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Watch Live: Will Universal Basic Income Change Our Lives for Good or Bad?
Universal Basic Income

Watch Live: Will Universal Basic Income Change Our Lives for Good or Bad?

Does everyone deserve an income, regardless of employment status?

A River Was Just Granted the Same Legal Rights as a Human Being
Environment

A River Was Just Granted the Same Legal Rights as a Human Being

Could treating the environment like a person be the best way to protect it?

A Tesla Just Broke a World Record for Speed Twice in One Day
Tesla

A Tesla Just Broke a World Record for Speed Twice in One Day

It’s now the fastest street-legal EV on the road.

A New Genetic Test Predicts If and When You’ll Develop Alzheimer’s
Health & Medicine

A New Genetic Test Predicts If and When You’ll Develop Alzheimer’s

5.5 million Americans have Alzheimer’s. Will you have it, too?

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Advanced Transport

Electric Flights Are Coming: Engineers Unveil a 150-Seat Battery-Powered Plane

Apparently, the future of flight is electric.

New Technologies Could Let Our Devices Power Themselves
Devices

New Technologies Could Let Our Devices Power Themselves

We need to make this happen.

Elon Musk Is “Not Smiling” Over Trump’s New NASA Budget
NASA

Elon Musk Is “Not Smiling” Over Trump’s New NASA Budget

"Perhaps there will be some future bill that makes a difference for Mars, but this is not it."

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Blockchain

IBM Just Launched Blockchain Beyond Currency

This tech will be as disruptive as the internet itself.

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Robots and Machines

Watch This Zelda Super Fan Magically Control His Home With an Ocarina

You've never seen Zelda like this before.

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Robotics

Amazon’s CEO Just Demoed the World’s First Manned Bipedal Robot

Step aside, Iron Man.

Apple Is Working to Augment Reality
Virtual Reality

Apple Is Working to Augment Reality

The company’s CEO thinks this tech is a "game changer" as big as the smartphone.

Can Science Transform Us Into Superheroes?
Prosthetics and Devices

Can Science Transform Us Into Superheroes?

We may have the power, but are we ready for the responsibility?

Your Skin Heals Itself. Soon, Robots’ Skin Will, Too.
Robotics

Your Skin Heals Itself. Soon, Robots’ Skin Will, Too.

Humanoid bots are about to get a little more human.

The Latest Super Telescopes Will Let You See Space Like Never Before
Off-World

The Latest Super Telescopes Will Let You See Space Like Never Before

These billion-dollar devices are bringing the universe into better focus.

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Robots and Machines

The Most Futuristic Companies That Just Launched at Y Combinator Demo Day 1

We've got everything from bionic implants to wearables for cows.

U.S. and U.K. Just Banned Electronic Devices on Flights From Multiple Countries
Future Society

U.S. and U.K. Just Banned Electronic Devices on Flights From Multiple Countries

Any device “larger than a smartphone” is included.

You Are Looking at the Face of a Man Who Died 700 Years Ago
Science & Energy

You Are Looking at the Face of a Man Who Died 700 Years Ago

Researchers reconstructed the face – and life – of this common medieval man.

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Science & Energy

Chile Just Converted a Staggering 11 Million Acres of Land into Protected National Parks

That’s an area more than three times the size of Yellowstone and Yosemite combined.

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Tesla

Now’s Your Chance To Buy Stock in Tesla

Elon Musk is investing big in his own company. You can join him.

Here’s All the Proof You Need That Technology Is Utterly Transforming Our Society
Virtual Reality

Here’s All the Proof You Need That Technology Is Utterly Transforming Our Society

Books and movies have gone digital. Soon, we'll lose other physical objects.