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Cryptocurrency

Estonia Could Be the First Country in the World to Introduce Its Own Cryptocurrency

The Baltic state is considering an Initial Coin Offering of a token known as estcoin.

Climate Change

The Fight Against Climate Change Could Get Unexpected Help from Seaweed

Giving nine percent of the ocean to seaweed farming could remove 53 billion tonnes of CO2 per year.

Future Society

Microsoft’s Speech Recognition is Now as Good as a Human Transcriber

The system just achieved a 5.1% error rate, on par with human transcribers.

Solar Power

WATCH: What Happened to Solar Power in the US During the Eclipse

By the time totality reached South Carolina, Idaho and Utah had solar back up and running.

Bitcoin

Bitcoin Cash Price Rises While Bitcoin and Ethereum Drop

Bitcoin Cash rose an impressive 15.6 percent, after falling from $1,000 since the weekend.

Science & Energy

Meet the Woman Who Did the Calculations for the First Moon Landing

Tesla

An Investor Wants Tesla and Uber to Merge, With Musk as CEO

Will Tesla and Uber bring their skills together to provide autonomous taxis?

Science & Energy

Are You Smart Enough To Get These Nerdy Jokes?

Science & Energy

What Would We Need (Other Than Dinosaurs) to Create a Real Jurassic Park?

Science & Energy

Parallel Universes and the Many-Worlds Theory

Off-World

The Space Revolution is Being Led by More than Musk and Bezos

Musk and Bezos aren't the only investors in town.

Future Society

These Six Startups From Y Combinator’s Demo Day 1 Are Ready to Transform Our World

From robot farmers to autonomous aircraft, these companies are thinking outside the box.

Science & Energy

The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope May Unveil the Secrets of Dark Matter

It could transform our fundamental understanding of the universe.

Future Society

A Computing Pioneer Says It’s Never Too Early to Teach Kids to Code

“In a sense, those years are the best for learning anything.”

Solar Power

Report Suggests Solar Energy Capacity Will Rival Nuclear Power by the End of 2017

Solar could be the world’s largest source of energy by 2050.

Bitcoin

Here’s Why Bitcoin Rose More than $1,000 in Two Months

The crypto has more than one trend to thank for its meteoric rise.

Self-Driving Vehicles

Will Wireless Connections Between Autonomous Vehicles Make Them Safer?

And what information would be shared between vehicles?

Science & Energy

Cyborg Bacteria Could Be the Key to Commercially Viable Artificial Photosynthesis

A natural process has been given a synthetic upgrade.

Physics

The Geometric Structure That Is Changing Notions of Reality

Researchers have found a geometric structure that could redefine space-time, and provide a quantum theory of gravity.

Science & Energy

Are These Thin, Low-Power Semiconductors The Future of Computing?

Silicon's days may be numbered.