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Artificial Intelligence

Scientists Create Artificial Intelligence to Help Fight Cancer

Future Society

Apple Wins: Judge Says US Can’t Force Apple to Unlock iPhone

This ruling marks the first time the government’s legal argument to access data from an iPhone has been scrutinized within the court of law.

Google

Google Co-Founder Larry Page Owns A Secret Flying Car Company

Honestly, who wants a self driving car when you could have a flying one?

Energy

Tesla Ventures Out of Automotive Industry; Enters the Energy Sector

Does Tesla’s bid for SolarCity mean the automaker is switching its focus towards the energy sector?

Science & Energy

Extreme New Zealand Plan Will Eradicate All Invasive Species by 2050

An ambitious undertaking by New Zealand hopes to save the country’s native wildlife from introduced pests by 2050.

Off-World

Planet Nine Could Cause Chaos in Our Solar System (Fortunately, We’ll be Long Gone)

At least we won't be around to have to say goodbye...?

Robots and Machines

The Age of the Automation: Walmart Cuts 7,000 Office Jobs in the U.S.

As they move towards automation, employees will be transferred to other positions.

Science & Energy

Pandas On The Rise! These Gentle Giants Are Endangered No More

There's no way the world would allow these giant furballs of cuteness go extinct.

Ethics

Tech Giants Are Uniting to Develop A Set of Ethics for AI

The conversation likely moved past Asimov's Three Laws.

Off-World

China Just Successfully Launched its Second Space Station, Tiangong-2

Soon, there will be more humans living in space.

Science & Energy

The Simulation Hypothesis: Is Reality All Just A Computer Simulation?

How can we tell if reality is really real?

From Quarks to Quasars

Artificial Intelligence Reads Mammograms With 99% Accuracy

It would minimize false positives and the psychosocial damage they cause women.

Science & Energy

New Parkinson’s Treatment May Stop the Spread of Faulty Protein

This could transform the lives of the 10 million people living with Parkinson's.

Robots and Machines

Scientists Created a Battery That Self-Destructs in 30 Minutes

Spies, listen up.

Climate Change

Combating Climate Change: Germany Calls For A Ban On Combustion Engines By 2030

This is a vital step to meeting the Paris Agreement's goals.

Science & Energy

Turning Back the Biological Clock: A Drug That Can Restore Fertility in Women?

Cancer drug challenges the notion that women have a finite number of eggs.

Science & Energy

CRISPR Gene Editing Has Been Used to Cure Mice of Sickle Cell Disease

Edited genes produced healthy hemoglobin upon reintroduction.

Elon Musk

Elon Musk Says Denial of Climate Change is ‘Fraud’

The clean energy mogul also hits back with a challenge.

Science & Energy

There’s a New Vaccine to Protect Us From the Black Death

Three vaccines could stop a deadly pandemic from re-emerging.

Science & Energy

Scientists Have Successfully Bred Mice Using Skin Cells

There's a new way to reproduce.