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Startup Proposes Using Stem Cells From Placentas for Regenerative Medicine
RX and Medicine

Startup Proposes Using Stem Cells From Placentas for Regenerative Medicine

“Our ultimate mission is to make 100 years old the new 60."

Chinese Farmers Are Using AI to Track and Monitor Pigs
Artificial Intelligence

Chinese Farmers Are Using AI to Track and Monitor Pigs

It's like Animal Farm meets 1984.

Physicists Have Made the Second-Ever Observation of Interacting Photons
Physics

Physicists Have Made the Second-Ever Observation of Interacting Photons

The discovery seemingly defies the laws of physics.

911 Wasn’t Set Up With Cell Phones In Mind. Google Could Change that.
Science & Energy

911 Wasn’t Set Up With Cell Phones In Mind. Google Could Change that.

Improving emergency response by just one minute could save as many as 10,000 lives every year.

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Pollution

China Will Plant 32,400 Square Miles of Trees to Combat Air Pollution

China has tasked nearly 60,000 soldiers to handle the job.

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Climate Change

Climate Change is Causing Bats to Migrate Earlier in the Year

Some bats are even choosing to stay put during the warmer winters.

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Renewable Energy

Scotland Has a Plan to Become a World Leader in Renewable Energy

The nation could completely transform its energy sector by 2030.

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Artificial Intelligence

Scientists Can’t Replicate AI Studies. That’s Bad News.

If we want to trust AI, we're going to have to replicate it.

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Health & Medicine

Doctors Can Now Use a Blood Test to Detect Concussions Faster

This could be a useful diagnostic tool for soldiers in combat zones.

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Artificial Intelligence

Germany Pledges Not to Use “Killer Robots”

More nations say no to autonomous weapons.

How Will Humans React If We Discover Alien Life? This New Study Just Found Out (and Surprised Us)
Exobiology

How Will Humans React If We Discover Alien Life? This New Study Just Found Out (and Surprised Us)

Freaked-out people are largely limited to fiction, according to a new study.

The “Father of Artificial Intelligence” Says Singularity Is 30 Years Away
Artificial Intelligence

The “Father of Artificial Intelligence” Says Singularity Is 30 Years Away

All evidence points to the fact that the singularity is coming (regardless of which futurist you believe).

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Science & Energy

You Might Actually Want to Wear Something Made From This Smart Fabric

It's breathable, flexible, and could make smart clothes mainstream.

Fecal Transplants See Success in 90 Percent of Bacterial Gut Infections
Bacteria

Fecal Transplants See Success in 90 Percent of Bacterial Gut Infections

This is a totally different type of transplant.

Climate Change Could Be Making Our Food Less Nutritious
Food

Climate Change Could Be Making Our Food Less Nutritious

But almost nobody is paying attention.

Ancient Supermassive Black Hole Unveils Secrets of Early Universe
Black Holes

Ancient Supermassive Black Hole Unveils Secrets of Early Universe

"We have an estimate now for the moment at which starlight first illuminated the universe."

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Health & Medicine

A Woman Has Given Birth After a Uterus Transplant for the First Time in the U.S.

The uterus transplanted was donated by Taylor Siler, 36, a registered nurse in the Dallas area.

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Fossil Fuels

A New Power Plant Burns Fossil Fuels Without Any Carbon Emissions

This is a zero-emissions, smokestack-free plant.

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Science & Energy

How Engineering Earthquake-Proof Buildings Could Save Lives

The kind of death and destruction seen recently in Mexico City should never happen.

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Renewable Energy

The UAE Expects to Save $192 Billion by Switching to Renewable Energy

Clean energy is better for the environment and the budget.