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Advanced Transport

90 Percent of Vehicles in the U.S. Could Be Electric by the Early 2040s

A new study projects that fast adoption of EVs could make them the norm within a little over a decade.

Wind

A $10 Billion Renewable Energy Startup Just Unveiled Their Largest Onshore Wind Turbine

This one turbine could power 5,000 homes.

Renewable Energy

Today, California Will Vote on a Bill Pushing for 100% Renewable Energy by 2045

The Golden State is going green.

Health & Medicine

Potential Vaccine and Oral Medication for Alzheimer’s Disease in Human Trials

Both interventions focus on preventing the buildup of amyloid plaques in the brain.

Advanced Transport

This Video Compilation of SpaceX’s Failed Landings Shows They’ve Embraced Lessons Learned

To get to space, you first have to learn how not to get to space.

Treatments

New In-Utero Treatment Could Prevent One of the World’s Most Common Birth Defects

It could end the need for children to undergo painful surgeries.

Science & Energy

Researchers Have Linked a Human Brain to the Internet for the First Time Ever

Welcome to the “Brainternet”.

Future Society

New Flexible, Organic Battery Could Revolutionize Medical Implants

This new flexible, organic battery can hold three times as much charge as its conventional counterpart.

Science & Energy

Supercomputing Is Allowing Us to Map Brain Function at the Deepest Levels

Supercomputers make seemingly impossible endeavors possible.

Virtual Reality

We are Just Six Months Away from Magic Leap One

Lucky users will have to drop between $1,500 - $2,000 for the privilege.

Chemistry

New Discovery Makes It Easier to Remove Radioactive Elements From Nuclear Waste

We’ve long needed a better solution for this complicated and costly task.

Science & Energy

Scientists Can Now Turn off Feelings of Thirst in Mice

They’ve located the neurons that tell us to reach for the water.

Agriculture

Geneticists Have Used CRISPR Gene Editing to Create Crops That Grow More Food

We're editing our way through global food shortage.

Science & Energy

Nanobots Made of DNA Can Now Carry and Sort Molecular Cargo

These bots have feet, an arm, and even a “brain” telling them what to do.

Solar Power

Solar Energy Just Cleared a Pricing Target Set for 2020

Utility-grade solar power fell to six cents per kilowatt-hour, according to the Dept. of Energy.

Pollution

Researchers Find a Fungus that Can Break Down Plastic in Weeks

Who knew fungus could be so helpful.

SpaceX

Elon Musk: With New SpaceX Tech, Rocket Costs Will Drop By A Factor of 100

Cheaper launches will increase our access to space.

Cancer

A Natural Molecule Has Been Shown to Stop Cancer Cells From Producing Energy

“This could provide another way to attack cancer.”

Health & Medicine

Bill Gates: The World Could See a Record Number of HIV Infections

Gates has called AIDS "the worst humanitarian disaster of my lifetime."

Elon Musk

Elon Musk Just Set an Official Launch Date For Tesla’s Electric Semi

The truck is reported to have a range of about 321-483 kilometers (200-300 miles) on a single charge.