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Science & Energy

Ferrofluid: Liquid Art

Energy

Energy Stored in Electric Vehicles Can Power Entire Buildings

Researchers found a way to tap into stored energy in parked EVs to power buildings without hurting the EV's battery life.

Solar Power

A New “Solar Paint” Lets You Transform Your Entire House Into a Source of Clean Energy

It can generate clean energy from both sunlight and moisture.

Science & Energy

Scientists Complete First Successful “Surgery” on a Nanoparticle

The technique will significantly advance the field of nanochemistry.

Elon Musk

Elon Musk: The Next Generation Tesla Roadster May Achieve 60 MPH in Under 2 Seconds

"Would, of course, only count if capable of doing so right off the production line with street legal tires."

Self-Driving Vehicles

Neil deGrasse Tyson: Self-Driving Cars Will Save Lives

Even NDT thinks your car should drive itself.

Drones

Life-Saving Drones Can Beat Ambulances to Heart Attack Victims

These flying automatons are 4x faster than an ambulance.

Prosthetics and Devices

Meet the Eyeborg: The Filmmaker With a Video Camera In His Right Eye Socket

This "Eyeborg" is just the beginning of human augmentation.

Off-World

The First Space-Based ‘Nation’, Asgardia, Plans to Illegally Store Data Off-Planet

Their plans are out of this world.

Science & Energy

NASA is Making Glowing Rainbow Clouds Tonight — Here’s How to Watch

Not only does it look cool, it’s a way for the space agency to study how particles move around the ionosphere.

Science & Energy

The Largest Virtual Universe Ever Created Was Just Simulated in a Supercomputer

Could this help us to better understand the physics of our Universe?

Off-World

The World’s First “Space Nation” Will Attempt a Launch This Summer

Its 205,563 would-be citizens are already working on ratifying their constitution and forming a government.

Treatments

A New Startup is Commercializing the Fertility Treatment Behind “3 Parent” Babies

Darwin Life, plans to offer the “infertility cure” to women ages 42 to 47, including those outside the U.S. where the procedure remains illegal.

Artificial Intelligence

DeepMind Asks: How Much Can Humans Teach AI?

Human feedback not only helps AI learn more effectively, but the method provides improved technical safety and control.

Artificial Intelligence

With Three Years to Prepare, Even This AI Couldn’t Ace China’s Difficult Math Exam

AI-Maths is going to have to do some more cramming to get its test scores up.

Brain

Doctors Are Now Fighting Depression by Targeting the Brain’s Wiring, Not Its Chemical Balance

This new approach could improve the lives of more than 15 million people.

Prosthetics and Devices

Color-Changing Tattoos Could Help Millions Monitor Their Health in Real-Time

Are health-monitoring tattoos the next evolution of wearables?

Self-Driving Vehicles

General Motors Just Became the First Car Manufacturer to Mass Produce Autonomous Cars

The cars are also designed to be more affordable than other EVs on the market.

Blockchain

A New Trial Proves that BlockChain Could Help Us Feed the World

10,000 refugees received food through the cutting-edge UN program.

Quantum Physics

Artificial Neural Networks Are Revealing The Quantum World

"Our results uncover the unparalleled power of artificial neural networks."