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Elon Musk

Elon Musk Shares First Look at Boring Company’s Tunnel Under L.A.

"Should be 2 miles long in three or four months and hopefully stretch the whole 405 [north to south] corridor from [Los Angeles International Airport] to the 101 in a year or so."

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Self-Driving Vehicles

Another State is Going to Unleash Self-Driving Cars

"We'll be giving our vehicles even more practice driving in snow, sleet, and ice.”

A New Futuristic Robot Lets Your Arms Lift Half a Ton
Robotics

A New Futuristic Robot Lets Your Arms Lift Half a Ton

Talk about superhuman strength.

Soon, Earth’s Magnetic Poles Could Flip
Physics

Soon, Earth’s Magnetic Poles Could Flip

What will we do when north becomes south?

By Monday, SpaceX Will Double Last Year’s Launch Record
SpaceX

By Monday, SpaceX Will Double Last Year’s Launch Record

And they still have two more months to squeeze in a few extra launches.

Skin cells could be used to treat many diseases. The picture shows a high magnification micrograph of a vasculitic neuropathy.
Cancer

Skin Cells Could Be Building Blocks in Fighting Cancer and Other Diseases

They could even be reprogrammed to regrow lost tissue.

Animal breeding is causing extremes like this horse, which features an exaggerated dished face.
Future Society

We Are Breeding a World Full of Creatures That Cannot Survive

"The problem comes when you breed for particular looks."

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Future Society

Technology Could Allow Us to Bring the Dead Back to Life

Because our lives are about more than just our biology.

SoftBank CEO Promises “Super Artificial Intelligences” With IQ of 10,000 in 30 Years
Artificial Intelligence

SoftBank CEO Promises “Super Artificial Intelligences” With IQ of 10,000 in 30 Years

Singularity "is happening in this century for sure. I would say there is no more debate, no more doubt."

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Google

Google’s AI Is A “New Paradigm” That Unites Humans and Machines

The company’s early investment is paying off.

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Universal Basic Income

It’s Time to Shift Our Society to Robotic Labor and a Basic Income

We need to give our work to the machines.

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Advanced Transport

Saudi Arabia to Invest $1 Billion in Virgin Galactic to Advance Space Travel Projects

The investment will also be used by Virgin Galactic's spin-off companies, Virgin Orbit and The Spaceship Company.

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Computers

Here’s What a World Powered by Quantum Computers Will Look Like

They will reshape society as we know it.

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Robotics

Walmart Is Getting New Employees, and They’re Robots

The robot workers are 50 percent more productive than human employees.

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Quantum Physics

Scientists Have Discovered a New Material That Could be Crucial to Quantum Computers

Copper iridate could play a pivotal role in preserving quantum states for long periods of time.

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Artificial Intelligence

Computer System Beats CAPTCHA Checks By Thinking More Like a Human

The study trained a system to cross-reference what it knows about individual characters.

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Self-Driving Vehicles

NVIDIA CEO Says We’re 4 Years Away From Fully Autonomous Cars

Are we ready for this drastic shift?

Hubble Discovery Suggests We May Need New Physics to Explain Dark Matter
Physics

Hubble Discovery Suggests We May Need New Physics to Explain Dark Matter

Wobbling galaxy clusters contradict current theories about the mysterious form of matter.

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Robotics

For the First Time Ever, a Robot Was Granted Citizenship

Sophia says she is "very honored and proud of this unique distinction."

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Treatments

Breakthrough Treatment Restores Voluntary Movement to Paralyzed Man’s Legs

"This data is proof of principle that the human nervous system has much greater recovery capabilities than expected."