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Artificial Intelligence

We Need a Plan for When AI Becomes Smarter Than Us

What should we do when the digital student surpasses the teacher?

NASA

NASA Finally Has a Computer That Can Survive on Venus

860°F is nothing this new computer chip can’t handle.

Solar Power

The Solar Industry Now Employs Twice As Many People As Coal

Solar industry employment has tripled since 2010.

Quantum Physics

Physicists Just Showed That Quantum Entanglement Is a Physical Reality

The physics of our universe is far stranger than science fiction.

Space

Here’s Our Plan If We Meet Aliens

Finding ET is just the first step.

Science & Energy

Surprise! LIGO Makes Gravitational Waves

We need to add “generate ripples in spacetime” to LIGO’s resume.

Solar Power

China is Now the Biggest Producer of Solar Energy in the World

At least China is serious about renewable energy.

NASA

NASA Just Released the Top Designs for Our Future Martian Homes

Lava, ice, or regolith? Choose wisely.

Internet Of Things

This Material Can Harvest Energy From the Sun, Heat, and Movement

It’s the 3-in-1 material of renewable energy.

Science & Energy

Desktop Genetics: Now You Can Do Genetic Engineering Without Ever Entering a Lab

You can alter the source code of life from the comfort of your own home. Here's how.

Science & Energy

Fact or Fiction? The Urethra Invading Candiru Fish

Future Society

Production Soared After This Factory Replaced 90% of Its Employees With Robots

Hope you aren’t too attached to your job.

Health & Medicine

One Country Has Eliminated HIV Transmission to Newborns

Here's how they beat HIV.

Artificial Intelligence

Eventually, Robots Will “Glitch” And Cause Fatalities

But who's to blame?

Future Society

5 Ways That Technology is Transforming Politics in the Age of Trump

Politics, as we once knew it, is over.

Science & Energy

There is No Limit to Human Life Extension

We just cleared a big hurdle to immortality.

Climate Change

These Little Holes Could Play a Big Part in Climate Change

Glaciers are melting faster because of these tiny worlds.

Chemistry

Newly Created Helium Compound Could Completely Change Chemistry

Forget what your science books say about helium.

Science & Energy

Scientists Are Rallying and Marching on Washington

Should science mix with politics?

Future Society

“Bad” Internet Traffic Loses Businesses Over $7 Billion Annually

Less than half the internet traffic comes from humans.