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Medical

Is Getting Genetically Engineered a Human Right?

How can we make sure everyone has access to this life saving science? Should we?

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Self-Driving Vehicles

Autonomous Vehicles Could Change the Lives of People Who Are Most in Need

But it's up to us to make it happen.

Dubai Announces Accelerator to Solve the 21st Century’s Most Pressing Challenges
Future Society

Dubai Announces Accelerator to Solve the 21st Century’s Most Pressing Challenges

This is why Dubai is the "city of the future."

Mind-Bending View of a Solar Eclipse from the Stratosphere
Solar Power

Mind-Bending View of a Solar Eclipse from the Stratosphere

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Science & Energy

Norway Makes Unprecedented Pledge to Ban the Use of Oil for Heating by 2020

Fossil fuels are on their way out.

Meet the 7 Alien Planets Most Likely to Have Life
Off-World

Meet the 7 Alien Planets Most Likely to Have Life

The Death of a Giant: How Do Supernovae Happen?
Science & Energy

The Death of a Giant: How Do Supernovae Happen?

These Are Some of the Biggest Moonshots Alphabet Ever Attempted
Moon

These Are Some of the Biggest Moonshots Alphabet Ever Attempted

If you want to live in the future, first, you need to make it.

Elon Musk Says Details on Tesla 3 Will Be Released This Weekend
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Says Details on Tesla 3 Will Be Released This Weekend

The first deliveries are expected by the end of next month.

Musk Says the Boring Company’s First Car Elevator Will Be Operating Next Week
Advanced Transport

Musk Says the Boring Company’s First Car Elevator Will Be Operating Next Week

The electric sled can carry cars down into the tunnel or ferry people. It also travels at 200 km/h (125 mph).

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Future Society

Truly Immersive “Teledildonics” is the Future of Intimacy

VR is taking intimacy to new levels.

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Off-World

The UK Is Building a $150 Million Facility Where You Can Train for Trips Into Space

From g-forces to weightlessness, you’ll be able to experience space without leaving Earth.

Staring at the Computer All Day (or Night) Really Is Bad for You
From Quarks to Quasars

Staring at the Computer All Day (or Night) Really Is Bad for You

Read this, then give your eyes a much-deserved break.

A New Tool Could Help Us Finally Eliminate Animal Testing
Science & Energy

A New Tool Could Help Us Finally Eliminate Animal Testing

The technology exists to cut animals out of this process altogether. We need to make this happen.

We Can Now Build Biomolecules From Computer Code — No Humans Necessary
Science & Energy

We Can Now Build Biomolecules From Computer Code — No Humans Necessary

A new digital-to-biological converter is allowing us to transmit DNA.

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Evolution

New Evidence Indicates That Human Heart Regeneration May Be Possible

Need a new heart? In the future, you may be able to just grow it.

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Quantum Physics

Scientists Assert That Hidden Dimensions Might Exist in Gravitational Waves

This could be the key to String Theory and quantum gravity.

Expert: Here’s How the Tech Industry Could Solve The “Urban Crisis” It Created
Future Society

Expert: Here’s How the Tech Industry Could Solve The “Urban Crisis” It Created

Booming tech startups transformed several urban centers so much that almost no one can afford to live in them

The Biggest Untapped Market in Tech Might Be the Elderly
Future Society

The Biggest Untapped Market in Tech Might Be the Elderly

Tech companies should rethink how they approach older people.

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Future Society

Facebook’s Drone Is One Step Closer to Beaming Internet to the World

This solar-powered drone could give 4 billion people access to the internet.