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Science & Energy

These Maps Reveal How Little We Know About Our Own Galaxy

Welcome to the never-ending search for exoplanets.

Exobiology

Researchers Think Aliens Might Use Laser Beams to Communicate With Earth

The search for aliens is now focused on lasers.

Biology

Glowing Worms Prove Environmental Changes Can Affect Genes for 14 Generations

That would be your great great great great — well, you get the idea.

ESA

It’s Official. In 2025, NASA and the ESA Will Land on Europa to Look For Alien Life

Nearly everywhere there is water, there is life.

Moon

Amazon’s Founder Wants to Deliver Supplies to the Moon

He thinks the service could make a permanent lunar settlement a reality.

Evolution

The Next Step in Human Evolution Won’t Be Confined to Our Bodies

AI will elevate humanity beyond our biological limits.

Pollution

Plastic-Eating Caterpillars Could Help Bring an End to Pollution

We use over a trillion plastic bags every year, and it's a problem.

Quantum Physics

New Research Shows the Universe May Have Once Been a Hologram

Don't worry, you don't currently live in a hologram.

Science & Energy

How Do We Know That the Earth is Round?

Send this to the next "Flat Earther" you meet.

Advanced Transport

An All-Electric “Flying Car” Just Launched, and You’ll Be Able to Buy It This Year

Proof that flying cars are far more than science fiction.

Tesla

Tesla Just Announced Plans for a Major Expansion

They plan to totally disrupt the energy industry.

Computers

Computers Are Making Decisions for Us, and Not Always Good Ones.

Will a world governed by algorithms be better than one governed by humans?

Climate Change

Climate Change Could Cause Conditions That Literally Dissolve Sea Creatures

The planet isn't just warming; for many creatures, it's becoming deadly.

Energy

Britain Goes 24 Hours Without Coal-Generated Power for the First Time in 135 Years

For the first time since the Industrial Revolution, Britain satisfied its energy needs without using coal.

Tesla

The Age of Elon: Can Tesla Really Take Over the World?

Elon Musk has, almost single-handedly, thrust us into a new age in energy.

Elon Musk

Elon Musk: Tesla Could Be One of the Most Valuable Companies in the World in 5 Years

Musk's plan is to take over the world. Literally.

Hyperloop

Amazon May Be Using a Hyperloop to Deliver Same-Day Shipping

The transport of the future is getting into retail.

Nanotech

Kurzweil: By 2030, Nanobots Will Flow Throughout Our Bodies

This fleet of tiny robots would keep you healthy and connected to the cloud.

Health & Medicine

Futuristic “Smart Bandages” Use 5G Data and Track Human Health

This might mean fewer trips to the doctor and more accurate diagnostics.

Self-Driving Vehicles

The “Google of China” Is Releasing a Self-Driving Operating System for Free

Baidu is making its tech available to smaller car developers, inviting everyone to the party.