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Carbon Dioxide Levels on Earth Haven’t Been This High in Three Million Years
Climate Change

Carbon Dioxide Levels on Earth Haven’t Been This High in Three Million Years

Last year the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere increased at record pace.

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SpaceX

SpaceX Just Broke a Record With Their 16th Successful Launch of 2017

Elon Musk's space company set a new personal best.

SpaceX, NASA, and HPE Are Sending a Supercomputer to the ISS
Science & Energy

SpaceX, NASA, and HPE Are Sending a Supercomputer to the ISS

It will be the most powerful computer ever sent into space.

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Elon Musk

Elon Musk Says We Must Switch to Renewables or Plunge Into “the Dark Ages”

"If it's not renewable, it's going to run out at some point."

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Tesla

Tesla Supercharger’s Powerpacks Undaunted by Power Outage

At the moment, Tesla runs more than 7,300 Superchargers at more than 1,000 stations.

Pareidolia: Why People Think That They See Ghosts
From Quarks to Quasars

Pareidolia: Why People Think That They See Ghosts

It's the same reason humans see animals in clouds.

This Drug Puts A $750,000 “Price Tag On Life”
Health & Medicine

This Drug Puts A $750,000 “Price Tag On Life”

"If it's wrong, it's wrong."

“Electric Sails” Could Allow Us To Reach the Farthest Recesses of Space
Off-World

“Electric Sails” Could Allow Us To Reach the Farthest Recesses of Space

We could travel through the cosmos in record time.

We Can Extend Human Life By Slowing Aging, But We Can’t Stop It
Health & Medicine

We Can Extend Human Life By Slowing Aging, But We Can’t Stop It

"Either all of your cells will continue to get more sluggish, or you'll get cancer."

We Just Created an Artificial Code That Governs Viruses
Viruses

We Just Created an Artificial Code That Governs Viruses

Scientists have successfully reverse-engineered the instructions that shape the assembly of viruses.

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Artificial Intelligence

These People Never Existed. They Were Made by an AI.

Watch as an AI literally creates photorealistic people.

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Future Society

“Twisted Light” Could Create an Ultra-Fast Internet and Make Fiber Optics Obsolete

It's the bandwidth of fiber, but without the requirement of physical cabling.

Machine Learning Is Making it Difficult to Tell Humans and Computers Apart
Machine Learning

Machine Learning Is Making it Difficult to Tell Humans and Computers Apart

"For common sense to be effective it needs to be amenable to answer a variety of hypotheticals — a faculty that we call imagination."

AI-Assisted Detection Identifies Colon Cancer Automatically and in Real-Time
Cancer

AI-Assisted Detection Identifies Colon Cancer Automatically and in Real-Time

The new system is 86 percent accurate in spotting tumor growth.

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Tesla

Tesla Just Announced the Site of the Largest Supercharger Station in Europe

The 42-stall site will dwarf all others on the continent.

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Advanced Transport

Nissan Just Unveiled A Singing Electric Car That Warns Pedestrians

The cars of the future will look, drive, and sound different.

Using Virtual Reality Headsets Can Cause Disorientation, Loss of Balance in Children
Virtual Reality

Using Virtual Reality Headsets Can Cause Disorientation, Loss of Balance in Children

Such side effects from using VR headsets must be addressed before the technology becomes ready for large-scale adoption.

Samsung’s Mining Rig Lets You Collect Cryptocurrency Using 40 Old Galaxy Smartphones
Bitcoin

Samsung’s Mining Rig Lets You Collect Cryptocurrency Using 40 Old Galaxy Smartphones

This is “an environmentally responsible way for old Galaxy mobile devices to breathe new life.”

Bitcoin is Splitting Into Two. Here’s What it Means for Your Investments.
Bitcoin

Bitcoin is Splitting Into Two. Here’s What it Means for Your Investments.

Bitcoin Gold is set to be created before its source code is even available to the public.

Astronomers Just Found the First Interstellar Object From Beyond our Solar System
Solar Power

Astronomers Just Found the First Interstellar Object From Beyond our Solar System

Tomorrow's tech will allow us to uncover even more never-before seen objects.