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Self-Driving Vehicles

Study Finds That Human Ethics Could Be Easily Programmed Into Driverless Cars

We can program cars to drive like we do, but should we?

Climate Change

France Just Announced Radical Changes to the Country’s Climate Policy

The newly elected French government announced a series of ambitious measures to decrease reliance on fossil fuels, promote sustainability, and support the environment.

Off-World

Stephen Hawking: “I Am Convinced That Humans Need to Leave Earth”

Hawking suggests we should start looking at real estate elsewhere in the universe — but first, we have to go back to the moon.

Falcon

SpaceX Just Successfully Launched the Third Falcon 9 in Less Than Two Weeks

This was the quickest succession of launches and one of the heaviest payloads ever for SpaceX.

Off-World

How Long Would it Take to Travel to the Nearest Star?

Medical

Scientists Want to Make This Medical Device From a Classic Sci-Fi Show a Reality

The Star Trek tricorder is closer than you think.

From Quarks to Quasars

See Space Without the Space

When it come down to solid surface, Earth dominates the solar system.

Science & Energy

Volvo Becomes the First Premium Car Maker to Go All Electric

It's an electrifying and bold step forward.

Quantum Computing

Two Students Just Broke a Quantum Computing World Record

This puts us one step closer to quantum supremacy.

Mars

NASA to Test Nuclear Reactor Designed to Power Future Mars Colony

This person-sized reactor could power the first Martian colony.

Universal Basic Income

Mark Zuckerberg: The U.S. Should Learn From This State’s Basic Income Program

The success of Alaska’s program "may be a lesson for the rest of the country as well."

Nuclear Fusion

India Will Be the Second Country in the World To Use a Novel Nuclear Technology

Near-limitless energy is coming to India.

Advanced Transport

Owners of China’s Traffic Hopping Bus Project Arrested

This potential traffic solution may have been a hoax, but there are other transport innovations coming down the road.

Exoplanets

PLATO Deep-Space Observatory Will Search for Exoplanets and Alien Life

PLATO will join Kepler in the mission to discover potentially habitable worlds.

Off-World

Total Solar Eclipses Are on the Path to Extinction

Our drifting Moon is going to put an end to solar eclipses.

Future Society

Was an Advanced Civilization Wiped Out by a Comet 12,000 Years Ago?

Nope. But that isn’t stopping some people from arguing for it.

Future Society

Expert: Today’s Lack of Funding for Basic Research Could Prove Devastating in the Future

“Investing in basic research, just like saving for retirement, is a prerequisite for ensuring welfare, innovation and societal progress.”

Artificial Intelligence

IBM’s AI Will Make Your Hospital Stay More Comfortable

Watson can adjust the temperature, play calming music, and more.

Bitcoin

India is Digitalizing Everything From Cash to Citizen Identification

The country's changes are "the biggest IT project ever accomplished."

Graphene

Scientists May Have Discovered a Sweet Way to Mass Produce Graphene

It just takes sugar, nickel, and a process called "3D laser printing."