoin-only real estate transaction.

Science & Energy

Data From NASA’s Fifth HI-SEAS Isolation Mission Will Influence Who Goes to Mars

The team needs to have the right mix of personalities to get through the mission.

Climate Change

New York Is the First City to Require Building Owners to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

By 2035, greenhouse gas emissions will be reduced by 7 percent citywide.

Self-Driving Vehicles

Intel and Waymo Have Teamed Up to Roll Out Fully Autonomous Vehicles

"I fully expect my children’s children will never have to drive a car."

DARPA

DARPA’s Autonomous System Can Fly and Land a Helicopter with Just a Tablet

Self-driving helicopters are here.

Future Society

Google’s New Payment App Uses Ultrasonic Frequencies to Transfer Cash

The mobile payment app, called Tez, was launched in India for iOS and Android devices.

Evolution

“Octlantis” Discovery Proves Octopuses Are More Social Than We Thought

This city of cephalopods show us how much we don't know about the world's oceans and its inhabitants.

Robotics

New Synthetic Muscle Puts Us One Step Closer to Lifelike Robots

It's super-strong, super-dexterous, and super-soft.

Ethereum

CEO: Ethereum Could Challenge Credit Card Companies In “A Couple of Years”

Visa and MasterCard users could soon prefer the blockchain.

Electric Vehicles

Porsche CEO: Our First All-Electric Vehicle Will Be Released a Year Ahead of Schedule

The $80,000 luxury EV is expected to rival Tesla’s Model S.

Bitcoin

Let’s Have a Heart to Heart: Are Blockchain Tokens Really Nothing More Than “A Scheme?”

Are you throwing away your money by participating in a token launch?

Future Society

China Signed a $300 Million Lab-Grown Meat Deal with Israel

The country is eager to achieve its goal of reducing consumption of traditional meat by 50 percent.

Advanced Transport

5 Futuristic Ways to Beat Traffic

Where we're going, we don't need roads.

Tesla

Tesla Must Overcome Local Production Laws Before Bringing EVs to India

CEO Elon Musk says Tesla continues to be in "discussions" with the national government.

Health & Medicine

New Research Reveals Tattoo Ink Particles Circulate Inside the Body

"No one checks the chemical composition of the colors, but our study shows that maybe they should."

Climate Change

Neil DeGrasse Tyson: Downplaying Our Involvement in Climate Change is “Simply Irresponsible”

“We might not be able to recover from this.”

Energy

The World’s First All-Electric Yacht Has a 40-Mile Range and a $500,000 Price Tag

It's being called "the Tesla of luxury electric yachts."