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Scientists May Have Found the Chemical Compound That Started Life
Biology

Scientists May Have Found the Chemical Compound That Started Life

This compound could be the "missing link" scientists have been looking for.

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Self-Driving Vehicles

A Human Driver Caused a Collision During a Self-Driving Shuttle’s Debut

Police have cited the truck driver for illegal backing.

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Science & Energy

Genetically Modified Apple That Doesn’t Brown Hits US Stores This Month

The Arctic apple could help make genetically modified food more widely accepted.

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Bitcoin

The Bitcoin Hard Fork, Segwit2x, Has Been Suspended

The controversial plan has been called off ... for now.

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Blockchain

You Can Help Make the World’s Very First Tokenized Song

An Ethereum-based technology is changing how creative content is produced.

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Science & Energy

Doctors Reconstructed 80 Percent of a Boy’s Skin With Genetically Modified Cells

It may have been an extreme case, but the medical techniques may lead to more readily available treatments.

Uber and NASA Want to Bring You Flying Cars in the Next Two Years
Advanced Transport

Uber and NASA Want to Bring You Flying Cars in the Next Two Years

Uber plans to elevate Los Angeles and to work with NASA for a new air traffic system.

Experts May Have a Viable Alternative to Universal Basic Income
Universal Basic Income

Experts May Have a Viable Alternative to Universal Basic Income

A radical new idea could be the answer to automation.

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Tesla

The Island of Nantucket Will Be Powered by a 48 MWh Tesla Powerpack System

It's one of the largest energy storage systems Tesla's ever had to make.

MIT Professor Gives A Dire Warning to the U.S. About Funding Science
Future Society

MIT Professor Gives A Dire Warning to the U.S. About Funding Science

“We may wake up to find the next generation of technologies, and industries are being produced elsewhere.”

NASA Issues $2.8 Million in Contracts to Design a Power Solution for the Deep Space Gateway
NASA

NASA Issues $2.8 Million in Contracts to Design a Power Solution for the Deep Space Gateway

Five companies will work on the project for the next four months.

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Artificial Intelligence

Three Researchers Left Elon Musk’s AI Company to Launch a Start-Up

They've already received $7 million in initial funding.

Stephen Hawking: We Need a New Space Age
Off-World

Stephen Hawking: We Need a New Space Age

Or else there will be "serious consequences."

3,000 of the World’s Smartest Minds Have Come Together to Ban Nuclear Weapons
Future Society

3,000 of the World’s Smartest Minds Have Come Together to Ban Nuclear Weapons

"We don't need those damn things."

Exclusive: Conclusive Proof That We Need to Take Immediate Action Against Climate Change
Climate Change

Exclusive: Conclusive Proof That We Need to Take Immediate Action Against Climate Change

"Fight like your world depends on it. Because it does."

Australian and Canadian AI Experts Call for Autonomous Weapons Ban
Future Society

Australian and Canadian AI Experts Call for Autonomous Weapons Ban

Taking the human factor out of war may prove disastrous.

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Future Society

In the Future, Crickets Could Serve as Our Primary Source of Protein

Crickets could be a reliable source of food that doesn't carry the environmental burden of farming livestock.

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NASA

NASA: Hole in Earth’s Ozone Layer is the Smallest It’s Been Since 1988

We still have work to do, but this is great for our planet.

Breathing Pure Oxygen Could Repair Brain Damage Years After a Concussion
Brain

Breathing Pure Oxygen Could Repair Brain Damage Years After a Concussion

"It was meant to be a sham treatment, but it was actually an active treatment."

Stephen Hawking: Humans Must Leave Earth Within 600 Years
Future Society

Stephen Hawking: Humans Must Leave Earth Within 600 Years

This estimate is an increase from his previous timeline of 100 years.