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Solar Power

China Just Exceeded its 2020 Target for Solar Installations

The country added 24.02 gigawatts in the last two months alone.

Estonia Could Be the First Country in the World to Introduce Its Own Cryptocurrency
Cryptocurrency

Estonia Could Be the First Country in the World to Introduce Its Own Cryptocurrency

The Baltic state is considering an Initial Coin Offering of a token known as estcoin.

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Meta

Facebook Might Be Working on a Virtual Assistant for the Oculus Rift

A virtual assistant would be better at navigating Facebook than current VR controllers.

The Fight Against Climate Change Could Get Unexpected Help from Seaweed
Climate Change

The Fight Against Climate Change Could Get Unexpected Help from Seaweed

Giving nine percent of the ocean to seaweed farming could remove 53 billion tonnes of CO2 per year.

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Mars

New Research Shows Mars Experiences Violent Snowstorms

Future colonists may even have hope of a white Christmas.

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Future Society

Microsoft’s Speech Recognition is Now as Good as a Human Transcriber

The system just achieved a 5.1% error rate, on par with human transcribers.

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Solar Power

WATCH: What Happened to Solar Power in the US During the Eclipse

By the time totality reached South Carolina, Idaho and Utah had solar back up and running.

Mark Cuban Just Backed a “People-Driven” $20 Million Token Fund
Cryptocurrency

Mark Cuban Just Backed a “People-Driven” $20 Million Token Fund

“Like Amazon and Google came out of the internet bubble there will be winners and losers in cryptocurrencies."

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Bitcoin

Bitcoin Cash Price Rises While Bitcoin and Ethereum Drop

Bitcoin Cash rose an impressive 15.6 percent, after falling from $1,000 since the weekend.

Meet the Woman Who Did the Calculations for the First Moon Landing
Science & Energy

Meet the Woman Who Did the Calculations for the First Moon Landing

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Tesla

An Investor Wants Tesla and Uber to Merge, With Musk as CEO

Will Tesla and Uber bring their skills together to provide autonomous taxis?

Are You Smart Enough To Get These Nerdy Jokes?
Science & Energy

Are You Smart Enough To Get These Nerdy Jokes?

What Would We Need (Other Than Dinosaurs) to Create a Real Jurassic Park?
Science & Energy

What Would We Need (Other Than Dinosaurs) to Create a Real Jurassic Park?

Parallel Universes and the Many-Worlds Theory
Science & Energy

Parallel Universes and the Many-Worlds Theory

The Space Revolution is Being Led by More than Musk and Bezos
Off-World

The Space Revolution is Being Led by More than Musk and Bezos

Musk and Bezos aren't the only investors in town.

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Future Society

These Six Startups From Y Combinator’s Demo Day 1 Are Ready to Transform Our World

From robot farmers to autonomous aircraft, these companies are thinking outside the box.

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Science & Energy

The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope May Unveil the Secrets of Dark Matter

It could transform our fundamental understanding of the universe.

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Future Society

A Computing Pioneer Says It’s Never Too Early to Teach Kids to Code

“In a sense, those years are the best for learning anything.”

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Solar Power

Report Suggests Solar Energy Capacity Will Rival Nuclear Power by the End of 2017

Solar could be the world’s largest source of energy by 2050.

Here’s Why Bitcoin Rose More than $1,000 in Two Months
Bitcoin

Here’s Why Bitcoin Rose More than $1,000 in Two Months

The crypto has more than one trend to thank for its meteoric rise.