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Why Are We Made of ‘Starstuff’
From Quarks to Quasars

Elon Musk Puts a Cap on Ticket Price to Mars Colony. Here’s How Much It Could Cost.
Mars

"You cannot create a self-sustaining civilization if the ticket price is $10 billion per person."

Astronomers Discover That Our Sun Likely Had an “Evil” Twin That Killed the Dinosaurs
Science & Energy

Like a long dormant curse, the doppelganger returns every 27 million years.

Technological Unemployment Is Here. Unconditional Basic Income is the Answer.
Universal Basic Income

UBI could prompt a new society anchored on higher achievement and purpose — not just paychecks.

universal basic income ubi hawaii automation
Universal Basic Income

The island state is proving to be the nation's most forward-thinking.

DeepMind Develops a Neural Network That Can Make Sense of Objects Around It
Artificial Intelligence

The better to see you with.

Ever Hear Of a Volcano That Spews Blue Lava?
Science & Energy

Try to Build a Stable Solar System: Orbital Physics and World Making
From Quarks to Quasars

Can you keep your worlds from colliding?

Mixing Caffeine and Alcohol: Good Times or Terrible Life Choice?
Science & Energy

Ferrofluid: Liquid Art
Science & Energy

Energy Stored in Electric Vehicles Can Power Entire Buildings
Energy

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

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

It can generate clean energy from both sunlight and moisture.

Scientists Complete First Successful “Surgery” on a Nanoparticle
Science & Energy

The technique will significantly advance the field of nanochemistry.

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

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

Neil deGrasse Tyson: Self-Driving Cars Will Save Lives
Self-Driving Vehicles

Even NDT thinks your car should drive itself.

Life-Saving Drones Can Beat Ambulances to Heart Attack Victims
Drones

These flying automatons are 4x faster than an ambulance.

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

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

Scientists Hypothesize That Space Travel Caused This Worm To Grow Two Heads
Off-World

Could space travel give humans the ability to regenerate?

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

Their plans are out of this world.

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

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