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Climate Change

The Antarctic Sea Ice Sheet Is the Smallest It’s Ever Been

"We’re looking at a record minimum in Antarctica.”

Health & Medicine

For The First Time Ever, A Woman in China Was Cryogenically Frozen

But is the procedure actually viable? Here's what you need to know.

Science & Energy

Astrophysicists Believe They’ve Found Another Earth-Like Planet in a Nearby Star System

"This is an important breakthrough demonstrating the possible existence of a potential new planet orbiting a star close to our own."

DARPA

Nine of the the Most Amazing DARPA Projects

From a spaceplane to the BRAIN initiative, take a look at the most ambitious projects from the agency.

Exobiology

The Best Way to Make First Contact, According to Science

We've done everything from sending radio messages, to providing maps, to simply watching and listening.

Cancer

When Will We Have a Cure for All Forms of Cancer?

About 10 percent of Futurism's readers predicted that we'll never cure cancer.

Science & Energy

Further Research into Artificial Wombs Brings Us Closer to a Future Where Babies Grow Outside the Body

The key was treating the preterm infants not as babies, but as fetuses.

Future Society

NASA Admin: “By the Time You’re a Junior, What You Learned as a Freshman is Obsolete”

The world is changing faster than we can.

Climate Change

Humans Might Not Survive Climate Change, but These Creatures Probably Will

Some species are learning to adapt to changing habitats.

Future Society

The Age of Automation Is Coming, Just More Slowly Than Expected

Robots and computers are taking on bigger roles in the workplace, but the changeover isn't happening overnight.

Future Society

Expert: We Need to Change How We Teach STEM Subjects to Young People

The future of our economy depends on it.

Bacteria

A Common Gut Bacteria Could Prevent a Top Killer of Newborns Worldwide

It's fighting bacteria with bacteria.

Electric Vehicles

The Wireless Charging of Moving Electric Vehicles Just Overcame A Major Hurdle

The tech could dramatically increase the driving range of electric cars.

Science & Energy

CRISPR Co-Discoverer: “I’ve Never Seen Science Move at the Pace It’s Moving Now”

The amazing power of gene editing is not to be used without careful consideration.

NASA

NASA: We Need Companies Like SpaceX for the Future of Space Exploration

“We are getting to space a little differently than we used to.”

NASA

NASA’s New Tech Could Bring Power to People “In the Middle of Nowhere”

ROSA could be the future of energy in space and on Earth.

Future Society

The Same Tech Propelling Satellites in Space Could Power Tiny Robots on Earth

These tiny robots can fit on the face of a penny.

Prosthetics and Devices

New Tech Is Giving Humanity Many Potential Paths to Immortality

It's no longer if we could, but rather if we should.

Artificial Intelligence

Head of IBM Watson Says AI Will Augment Human Beings

"The combination of the human and the tool together are greater than either one of them would've been by themselves."

Gene Editing

Here’s Everything You Need to Know About the Recent Human Gene Editing Trial in the US

This technique may be able to cure serious diseases, but how can we regulate it?