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China is Getting the Largest Tesla Supercharger Station in the World
Tesla

China is Getting the Largest Tesla Supercharger Station in the World

It's part of the plan to expand to 10,000 stations worldwide.

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Bitcoin

This Latin American Country Could Adopt Bitcoin as an Official Currency

The decision could help them combat hyperinflation issues.

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Energy

Evaporation-Harvested Energy Could Meet 70% of the United States’ Power Needs

"We can now put a number on its potential."

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Science & Energy

Researchers Have Designed a Type of Aluminum That’s Lighter Than Water

The team started with a diamond and set out to replace every carbon atom with an aluminum tetrahedron.

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Science & Energy

These Fifteen New Spiders Were Named for Celebrity Activists, Including Bernie Sanders

The discovering team named the arachnids for champions of human rights and the environment.

NASA’s New “Gravity Map” Corrects Fundamental Assumption About Mars
Science & Energy

NASA’s New “Gravity Map” Corrects Fundamental Assumption About Mars

We now have a way to better understand the history of planets.

Drones for Good: How Drones Help Make a Better World
Drones

Drones for Good: How Drones Help Make a Better World

These are the Top 20 Finalists for the Drones for Good $1M Prize
Drones

These are the Top 20 Finalists for the Drones for Good $1M Prize

Microsoft and Facebook’s 4,000-Mile-Long Subsea Cable Has Been Completed
Meta

Microsoft and Facebook’s 4,000-Mile-Long Subsea Cable Has Been Completed

Marea is the highest capacity subsea cable to cross the Atlantic.

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Artificial Intelligence

AI Might Match Human Learning Capabilities by 2050, Says Breyer Capital CEO

"For the next decade or two, the good that comes out of proper, safe and interesting AI applications is enormous."

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Artificial Intelligence

Analysts Predict That Artificial Intelligence Will Be a $14 Billion Industry by 2023

That’s 27 times larger than it was in 2015.

Researchers Restore Consciousness in Man After 15 Years in a Vegetative State
Neuroscience and Brain

Researchers Restore Consciousness in Man After 15 Years in a Vegetative State

"Brain plasticity and brain repair are still possible even when hope seems to have vanished."

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Off-World

Australia Is Finally Getting Its Own Space Agency

"The agency will be the anchor for our domestic coordination and the front door for our international engagement."

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Quantum Computing

Researchers Claim They Just Invented The “Ultimate” Method for Quantum Computing

They believe their system could process more than a million qubits.

Want to Learn More About Ethereum? Ethereum Co-Founder Explains His Cryptocurrency
Ethereum

Want to Learn More About Ethereum? Ethereum Co-Founder Explains His Cryptocurrency

And he calls it "cryptoeconomics."

Get Ready. Elon Musk is Unveiling Updates About his Interplanetary Spaceship This Friday
Off-World

Get Ready. Elon Musk is Unveiling Updates About his Interplanetary Spaceship This Friday

A major update on SpaceX’s plans for Mars could be just a few days away.

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Mars

Chinese Official Says the Nation’s Plans to Explore Mars Are “Going Smoothly”

China’s space agency is on track for a 2020 launch.

A Smartphone Made in Russia Claims to be “Surveillance-Proof”
Robots and Machines

A Smartphone Made in Russia Claims to be “Surveillance-Proof”

The company's CEO claims users can "fully control all the information which goes through this mobile device."

How Fake Fingers Could Improve Touch ID Security
Robots and Machines

How Fake Fingers Could Improve Touch ID Security

“Given their unique characteristics, we believe our fake fingers will be valuable to the fingerprint recognition community.”

SETI Scientist: Seven Places In Our Solar System Likely Host Microbial Life
Off-World

SETI Scientist: Seven Places In Our Solar System Likely Host Microbial Life

You might be able to guess a few of them.