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Virtual Reality

You Could Own the World’s First Glasses-Free Holographic Phone by Early 2018

$1,595 is a small price to pay to feel like R2-D2.

Tesla Just Landed a Deal to Build the World’s Most Powerful Battery
Tesla

Tesla Just Landed a Deal to Build the World’s Most Powerful Battery

It'll provide enough power for more than 30,000 homes.

This Swedish Startup Could Automate the Trucking Industry
Advanced Transport

This Swedish Startup Could Automate the Trucking Industry

The future of self-driving long haul trucks is here.

This Study Could Help Extend the Human Lifespan
Prosthetics and Devices

This Study Could Help Extend the Human Lifespan

Our gut bacteria could have more to do with lifespan than we previously knew.

A NASA Funded Project Wants to Use Plasma Rockets to Get to Mars
Mars

A NASA Funded Project Wants to Use Plasma Rockets to Get to Mars

A plasma engine could hypothetically get us to the Red Planet in 38 days, by traveling at a speed of 115,200 mph.

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Science & Energy

German Researchers Just Created the World’s Sharpest Laser

It travels at speeds of 18 million kilometers a minute.

Physicists May Have Discovered One of the Missing Pieces of Quantum Theory
Quantum Physics

Physicists May Have Discovered One of the Missing Pieces of Quantum Theory

They believe the future influences the past.

CERN’s New Particle Discovery May Help Us Better Understand What Governs the Universe
Physics

CERN’s New Particle Discovery May Help Us Better Understand What Governs the Universe

The doubly charged, doubly charmed xi particle may hold answers about the physics of the primordial universe.

Beyond Darwin: Scientists May Be Redefining Evolution
Evolution

Beyond Darwin: Scientists May Be Redefining Evolution

Challenging long-held ideas of evolution.

Powerful New Cloning Technique Can Clone Thousands of Genes at Once
Science & Energy

Powerful New Cloning Technique Can Clone Thousands of Genes at Once

“Our goal is to make it cheap and easy for any researcher in any field to clone and express the entire set of proteins from any organism."

This Music Video is A True Symphony of Science
Robots and Machines

This Music Video is A True Symphony of Science

The Science of Sleep: the Early Bird vs the Night Owl
Sleep

The Science of Sleep: the Early Bird vs the Night Owl

What People in 1930 Thought We’d Look Like
Future Society

What People in 1930 Thought We’d Look Like

How Does the Sun Appear on Other Planets?
From Quarks to Quasars

How Does the Sun Appear on Other Planets?

From Pluto, it would be just another star.

France Just Announced a New Law Making 11 Vaccines Mandatory
Health & Medicine

France Just Announced a New Law Making 11 Vaccines Mandatory

The Prime Minister says it’s “unacceptable” that children still die of measles.

A Quantum Principle Could Change Wireless Charging Technology Forever
Quantum Physics

A Quantum Principle Could Change Wireless Charging Technology Forever

First, a LED bulb. Next, your electric car?

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Artificial Intelligence

IBM is Challenging Congress’s Apocalyptic Perceptions of AI

The technological goliath will lobby congress later this week, encouraging them to look at the positives

Elon Musk: The World’s Population is Accelerating Towards Collapse
Elon Musk

Elon Musk: The World’s Population is Accelerating Towards Collapse

Thus far, any proposed solution to overcrowding on Earth has proven to be a knotty ethical problem.

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Artificial Intelligence

These Technologies Are Critical to Today’s Businesses, According to Survey

AI ranks highest in terms of influence in survey of business leaders.

Study Finds That Human Ethics Could Be Easily Programmed Into Driverless Cars
Self-Driving Vehicles

Study Finds That Human Ethics Could Be Easily Programmed Into Driverless Cars

We can program cars to drive like we do, but should we?