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Everything You Need to Know About the Latest “Physics-Breaking” EM Drive Research
Physics

Everything You Need to Know About the Latest “Physics-Breaking” EM Drive Research

Here's the latest attempt to make the "impossible" possible.

Polestar 1
Science & Energy

Meet the Polestar 1, the First Car From Volvo’s New Performance Electric Brand

Next up is an EV they think can compete with Tesla's Model 3.

Scott Kelly doesn't doubt Elon Musk
Off-World

Retired Astronaut Who Spent a Year in Space Says Not to Doubt Elon Musk

Musk earned the endorsement of this veteran space explorer.

Scientists Just Restored Breathing After Paralysis
Health & Medicine

Scientists Just Restored Breathing After Paralysis

This suggests the brain may not be needed for breathing.

Canada Is Officially Testing Driverless Cars on Public Streets
Advanced Transport

Canada Is Officially Testing Driverless Cars on Public Streets

The test moves driverless technologies a step further.

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Self-Driving Vehicles

General Motors Will Soon Test Self-Driving Cars in New York City

Self-driving Chevy Bolts will hit a five-mile stretch of Manhattan early next year.

New Study Puts Us One Step Closer to Being Able to Starve Cancer Cells
Cancer

New Study Puts Us One Step Closer to Being Able to Starve Cancer Cells

"Our results provide a foundation for future research in this domain."

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Off-World

China’s Space Station Will Crash into Earth in Months

But a new era in space is dawning.

Kimbal Musk has a Silicon Valley-Style Plan to Feed America
Future Society

Kimbal Musk has a Silicon Valley-Style Plan to Feed America

His latest efforts include healthy $5 fast food and growing produce in shipping containers.

New Study Supports the Creation of Wind Farms High Above the Earth’s Surface
Wind

New Study Supports the Creation of Wind Farms High Above the Earth’s Surface

"Wind turbines on the earth's surface suffer from the very stubborn problem of intermittent wind supply."

The U.K. Just Installed Its First “Seabin” to Clean Plastic-Polluted Waters
Pollution

The U.K. Just Installed Its First “Seabin” to Clean Plastic-Polluted Waters

Just one device can remove the equivalent of 20,000 bottles annually.

This Material Could Allow NASA Planes to Cross the Country in Under an Hour
Advanced Transport

This Material Could Allow NASA Planes to Cross the Country in Under an Hour

The material can withstand the extremely high temperatures of 4,000+ mile-per-hour flights.

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Food

A New Type of Farm Is Letting Us Grow 100 Times More Food

Things are looking up in the world of farming.

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Science & Energy

Scientists Just Unlocked the Catalyst for Cancerous Relapse

"It is becoming increasingly clear that the immune system is at the core of the puzzle of how we can treat cancer more effectively."

Physicists May Finally Understand the Spatial Dimensions in Our Universe
Science & Energy

Physicists May Finally Understand the Spatial Dimensions in Our Universe

Flux tubes might help to explain the early and expanding universe.

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Ethics

Crowdsourced Morality Could Determine the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence

AI needs a moral backbone. Democracy could be the way to give it one.

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Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft and Amazon Have Partnered to Bring AI to the Masses

To build a business on AI, you need to pool resources and talent.

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Off-World

The U.S. Air Force Space Command Is “Completely Committed” to Recycled Rockets

It'll be "absolutely foolish" not to.

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Blockchain

A U.S. Political Candidate Just Pledged to Make All Decisions via an App Poll

If elected, he'll vote however the people do.

Teslas through Uber
Artificial Intelligence

Uber Users in Dubai Can Now Choose to Ride in a Tesla

By 2019, an additional 150 vehicles will join the initial fleet of 50.