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Why Do Rivers Curve The Same?
Science & Energy

Why Do Rivers Curve The Same?

How Predictable Are You?
Prosthetics and Devices

How Predictable Are You?

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

Why Are We Made of ‘Starstuff’

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

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

"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

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

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

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

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

universal basic income ubi hawaii automation
Universal Basic Income

Hawaii Becomes the First State to Pass a Bill in Support of 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

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

The better to see you with.

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

Ever Hear Of a Volcano That Spews Blue Lava?

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

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

Can you keep your worlds from colliding?

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

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

Ferrofluid: Liquid Art
Science & Energy

Ferrofluid: Liquid Art

Energy Stored in Electric Vehicles Can Power Entire Buildings
Energy

Energy Stored in Electric Vehicles Can Power Entire Buildings

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

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

It can generate clean energy from both sunlight and moisture.

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

Scientists Complete First Successful “Surgery” on a Nanoparticle

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

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

"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

Neil deGrasse Tyson: Self-Driving Cars Will Save Lives

Even NDT thinks your car should drive itself.

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

Life-Saving Drones Can Beat Ambulances to Heart Attack Victims

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

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

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

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

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

Could space travel give humans the ability to regenerate?