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Cryptocurrency Market Just Reached Total Value of $160 Billion
Bitcoin

Cryptocurrency Market Just Reached Total Value of $160 Billion

It just won't stop.

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Health & Medicine

Healthcare Startup Claims It Can Defeat Diabetes With Nutrition Alone

In a recent trial, Virta helped 87 percent of participants reduce their insulin dosage, or stop their intake completely.

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Health & Medicine

Transplants of Genetically Modified Pig Organs for Humans Could Happen Within Two Years

Researchers will begin trials once they are granted government approval.

Bill Nye Talks Climate Change Denial and the Future of American Energy
Climate Change

Bill Nye Talks Climate Change Denial and the Future of American Energy

Skeptics won't be doubtful for long.

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Robotics

Fukushima’s Clean-Up Crews Are Getting Some Help From “Muscle Robots”

These bots could safely remove 800 tons of radioactive debris.

A Robot That Will Replace Your Smartphone is Already in the Works
Robotics

A Robot That Will Replace Your Smartphone is Already in the Works

We’re closer to getting our own C-3PO than you can imagine.

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Tesla

People Are Using Old Laptop Batteries to Build Their Own Versions of Tesla’s Powerwall

Approximately 95 percent of consumer batteries sold in the US are not recycled and are ultimately thrown away."

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Mars

NASA’s InSight Mars Lander to Investigate Inside the Red Planet

The mission will give insight into how rocky planets form, and potentially help future colonists live on Mars.

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Health & Medicine

New Heroin Vaccine Helps Users Quit by Blocking its Effects

"Vaccines will be another tool in treating addiction."

Apple’s New Augmented Reality Framework Lets You Sculpt Realistic Digital Creations
Virtual Reality

Apple’s New Augmented Reality Framework Lets You Sculpt Realistic Digital Creations

You'll even be able to use your Apple Pencil for increased control.

“Digital Plants” Are the First Blockchain-Based Artificial Life Form
Blockchain

“Digital Plants” Are the First Blockchain-Based Artificial Life Form

This project could show how Bitcoin may transform automated services, by making them truly independent from humans.

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Artificial Intelligence

Australia is Deploying AI Drones to Help Prevent Shark Attacks

The AI software's creators claims a 90 percent accuracy rate, compared to humans' 20-30 percent.

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Science & Energy

Kenya Becomes Latest Country to Ban Plastic Bags

The country’s supermarkets alone distribute as many as 100 million plastic bags annually.

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Cybersecurity

A National Cybersecurity Council Just Lost 8 of Its 28 Members

They cite President Trump’s unresponsiveness as one of their reasons.

Five Ways Graphene Could Transform Our World
Graphene

Five Ways Graphene Could Transform Our World

This "wonder material" is only one atom thick.

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Physics

Researchers Just Did the Seemingly Impossible: Generate Terahertz Waves From Water

Until now, we didn’t think water could do this.

Elon Musk Proves a Car Can Fit Inside the Boring Tunnel
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Proves a Car Can Fit Inside the Boring Tunnel

Over the weekend he snapped a photo of a Model S in the tunnel system.

Elon Musk: It Might Be Possible to Go “Supersonic” in the Test Hyperloop Tube
Elon Musk

Elon Musk: It Might Be Possible to Go “Supersonic” in the Test Hyperloop Tube

The winners of the 2nd Hyperloop Pod competition accomplished a speed of 324 kilometers per hour.

A Newly Proposed Space Mission Could Unlock the Mysteries of the Universe
Off-World

A Newly Proposed Space Mission Could Unlock the Mysteries of the Universe

"This survey will have broad applications in astronomy, providing rich spectra of galaxies, quasars, stars, clusters and our Galaxy."

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Future Society

The World’s Largest Retailer Is Partnering with Google in an Effort to Beat Amazon

The company joins Target, Costco, and Whole Foods on Google Express.