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“Electric Sails” Could Allow Us To Reach the Farthest Recesses of Space
Off-World

We could travel through the cosmos in record time.

We Can Extend Human Life By Slowing Aging, But We Can’t Stop It
Health & Medicine

"Either all of your cells will continue to get more sluggish, or you'll get cancer."

We Just Created an Artificial Code That Governs Viruses
Viruses

Scientists have successfully reverse-engineered the instructions that shape the assembly of viruses.

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Artificial Intelligence

Watch as an AI literally creates photorealistic people.

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Future Society

It's the bandwidth of fiber, but without the requirement of physical cabling.

Machine Learning Is Making it Difficult to Tell Humans and Computers Apart
Machine Learning

"For common sense to be effective it needs to be amenable to answer a variety of hypotheticals — a faculty that we call imagination."

AI-Assisted Detection Identifies Colon Cancer Automatically and in Real-Time
Cancer

The new system is 86 percent accurate in spotting tumor growth.

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Tesla

The 42-stall site will dwarf all others on the continent.

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Advanced Transport

The cars of the future will look, drive, and sound different.

Using Virtual Reality Headsets Can Cause Disorientation, Loss of Balance in Children
Virtual Reality

Such side effects from using VR headsets must be addressed before the technology becomes ready for large-scale adoption.

Samsung’s Mining Rig Lets You Collect Cryptocurrency Using 40 Old Galaxy Smartphones
Bitcoin

This is “an environmentally responsible way for old Galaxy mobile devices to breathe new life.”

Bitcoin is Splitting Into Two. Here’s What it Means for Your Investments.
Bitcoin

Bitcoin Gold is set to be created before its source code is even available to the public.

Astronomers Just Found the First Interstellar Object From Beyond our Solar System
Solar Power

Tomorrow's tech will allow us to uncover even more never-before seen objects.

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Elon Musk

"Should be 2 miles long in three or four months and hopefully stretch the whole 405 [north to south] corridor from [Los Angeles International Airport] to the 101 in a year or so."

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Self-Driving Vehicles

"We'll be giving our vehicles even more practice driving in snow, sleet, and ice.”

A New Futuristic Robot Lets Your Arms Lift Half a Ton
Robotics

Talk about superhuman strength.

Soon, Earth’s Magnetic Poles Could Flip
Physics

What will we do when north becomes south?

By Monday, SpaceX Will Double Last Year’s Launch Record
SpaceX

And they still have two more months to squeeze in a few extra launches.

Skin cells could be used to treat many diseases. The picture shows a high magnification micrograph of a vasculitic neuropathy.
Cancer

They could even be reprogrammed to regrow lost tissue.

Animal breeding is causing extremes like this horse, which features an exaggerated dished face.
Future Society

"The problem comes when you breed for particular looks."