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Pollution

Plastic-Eating Caterpillars Could Help Bring an End to Pollution

We use over a trillion plastic bags every year, and it's a problem.

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Quantum Physics

New Research Shows the Universe May Have Once Been a Hologram

Don't worry, you don't currently live in a hologram.

How Do We Know That the Earth is Round?
Science & Energy

How Do We Know That the Earth is Round?

Send this to the next "Flat Earther" you meet.

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Advanced Transport

An All-Electric “Flying Car” Just Launched, and You’ll Be Able to Buy It This Year

Proof that flying cars are far more than science fiction.

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Tesla

Tesla Just Announced Plans for a Major Expansion

They plan to totally disrupt the energy industry.

Truck Drivers Can Now Control A Fleet of Vehicles From Over 3000 Miles Away
Advanced Transport

Truck Drivers Can Now Control A Fleet of Vehicles From Over 3000 Miles Away

You can drive a vehicle without being inside it...or even near it.

Computers Are Making Decisions for Us, and Not Always Good Ones.
Computers

Computers Are Making Decisions for Us, and Not Always Good Ones.

Will a world governed by algorithms be better than one governed by humans?

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Climate Change

Climate Change Could Cause Conditions That Literally Dissolve Sea Creatures

The planet isn't just warming; for many creatures, it's becoming deadly.

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Energy

Britain Goes 24 Hours Without Coal-Generated Power for the First Time in 135 Years

For the first time since the Industrial Revolution, Britain satisfied its energy needs without using coal.

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Virtual Reality

Canada Just Took a Major Stand for Net Neutrality

Internet Service Providers cannot privilege content that benefits them.

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Tesla

The Age of Elon: Can Tesla Really Take Over the World?

Elon Musk has, almost single-handedly, thrust us into a new age in energy.

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Elon Musk

Elon Musk: Tesla Could Be One of the Most Valuable Companies in the World in 5 Years

Musk's plan is to take over the world. Literally.

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Hyperloop

Amazon May Be Using a Hyperloop to Deliver Same-Day Shipping

The transport of the future is getting into retail.

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Nanotech

Kurzweil: By 2030, Nanobots Will Flow Throughout Our Bodies

This fleet of tiny robots would keep you healthy and connected to the cloud.

In D.C., Tens of Thousands March for Science — and Survival
Science & Energy

In D.C., Tens of Thousands March for Science — and Survival

The only reason that you are able to read this is because of science.

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Health & Medicine

Futuristic “Smart Bandages” Use 5G Data and Track Human Health

This might mean fewer trips to the doctor and more accurate diagnostics.

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Self-Driving Vehicles

The “Google of China” Is Releasing a Self-Driving Operating System for Free

Baidu is making its tech available to smaller car developers, inviting everyone to the party.

Parallel Universes May Be the Only Hope of Surviving the Death of the Cosmos
Physics

Parallel Universes May Be the Only Hope of Surviving the Death of the Cosmos

But could we ever get to a parallel world?

Here’s Everything You Need to Know about Elon Musk’s Human/AI Brain Merge
Elon Musk

Here’s Everything You Need to Know about Elon Musk’s Human/AI Brain Merge

There was SpaceX. Then there was Tesla. Now there's Neuralink.

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Robots and Machines

In Five Years, Your Smartphone Could Be Reading Your Mind

This device can literally read your thoughts.