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Scientists Have Found the First Ever Anti-Aging Genetic Mutation
Health & Medicine

Scientists Have Found the First Ever Anti-Aging Genetic Mutation

Carriers live 10 percent longer, and appear to have protection against diabetes and cardiovascular deterioration.

JWST
Off-World

A Telescope 100X Stronger Than Hubble Will Unveil Parts of the Cosmos We’ve Never Seen

"We fully expect to be surprised by what we find."

Watch Live: Elon Musk is Finally Unveiling Tesla’s Electric Semi
Elon Musk

Watch Live: Elon Musk is Finally Unveiling Tesla’s Electric Semi

Get ready. It's time.

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Tesla

Watch as Tesla Unveils the Vehicle That Could Change Trucking Forever

Get your first look at the hotly anticipated truck.

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Bitcoin

Bitcoin Passes $8,000 For the First Time in History

The world's biggest cryptocurrency is surging full steam ahead.

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Quantum Physics

Physicists Quantum Entangle Silicon Devices to Send Information Over a 20-Centimeter Distance

In effect, their device could act as quantum routers that store and send entangled particles.

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SpaceX

SpaceX Will Launch the “Zuma” Spacecraft Today

This is SpaceX's most secretive payload yet.

It Is Impossible to Predict How Humans Will Evolve
Evolution

It Is Impossible to Predict How Humans Will Evolve

But that doesn't mean we shouldn't try.

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Off-World

China’s Space Exploration Roadmap Reveals Plans for a Nuclear-Powered Shuttle

China has a number of projects it wants to complete by 2045.

New Zealand May Use Genetic Tech to Wipe Out “Undesirable” Species
Science & Energy

New Zealand May Use Genetic Tech to Wipe Out “Undesirable” Species

The proposal would have the nation using gene drives to kill off a number of mammals.

A Cancer Vaccine Was Just Injected Into Its First Patient
Cancer

A Cancer Vaccine Was Just Injected Into Its First Patient

Moderna Therapeutics is creating tailored vaccines for individual cancer patients.

Surprise! Georgia Tech Teaching Assistant Isn’t Human, She’s a Robot
Artificial Intelligence

Surprise! Georgia Tech Teaching Assistant Isn’t Human, She’s a Robot

A professor from Georgia Institute of Technology has been using a robot powered by IBM's Watson as a teaching assistant - and the students never noticed.

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Fossil Fuels

Denmark Commits to Ending Its Reliance on Coal for Electricity by 2030

Perhaps as more countries make strides in green energy, the US and others will follow.

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Off-World

The Latest Interstellar Messages Could Receive an Extraterrestrial Response in 25 Years

The messages include a science and math tutorial, and 33 short pieces of music.

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Science & Energy

A Stable Plasma Ring Has Been Created in Open Air For the First Time Ever

This could be a radical new way to store energy.

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Bitcoin

Bitcoin Forks Could Play a Key Role in the Cryptocurrency’s Continued Development

Allowing for these changes gives Bitcoin the chance to grow and evolve.

Elon Musk: If Humans Are to Survive, We Must Merge With Machines
Elon Musk

Elon Musk: If Humans Are to Survive, We Must Merge With Machines

The tech visionary thinks the best way to control machines is to become one with them.

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Artificial Intelligence

Bill Gates: Benefits of Robots, Healthcare AI Will Outweigh Pitfalls

"We are in a world of shortage, but these advances will help us take on all of the top problems."

Neuroscientists Are Trying to Alter Our Brain Circuits to Eradicate Pain
Brain

Neuroscientists Are Trying to Alter Our Brain Circuits to Eradicate Pain

By tweaking the circuits that affect our perception of pain, we may be able to end it.

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Climate Change

There’s a Radical Plan to Artificially Cool the Planet by Mimicking Volcanic Eruptions

This is geoengineering on a scale we've never seen.