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Future Society

Self-Replicating “DNA Computers” Are Set to Change Everything

Forget the cloud — DNA computers can work at 100 billion terabytes.

Artificial Intelligence

The Next Generation of iPhones May Be Coming With an AI Chip

The "Apple Neural Engine" could do things humans currently have to do.

Science & Energy

Our Galaxy’s Supermassive Black Hole May Reveal the Universe’s Hidden Fifth Force

This could revolutionize our understanding of gravity.

Pollution

Newly-Evolved Microbes Could Be Eating 90% of Ocean Plastic

A new kind of organism may have evolved, and we may be responsible for its creation.

Google

Google’s AlphaGo Proves Its Mettle Against a Team of Five

One AI to beat them all.

NASA

NASA’s Juno Reported Back, and Things Are Getting Weird

Nearly everything we thought we knew about Jupiter is now in question.

Artificial Intelligence

AI and Quantum Computers Are Our Best Weapons Against Cyber Criminals

We’ll need better defenses as the Internet of Things expands.

Artificial Intelligence

An AI Robot Learned How to Pick up Objects After Training Only in the Virtual World

It didn’t need to actually touch objects to learn how to handle them.

Solar Power

Solar Energy Smashes U.K. Record, Supplying 24% of the Nation’s Electricity Demand

Clean energy hits another milestone across the pond.

NASA

NASA Is Fast-Tracking Plans to Explore a Metal Asteroid Worth $10,000 Quadrillion

It'll be our first attempt to explore a world made of iron rather than ice or rock.

Solar Power

The Solar Industry Is Creating Jobs 17 Times Faster Than the Rest of the U.S. Economy

As fossil fuel jobs disappear, solar and other clean energies continue to thrive.

Science & Energy

Wagers, Contests, and Competitions That Inspired Scientific Breakthroughs

When scientists compete, we all win.

Science & Energy

Watch: Would a Twin on Earth Really Age Faster Than One Traveling Through Space?

The science behind "the twins paradox" explained in just 3 minutes.

DNA

Watch: Do We Really Share 99% of Our DNA With Chimps?

Find out the truth behind the often-repeated statistic.

Artificial Intelligence

We Still Know Very Little About How AI Thinks

But that's what makes the tech so remarkable.

Off-World

The Largest Galaxy In the Known Universe: IC 1101

This massive galaxy is an estimated 6 million light-years in diameter.

Science & Energy

Our Brains Can Predict Future Events Twice as Fast as They Actually Happen

Our brains are far more powerful than we imagined.

Physics

New Research Shows That a “Naked Singularity” Could Exist in Physics

There’s no telling what this major finding could mean for theoretical physics.

Universal Basic Income

Mark Zuckerberg Just Voiced His Support for Universal Basic Income

The Facebook founder joins Elon Musk and Bill Gates is urging society to consider UBI.

3D Printing

Advances in Robotics and 3D Printing Could Make Life-Saving Artificial Hearts a Reality

Donor waiting lists would become a thing of the past.