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A Fleet of Underwater Robots Will Create Detailed Map of Marine Microbes
Science & Energy

A Fleet of Underwater Robots Will Create Detailed Map of Marine Microbes

"I really think this is going to transform oceanography by giving us a persistent presence in the ocean."

Arnold Schwarzenegger Is Suing Big Oil for Climate Change
Climate Change

Arnold Schwarzenegger Is Suing Big Oil for Climate Change

"It’s absolutely irresponsible to know that your product is killing people and not have a warning label on it."

How Earth’s Most Extreme Environs Are Key to Humanity’s Future
Future Society

How Earth’s Most Extreme Environs Are Key to Humanity’s Future

“In an evolutionary sense, we don’t have any time to adapt."

This Bot Wants To Pay People When Their Flights Get Cheaper
Artificial Intelligence

This Bot Wants To Pay People When Their Flights Get Cheaper

Air travelers stand to save at least $450 a year, according to beta testing.

3 Things You Need to Know About the Controversy Over Google’s Quick-Loading AMP Pages
Future Society

3 Things You Need to Know About the Controversy Over Google’s Quick-Loading AMP Pages

We all want faster mobile web browsing, but at what cost?

Know Your 3.14 – This is What Pi Sounds Like
From Quarks to Quasars

Know Your 3.14 – This is What Pi Sounds Like

The WHO Is on the Lookout for the Disease That May Be the Next Global Pandemic
Health & Medicine

The WHO Is on the Lookout for the Disease That May Be the Next Global Pandemic

"This is not some future nightmare scenario."

3 Takeaways From Elon Musk’s SXSW Talk (and One Song)
Elon Musk

3 Takeaways From Elon Musk’s SXSW Talk (and One Song)

Complete with a "Mars Bars" joke.

How To Fathom Pi: Amazing Visual Illustrations
Science & Energy

How To Fathom Pi: Amazing Visual Illustrations

Meet Albert Einstein, the Father of Modern Science
From Quarks to Quasars

Meet Albert Einstein, the Father of Modern Science

Switzerland Is Developing a System to Track Drones All Over the Country
Drones

Switzerland Is Developing a System to Track Drones All Over the Country

The Swiss want to make unmanned drone services a major part of business plans.

Wandering Gut Bacteria Could Be Behind Conditions Like Lupus
Bacteria

Wandering Gut Bacteria Could Be Behind Conditions Like Lupus

The bacteria living in your gut might not stay put. Here's what that means for your health.

Cars on the Blockchain? Six Ways Automakers Could Employ the New Technology
Blockchain

Cars on the Blockchain? Six Ways Automakers Could Employ the New Technology

Blockchain is ready to transform personal transportation.

Trump blocking Twitter users
Future Society

Trump Should Mute People on Twitter Instead of Blocking Them, Says Federal Judge

It's a First Amendment issue.

wildlife wwf poaching wildlife trafficking
Science & Energy

To Combat Wildlife Trafficking, Tech Companies Take a Stand

They aim to reduce wildlife trafficking online by 80 percent by 2020.

Congress Hasn’t Given up on Nuclear Power
Nuclear Fusion

Congress Hasn’t Given up on Nuclear Power

Two bills that could revitalize the nuclear energy industry moved forward this week.

California’s Bullet Train Is Going to Be Way, Way More Expensive
Advanced Transport

California’s Bullet Train Is Going to Be Way, Way More Expensive

The most recent business plan puts the project $13 billion more expensive than previous estimates.

diamond earth's crust silica perovskites
Science & Energy

Here’s What Scientists Can Learn From Newly-Discovered Deep-Earth Mineral

The diamond is just the wrapper for this specimen of Earth's deep crust.

It’s Really Hard to Give AI “Common Sense”
Artificial Intelligence

It’s Really Hard to Give AI “Common Sense”

Think common sense is scarce in humans? In AI, it's nonexistent.

northern white rhino
Science & Energy

With IVF, the Northern White Rhino May Not Go Extinct

There are three northern white rhinos left, and one is on his deathbed.