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What is the Higgs Field and Higgs Boson?
Physics

What is the Higgs Field and Higgs Boson?

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Artificial Intelligence

What Rights Should We Give to Sentient Robots?

Should rights be determined by your species? Your intelligence level?

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Mars

Bill Nye Answers: If Humans Colonize Mars, How Will We Evolve?

The Science Guy has a few ideas on how we’d adapt to the Red Planet.

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Future Society

A Jacket Made From Electronic Thread Goes on Sale This Year

Gesture controls, wireless connectivity, and it's snuggly...what more could you need?

AI Can Likely Already Do Your Job Better Than You Can
Artificial Intelligence

AI Can Likely Already Do Your Job Better Than You Can

The Age of Automation isn’t some distant future.

Google’s DeepMind AI Now Has a Memory
Google

Google’s DeepMind AI Now Has a Memory

The system never benefitted from its past experiences — until now.

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Artificial Intelligence

This Puzzle Could Reveal the Key to Human Consciousness

Your move, human.

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Robotics

The U.S. Has $732 Billion Invested in Robotics Stock

No other country has this much money dedicated to automation R&D.

Retinal Implants Could Restore Sight to More Than 2 Million People
Science & Energy

Retinal Implants Could Restore Sight to More Than 2 Million People

Human trials are on the horizon for the potentially life-changing tech.

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Artificial Intelligence

An Ad Agency Now Has the World’s First AI Creative Director

Can you tell which of these ads was directed by a machine?

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Drones

Military Drone Operators Are About to Outnumber Human Pilots

Soon, more pilots will be on the ground than in the air.

You Can No Longer Use Disposable Plastics in This Country’s Capital
Pollution

You Can No Longer Use Disposable Plastics in This Country’s Capital

It’s hoping to lose its title as one of the ocean’s primary source of plastic pollution.

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Off-World

The Competitors in Today’s Space Race Are Companies, Not Countries

When SpaceX and Blue Origin duke it out, humanity wins.

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Energy

Let Us Remember the Fukushima Tragedy – and Learn From It

Six years and $235 billion later, it’s already the most expensive disaster in history.

President Trump is Interested in The Hyperloop
Hyperloop

President Trump is Interested in The Hyperloop

A dinner with Elon Musk left the President curious about the futuristic transportation concept.

This Is the Most Beautiful Tesla You’ll Probably Ever See
Tesla

This Is the Most Beautiful Tesla You’ll Probably Ever See

This Tesla is easy on the environment and the eyes.

Tech Expert Warns That AI Could Become “A Fascist’s Dream”
Artificial Intelligence

Tech Expert Warns That AI Could Become “A Fascist’s Dream”

Are the goals of AI and the fascist movement are similar?

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Future Society

Stephen Hawking Finally Revealed His Plan for Preventing an AI Apocalypse

The renowned scientist warns that we need to be ready for the robots.

It’s Official: NASA is Heading to Our Solar System’s Ocean Worlds
NASA

It’s Official: NASA is Heading to Our Solar System’s Ocean Worlds

We know what planets have the biosignatures that could mean life, we just have to get to them.

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Cancer

Breath-Scanning Tech May Be The Future of Cancer Detection

This device is “a billion times more sensitive” than a breathalyzer for alcohol.