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Bitcoin

Bitcoin Just Reached a New All-Time High

It reached $3,000 for the first time since June, surpassing $3,200 for the first time.

Math Can Help Us Treat Diseases and Develop Better Vaccines
Science & Energy

Math Can Help Us Treat Diseases and Develop Better Vaccines

Math and medicine go hand-in-hand.

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Universal Basic Income

Could We Use Space to Pay for a Universal Basic Income?

Shouldn't the space that belongs to us all benefit us all?

Study Shows Earth is Already in a Dire Warming Crisis
Climate Change

Study Shows Earth is Already in a Dire Warming Crisis

"Rising seas, mass extinctions, super droughts, increased wildfires, intense hurricanes, decreased crops and fresh water and the melting of the Arctic are expected."

Hydrogen Fuel Could Become a Viable Energy Alternative Thanks to This Aluminum Alloy
Energy

Hydrogen Fuel Could Become a Viable Energy Alternative Thanks to This Aluminum Alloy

This new material turns water into fuel.

Researchers Used CRISPR to Successfully Increase HIV Resistance in Animals
Health & Medicine

Researchers Used CRISPR to Successfully Increase HIV Resistance in Animals

Gene editing is giving us better weapons in the fight against HIV.

What Would a Failed Falcon Heavy Launch Mean for SpaceX?
Falcon

What Would a Failed Falcon Heavy Launch Mean for SpaceX?

Elon Musk and experts have both predicted that the November launch won't work.

Blockchain Could Be the Answer to Stopping Climate Change
Blockchain

Blockchain Could Be the Answer to Stopping Climate Change

It would streamline many aspects in the fight against carbon emissions.

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Artificial Intelligence

It’s Time to Talk About How Siri is Reinforcing Gender Stereotypes

The world's top supercomputer, IBM Watson, has a man's name and voice while nearly all virtual assistants have female names and voices.

Milky Way’s Origins Are Not What They Seem
Off-World

Milky Way’s Origins Are Not What They Seem

This study transforms our understanding of how galaxies formed from the Big Bang.

10 Images of What Sunset Would Look Like If The Sun Were Swapped With Other Stars
Science & Energy

10 Images of What Sunset Would Look Like If The Sun Were Swapped With Other Stars

Chinese Researchers Just Unveiled the World’s Largest Virtual Universe Simulation
Science & Energy

Chinese Researchers Just Unveiled the World’s Largest Virtual Universe Simulation

It contains 2 trillion digital particles shaped into 25 billion virtual galaxies.

Report: The World Invested $264 Billion in New Renewables in 2016
Climate Change

Report: The World Invested $264 Billion in New Renewables in 2016

“Solar and wind are now cost-competitive almost everywhere.”

China to Start Using Blockchain to Collect Taxes and Send Invoices
Blockchain

China to Start Using Blockchain to Collect Taxes and Send Invoices

Another application for blockchain that's transforming the world as we know it.

Researchers Have Found a Drug That Can Help Slow the Spread of Multiple Cancers
Cancer

Researchers Have Found a Drug That Can Help Slow the Spread of Multiple Cancers

Tumors in mice shrunk by 50% when treated with it.

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Falcon

See How SpaceX Plans to Launch the Falcon Heavy This November

What’s trickier than landing one used rocket? Landing three.

This Tiny Supercomputer Consumes 98% Less Power and 99.93% Less Space
Computers

This Tiny Supercomputer Consumes 98% Less Power and 99.93% Less Space

It packs 1 PetaFLOPS of power into a single rack.

Here’s Your First Look at Tesla’s Beautiful Solar Roofs
Tesla

Here’s Your First Look at Tesla’s Beautiful Solar Roofs

Musk even provided unretouched photos of the installed solar tiles.

New Evidence Suggests Venus May Have Had an Ocean
Off-World

New Evidence Suggests Venus May Have Had an Ocean

This could help advance our search for habitable exoplanets.

A New Quantum Understanding is About to Turn Chemistry on Its Head
Chemistry

A New Quantum Understanding is About to Turn Chemistry on Its Head

Quantum mechanics have a major, majorly strange, affect on biochemical reactions