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Climate Change

New York Is the First City to Require Building Owners to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

By 2035, greenhouse gas emissions will be reduced by 7 percent citywide.

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Self-Driving Vehicles

Intel and Waymo Have Teamed Up to Roll Out Fully Autonomous Vehicles

"I fully expect my children’s children will never have to drive a car."

DARPA’s Autonomous System Can Fly and Land a Helicopter with Just a Tablet
DARPA

DARPA’s Autonomous System Can Fly and Land a Helicopter with Just a Tablet

Self-driving helicopters are here.

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Future Society

Google’s New Payment App Uses Ultrasonic Frequencies to Transfer Cash

The mobile payment app, called Tez, was launched in India for iOS and Android devices.

SpaceX’s Dragon Capsule Was Recovered from the Pacific After a Successful Mission
SpaceX

SpaceX’s Dragon Capsule Was Recovered from the Pacific After a Successful Mission

Another win for SpaceX.

Changing How We Transport Vaccines Could Save Two Million Lives Annually
Health & Medicine

Changing How We Transport Vaccines Could Save Two Million Lives Annually

"We need creative disruptive solutions at scale quickly."

“Octlantis” Discovery Proves Octopuses Are More Social Than We Thought
Evolution

“Octlantis” Discovery Proves Octopuses Are More Social Than We Thought

This city of cephalopods show us how much we don't know about the world's oceans and its inhabitants.

New Synthetic Muscle Puts Us One Step Closer to Lifelike Robots
Robotics

New Synthetic Muscle Puts Us One Step Closer to Lifelike Robots

It's super-strong, super-dexterous, and super-soft.

CEO: Ethereum Could Challenge Credit Card Companies In “A Couple of Years”
Ethereum

CEO: Ethereum Could Challenge Credit Card Companies In “A Couple of Years”

Visa and MasterCard users could soon prefer the blockchain.

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Electric Vehicles

Porsche CEO: Our First All-Electric Vehicle Will Be Released a Year Ahead of Schedule

The $80,000 luxury EV is expected to rival Tesla’s Model S.

Let’s Have a Heart to Heart: Are Blockchain Tokens Really Nothing More Than “A Scheme?”
Bitcoin

Let’s Have a Heart to Heart: Are Blockchain Tokens Really Nothing More Than “A Scheme?”

Are you throwing away your money by participating in a token launch?

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Future Society

China Signed a $300 Million Lab-Grown Meat Deal with Israel

The country is eager to achieve its goal of reducing consumption of traditional meat by 50 percent.

5 Futuristic Ways to Beat Traffic
Advanced Transport

5 Futuristic Ways to Beat Traffic

Where we're going, we don't need roads.

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Tesla

Tesla Must Overcome Local Production Laws Before Bringing EVs to India

CEO Elon Musk says Tesla continues to be in "discussions" with the national government.

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Health & Medicine

New Research Reveals Tattoo Ink Particles Circulate Inside the Body

"No one checks the chemical composition of the colors, but our study shows that maybe they should."

Neil DeGrasse Tyson: Downplaying Our Involvement in Climate Change is “Simply Irresponsible”
Climate Change

Neil DeGrasse Tyson: Downplaying Our Involvement in Climate Change is “Simply Irresponsible”

“We might not be able to recover from this.”

The World’s First All-Electric Yacht Has a 40-Mile Range and a $500,000 Price Tag
Energy

The World’s First All-Electric Yacht Has a 40-Mile Range and a $500,000 Price Tag

It's being called "the Tesla of luxury electric yachts."

A Eulogy for Cassini
Future Society

A Eulogy for Cassini

Cassini reminds us the universe does not require our participation to exist.

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Bitcoin

The U.S. is No Longer the World’s Largest Bitcoin Market

One nation now accounts for nearly half of all trading.

An Old Version of Facebook Contains a Secret Voice Assistant
Meta

An Old Version of Facebook Contains a Secret Voice Assistant

The discovery contradicts previous assertions that the company isn't working on a voice assistant.