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CEO Disagrees With Trump Official’s Automation Prediction: “It’s Gonna Happen”
Future Society

CEO Disagrees With Trump Official’s Automation Prediction: “It’s Gonna Happen”

He says it's definitely coming, and likely by the mid-2020s.

By June Javelosa

Congress Just Voted to Allow Internet Providers to Sell Your Browsing History
Future Society

Congress Just Voted to Allow Internet Providers to Sell Your Browsing History

ISPs can now sell your internet history to the highest bidder.

By Dom Galeon

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Future Society

Nation Expected to Lose 30% of Jobs to Automation in 15 Years

How can a country work without jobs?

By Christianna Reedy

New Report Predicts Over 100,000 Legal Jobs Will Be Lost To Automation
Robots and Machines

New Report Predicts Over 100,000 Legal Jobs Will Be Lost To Automation

The loss may be offset, however, by the development of better-skilled and better-paid nonlegal roles handling the new technology.

By Jelor Gallego

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Science & Energy

Scientists Have Discovered That Brain Cells May Be Regulating Our Circadian Rhythm

"We had no idea they would be that influential."

By Christianna Reedy

New Photos Show Construction on Tesla’s Gigafactory is Nearly Complete
Tesla

New Photos Show Construction on Tesla’s Gigafactory is Nearly Complete

Is anyone surprised to learn it’ll run on 100% sustainable energy?

By Patrick Caughill

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Medical

A New Paper-Based Test Can Determine Your Blood Type in Just 30 Seconds

Who needs needles when you can use paper?

By June Javelosa

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Advanced Transport

The World’s Fastest Jet Will Fly You From L.A. To Sydney in 6 Hours

And it'll be ready for takeoff in just 3 years.

By Karla Lant

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Advanced Transport

For the First Time, a Civilian Pilot Flew a Jetpack

And you can see him strap in and take off.

By Abby Norman

New Research Turns Mammalian Cells Into Biocomputers
Science & Energy

New Research Turns Mammalian Cells Into Biocomputers

It’s a major step forward for synthetic biology.

By Dom Galeon

Expert Says Tesla Will Make All Other Cars Obsolete
Tesla

Expert Says Tesla Will Make All Other Cars Obsolete

Five years from now, Teslas will be even “more superhuman.”

By Dom Galeon

These High-Tech Glasses Will Give You Superhuman Vision
Prosthetics and Devices

These High-Tech Glasses Will Give You Superhuman Vision

Your world has never looked like this before.

By Karla Lant

The World’s Largest Solar Geoengineering Study Is Launching in the U.S.
Solar Power

The World’s Largest Solar Geoengineering Study Is Launching in the U.S.

Researchers think they can replicate the atmospheric cooling that follows a volcanic eruption.

By Karla Lant

Research Shows That 40% of Cancers Are Entirely Preventable
Cancer

Research Shows That 40% of Cancers Are Entirely Preventable

In many ways, your life is in your own hands.

By Kristin Houser

A New Brain-Interface Device Lets You Control Animals With Your Thoughts
Brain

A New Brain-Interface Device Lets You Control Animals With Your Thoughts

We’re one step closer to a real-life “Avatar.”

By Christianna Reedy

Telescope Upgrades Will Allow Scientists to See 13 Billion Years Into the Universe’s Past
Off-World

Telescope Upgrades Will Allow Scientists to See 13 Billion Years Into the Universe’s Past

Looking up is letting us look back.

By Patrick Caughill

Now, You Can Send Lemonade Over the Internet
Virtual Reality

Now, You Can Send Lemonade Over the Internet

When life on the internet gives you lemons, now you can make lemonade.

By Abby Norman

The U.N. Is Currently Meeting To Negotiate A Complete, Global Ban on Nuclear Weapons
Future Society

The U.N. Is Currently Meeting To Negotiate A Complete, Global Ban on Nuclear Weapons

Scientists created the bomb. Now, they want to see it banned.

By Sarah Marquart

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Nuclear Fusion

New Report Exposes the Cover-Up of a Secret Nuclear Weapons Test in Kazakhstan

50 years later, we’re finally getting the truth about the devastating fallout, which was four times worse than Chernobyl.

By Abby Norman

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Google

Google’s Street View Cars Are Helping Scientists Hunt Down Natural Gas and Methane Leaks

Faster detection leads to faster fixes.

By Abby Norman