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Blue Origin

Blue Origin Just Unveiled an Enormous Engine for Manned Missions

A step in the right direction for mankind's story in space.

MIT Tech Lets You Control Robots With Your Thoughts
Robotics

MIT Tech Lets You Control Robots With Your Thoughts

This technology makes it less likely that robots will develop a mind of their own.

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Off-World

China Is Making Futuristic Space Rockets That Launch From Planes

They plan to send hundreds of satellites into orbit for military and research purposes.

A New Reusable Sponge Can Absorb 90 Times Its Weight in Oil
Science & Energy

A New Reusable Sponge Can Absorb 90 Times Its Weight in Oil

It soaks up oil like fossil fuel companies soak up profits.

Anthrobotics: Where The Human Ends and the Robot Begins
Artificial Intelligence

Anthrobotics: Where The Human Ends and the Robot Begins

Nearly 3 billion AI minds will be turning on in the next 5 years. What does that mean for humanity?

The Nature of Reality: How Much of Our Life is Just a “Simulation”?
Neuroscience and Brain

The Nature of Reality: How Much of Our Life is Just a “Simulation”?

"There is a physical world, but you aren't living in it. You haven't even been on a trip there."

3D Imaging Is Helping Us Save History for the Future
Future Society

3D Imaging Is Helping Us Save History for the Future

Cameras could let us quite literally bring historical artifacts back to life.

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3D Printing

NASA Astronauts Can Now 3D-Print Pizzas in Space

Because that delivery charge would have been a beast.

NASA Has Plans to Give Mars a “Magnetic Shield” to Enable Human Colonization
Mars

NASA Has Plans to Give Mars a “Magnetic Shield” to Enable Human Colonization

It's terraforming like previous peoples only dreamed.

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Science & Energy

Why String Theory May Be the Key to Uncovering A “Theory of Everything”

Explaining all of physics in just one theory? It may be possible.

Smog in Parts of the U.S. Comes From Air Pollution in Asia
Pollution

Smog in Parts of the U.S. Comes From Air Pollution in Asia

We can no longer pretend that Asian air pollution isn’t a global problem.

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Quantum Computing

IBM Aims to Build the First Commercial Quantum Computer in ‘the Next Few Years’

Get ready for a new age in processing power.

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Advanced Transport

Airbus’ New Futuristic Cars Fly, but Not in the Way You Expect

16-foot-wide drones could be used to lift cars out of traffic.

Overpopulation: Where Do We Put the Next Billion Humans?
Science & Energy

Overpopulation: Where Do We Put the Next Billion Humans?

And no, it's not about physically stacking all of us in a piece of land.

Scientists Are Building Humanoid Robots Using Skin Grafts
Robotics

Scientists Are Building Humanoid Robots Using Skin Grafts

They are essentially creating part-human, part-robot test subjects.

Proof of a New Geological Epoch: Over 200 Minerals Have Been Created by Humans
Science & Energy

Proof of a New Geological Epoch: Over 200 Minerals Have Been Created by Humans

The Earth needed 2 billion years to create 2,000 varieties. We’ve created 200 in 2 centuries.

What Would an “AI Doomsday” Actually Look Like?
Artificial Intelligence

What Would an “AI Doomsday” Actually Look Like?

Researchers just outlined the “worst case scenarios” for artificial intelligence.

Meet the Revolutionary Apple That Grows Human Skin
Health & Medicine

Meet the Revolutionary Apple That Grows Human Skin

This fruitful opportunity can peel open a skin revolution.

We’ll Soon Be Able to Look Into the Heart of the Milky Way
Off-World

We’ll Soon Be Able to Look Into the Heart of the Milky Way

Normally it'd take a telescope the size of a planet to do so.

How Dangerous Would Westworld-Level Artificial Intelligences Really Be?
Artificial Intelligence

How Dangerous Would Westworld-Level Artificial Intelligences Really Be?

Will such delights have violent ends?