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Bitcoin

The U.S. is No Longer the World’s Largest Bitcoin Market

One nation now accounts for nearly half of all trading.

By Brad Jones

Meta

An Old Version of Facebook Contains a Secret Voice Assistant

The discovery contradicts previous assertions that the company isn't working on a voice assistant.

By Patrick Caughill

Mars

After “Living on Mars” for Eight Months, Mission V Subjects Are Coming Home

"The most challenging part of the mission right now has been the end of the mission."

By Chelsea Gohd

Health & Medicine

“We Think That We Beat AIDS. We Think It Is Done. It Is Not.”

For many, HIV is still a death sentence.

By Jolene Creighton

Cryptocurrency

This Illegal Piracy Site is “Borrowing” Visitors’ Computers to Mine Cryptocurrency

Since traditional ads aren't an option, the site is trying out digital coin mining as a source of revenue.

By Dom Galeon

Climate Change

Is the Trump Administration Changing Its Mind About the Paris Climate Agreement?

A Wall Street Journal report claims the White House is reconsidering its position on the Paris Climate Agreement. The administration has denied the report.

By Dom Galeon

Robotics

A Stretchy New Superconductive “Skin” Can Give Robots a Sense of Touch

In a demonstration, a robotic hand could feel hot and cold, and perform sign language.

By Kyree Leary

Exobiology

Despite Opposition, METI Will Still Reach Out to Alien Life in 2018

The message will focus on the universal concepts of math and physics.

By Kyree Leary

Future Society

Millions of “Citizen Scientists” are Transforming our World From Their Homes

And so can you.

By Karla Lant

Ethereum

You Can Now Trade “Tokenized” U.S. Dollars on the Ethereum Network

This could change how banking works.

By Kyree Leary

Climate Change

Nine Pictures That Show How Climate Change Is Impacting Earth

These pictures show how devastating human activity has been to our planet.

By Victor Tangermann

Exoplanets

Scientists Discover 3 New “Super-Earth” Exoplanets

These are the closest planets yet discovered by the Kepler K2 mission.

By Brad Bergan

Mars

Why Asteroid Mining is Integral to Our Plans for Colonizing Mars

Deep Space Industries and Planetary Resources are competing to see who can do it first.

By Kyree Leary

Off-World

It’s Official: Cassini Just Completed Its Death Dive Into Saturn

The spacecraft has burned up in Saturn's atmosphere.

By Alexandra Ossola

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.

By Brad Jones

Wind

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

This one turbine could power 5,000 homes.

By Brad Jones

Renewable Energy

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

The Golden State is going green.

By Dom Galeon

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.

By Karla Lant

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.

By Patrick Caughill

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.

By Dom Galeon