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Robots Smaller Than a Human Hair Can Starve and Shrink Cancerous Tumors
Cancer

Robots Smaller Than a Human Hair Can Starve and Shrink Cancerous Tumors

Unlike other tumor treatments, these robots don't harm surrounding healthy cells.

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Google

AI Will Give Rise to “Superhuman Workers,” Says Google X Co-Founder

AI can do the boring, repetitive work and leave the creative tasks to humans.

A Strange Creature Discovered by Darwin Has Baffled Researchers for Decades
Biology

A Strange Creature Discovered by Darwin Has Baffled Researchers for Decades

Darwin thought it was related to llamas.

Dark Matter May Be a Product of Gravitational Waves with a Twist
Science & Energy

Dark Matter May Be a Product of Gravitational Waves with a Twist

"This opens another door."

Today, Michio Kaku Described What Life Will Look Like in Twenty Years
Future Society

Today, Michio Kaku Described What Life Will Look Like in Twenty Years

See the world of tomorrow, according to Michio Kaku.

Russian Nuclear Scientists Got Busted Mining Bitcoin Using Their Work Supercomputers
Bitcoin

Russian Nuclear Scientists Got Busted Mining Bitcoin Using Their Work Supercomputers

Putin's about to bring the hammer down.

NASA’s Testing a Space Submarine to Use in Titan’s Seas. It Will Be Cool. It Won’t Be Easy.
NASA

NASA’s Testing a Space Submarine to Use in Titan’s Seas. It Will Be Cool. It Won’t Be Easy.

We all live on a Titan submarine.

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Climate Change

Robert De Niro Says the U.S. Replaced Science With Ignorance. And He’s Right.

"It is a place where science once reigned. It has been replaced by ignorance."

Researchers Claim Special Form of UV Light Can Safely Kill Flu Viruses
Viruses

Researchers Claim Special Form of UV Light Can Safely Kill Flu Viruses

The study's findings come during an especially deadly flu season in the United States.

We Can Now Use Stem Cells to Grow Functioning Kidney Tissue
Health & Medicine

We Can Now Use Stem Cells to Grow Functioning Kidney Tissue

While it's an early step, this could lead to major improvements in treatment.

Politicians and Innovators Agree: It’s Impossible to Govern AI
Artificial Intelligence

Politicians and Innovators Agree: It’s Impossible to Govern AI

"All of these talks are just B.S."

Experts Assert That All Nations Should Have a “Minister of AI”
Artificial Intelligence

Experts Assert That All Nations Should Have a “Minister of AI”

It actually makes a lot of sense.

World Leaders Have Decided: The Next Step in AI is Augmenting Humans
Artificial Intelligence

World Leaders Have Decided: The Next Step in AI is Augmenting Humans

It has already started.

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Elon Musk

Elon Musk Wants to Ship Tesla Parts Using a Boring Company Underground Tunnel

The tunnel could boost production to 700,000 cars a year.

New Horizons Space Probe Captures the Farthest Photo Ever Taken From Earth
New Horizons

New Horizons Space Probe Captures the Farthest Photo Ever Taken From Earth

The spacecraft is breaking records as it journeys toward the Kuiper Belt.

We Know You Don’t Really Read Privacy Policies. This AI Can Do It For You.
Artificial Intelligence

We Know You Don’t Really Read Privacy Policies. This AI Can Do It For You.

The browser extension visualizes “the interesting stuff” in privacy policies in just 30 seconds.

A $245 Million Settlement Has Brought the Waymo v. Uber Legal Battle to a Close
Advanced Transport

A $245 Million Settlement Has Brought the Waymo v. Uber Legal Battle to a Close

Uber says it didn't steal any of Waymo's trade secrets, but aspects of the trial and settlement suggest otherwise.

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Renewable Energy

Want a World Without Blackouts? Power the Future With Renewable Energy.

"The whole system is most efficient when it is planned ahead of time as opposed to done one piece at a time."

Praying Mantises
Science & Energy

Researchers Put 3D Glasses on Praying Mantises and Discovered a New Type of Vision

The bespectacled bugs could help us give robots the gift of sight.

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Off-World

We Just Found Out Asteroids Are Flying by Earth This Week — Here’s How Worried You Should Be

And here's how we know.