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Big Tech Teams Up in Fight to Restore Net Neutrality
Future Society

Big Tech Teams Up in Fight to Restore Net Neutrality

Google, Facebook, Netflix, and many others are standing up for an open internet.

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Treatments

Lab-Grown Skin With Hair Will Illuminate Treatments For Skin Conditions

The follicles were grown in cultures of stem cells.

Scientists Are Rethinking the Very Nature of Space and Time
Physics

Scientists Are Rethinking the Very Nature of Space and Time

Entanglement could be the key to everything – literally.

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Advanced Transport

A Record Majority of Norway’s New Cars Are Now Electric or Hybrid

Tesla is partially to thank.

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Energy

This Inexpensive Battery Could Revolutionize the Clean Energy Industry

"If battery-powered cars can compete with or exceed gasoline-powered cars in terms of range and cost, that will change the world."

Suicide could be prevented in Canada with the help of AI.
Artificial Intelligence

Can Canada Use AI to Crack Suicide Trends?

Is it ethical to track potential suicides this way?

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Brain

Nissan’s Brain-To-Vehicle Interface Could Make Driving Safer by Scanning Your Brain

The technology is still in early testing, but Nissan intends to show it off next week.

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Health & Medicine

We Are One Step Closer to Designing Safer, Non-Addictive Opioids

Can we develop opioids that dull pain without the risk of addiction?

Meet Baby Emma. She Was Frozen as an Embryo for 24 Years.
Health & Medicine

Meet Baby Emma. She Was Frozen as an Embryo for 24 Years.

A human was conceived in 1992 and born in 2017.

A Lack of Oxygen Is Creating More Ocean “Dead Zones”
Climate Change

A Lack of Oxygen Is Creating More Ocean “Dead Zones”

The open ocean has lost two percent of its oxygen over the last 50 years.

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Moon

China Is Sending Plants and Insects to the Moon in 2018

"Together, they can establish a simple ecosystem on the moon."

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Future Society

10 Things Children Born in 2018 Will Probably Never Experience

The world they grow up in will be far different from the one we navigated.

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Artificial Intelligence

China Is Building a $2.1 Billion Industrial Park for AI Research

The 400 enterprises in the park will produce an estimated $7.7 billion per year.

A Wave of Climate Refugees Could Soon Emerge in the US
Climate Change

A Wave of Climate Refugees Could Soon Emerge in the US

For an increasing number of people living in vulnerable areas, relocation is the only option left.

A Single Gene Could Have a Huge Impact on Age-Related Mental Decline
Neuroscience and Brain

A Single Gene Could Have a Huge Impact on Age-Related Mental Decline

The new findings support a previous study that linked excessive calcium release to age-related decline.

Orbital Launches
Off-World

In 2017, the US Led the World in Successful Orbital Launches

Eighteen of the 29 missions were courtesy of SpaceX.

Tesla Is Building Another Massive Battery in Australia
Tesla

Tesla Is Building Another Massive Battery in Australia

They'll have more than 100 days to get this one up and running, though.

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Fossil Fuels

Trump Gives Green Light for Offshore Drilling Near Every U.S. Coast

This is the largest number of lease sales ever proposed.

We Asked Experts Whether Elon Musk Can Really Send a Roadster to Space
Off-World

We Asked Experts Whether Elon Musk Can Really Send a Roadster to Space

Here's what they think.

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Future Society

A Colorado Town’s Municipal Broadband Will Ensure Local Net Neutrality

The proposed network would allow residents to enjoy the benefits of a neutral internet.