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Synthetic, Microscopic Fingerprints Turn Tiny Plastic Particles Into Security Keys
Even our personal belongings could have their own secure prints.
Scientists Want to Make This Medical Device From a Classic Sci-Fi Show a Reality
The Star Trek tricorder is closer than you think.
See Space Without the Space
When it come down to solid surface, Earth dominates the solar system.
New Quantum Technology Lets You Use Your Phone to Identify Counterfeit Goods
Here's to a future without fakes.
Volvo Becomes the First Premium Car Maker to Go All Electric
It's an electrifying and bold step forward.
Two Students Just Broke a Quantum Computing World Record
This puts us one step closer to quantum supremacy.
NASA to Test Nuclear Reactor Designed to Power Future Mars Colony
This person-sized reactor could power the first Martian colony.
Mark Zuckerberg: The U.S. Should Learn From This State’s Basic Income Program
The success of Alaska’s program "may be a lesson for the rest of the country as well."
India Will Be the Second Country in the World To Use a Novel Nuclear Technology
Near-limitless energy is coming to India.
Owners of China’s Traffic Hopping Bus Project Arrested
This potential traffic solution may have been a hoax, but there are other transport innovations coming down the road.
PLATO Deep-Space Observatory Will Search for Exoplanets and Alien Life
PLATO will join Kepler in the mission to discover potentially habitable worlds.
Total Solar Eclipses Are on the Path to Extinction
Our drifting Moon is going to put an end to solar eclipses.
Was an Advanced Civilization Wiped Out by a Comet 12,000 Years Ago?
Nope. But that isn’t stopping some people from arguing for it.
Expert: Today’s Lack of Funding for Basic Research Could Prove Devastating in the Future
“Investing in basic research, just like saving for retirement, is a prerequisite for ensuring welfare, innovation and societal progress.”
IBM’s AI Will Make Your Hospital Stay More Comfortable
Watson can adjust the temperature, play calming music, and more.
India is Digitalizing Everything From Cash to Citizen Identification
The country's changes are "the biggest IT project ever accomplished."
Scientists Think Our Moon Used to Be Home to a Molten Metal Ocean and Supersonic Winds
"The Moon's atmosphere was like a hard-partying rock star."
Scientists May Have Discovered a Sweet Way to Mass Produce Graphene
It just takes sugar, nickel, and a process called "3D laser printing."
Stephen Hawking: We Are Close to the Tipping Point Where Global Warming Becomes Irreversible
“Climate change is one of the great dangers we face, and it’s one we can prevent if we act now.”