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Health & Medicine

Liver disease, hepatitis B, sickle cell disease, cardiovascular disease, muscular dystrophy, and Huntington's disease are all in CRISPR's sights.

Elon Musk and Puerto Rico’s Governor Discuss Potential for Tesla to Rebuild the Island’s Electrical System
Elon Musk

Musk leaves the decision up to the Puerto Rican people.

Google Just Revealed How They’ll Build Quantum Computers
Quantum Computing

They say their quantum machines will outperform classical computers in just a few months.

Elon Musk: “The Singularity for This Level of the Simulation Is Coming Soon”
Elon Musk

In this case, he's talking about a universe other than our own.

Harvard’s Futuristic “Intelligent Bandages” Can Repair Your Body
Health & Medicine

The drugs are deployed via a smartphone.

IT Experts Foresee 60 Percent of Businesses Affected by Automation Within Five Years
Robots and Machines

And 70 percent think the switch to automation is necessary to evolve business.

We Just Took a Significant Step Towards Eradicating Polio Forever
Health & Medicine

This microscopic technique could change how we think about vaccines.

A New Quantum Atomic Clock May Finally Reveal the Nature of Dark Matter
Physics

It's 1000 times the density of previous one-dimensional clocks.

National Transport Commission Says People in Autonomous Cars Should be Exempt From DUI Laws
Self-Driving Vehicles

In Australia, you can drink and let your car drive.

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Future Society

Using the CrossPay app, 16,800 residents of the Tuas View Dormitory can purchase goods and services without cash.

The FDA Has Labeled Ecstasy A “Breakthrough Therapy” for PTSD
Health & Medicine

Two-thirds of participants in past trials saw positive results.

DeLorean Aerospace Is Working on a Flying Car With a Range of 120 Miles
Advanced Transport

“Where we’re going, we don’t need roads.”

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Google

It requires just 50 milliseconds to create speech.

A New Material is Able to Create Hydrogen Fuel From Seawater
Science & Energy

"We've opened a new window to splitting real water, not just purified water in a lab."

By 2022, You Could Be Flying Aboard Zunum Aero’s Hybrid-Electric Airliner
Science & Energy

The craft is expected to carry 12 passengers up to 700 miles.

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Science & Energy

And they found an effective way to extract them.

Scientists Just Found Water on Mars Where They Thought None Could Exist
Mars

Newly-discovered ice could fuel and hydrate future manned missions.

Roll-Up Solar Panels Could Fundamentally Alter How We Power the World
Solar Power

Instantly deployable power with the potential to hasten relief in disaster-stricken areas.

We Now Have A Glue That Can Seal Wounds Inside the Human Body
Health & Medicine

This could be the end of sutures.

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Science & Energy

"I'm tired of looking at photos of countless thousands of cars exiting a city, because a hurricane is coming."