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Artificial Intelligence

Fujitsu is Making a Robot to Judge Tokyo’s 2020 Olympics

I, Robot, do solemnly swear to be impartial.

Science & Energy

Stem Cell Regeneration in Mice Sparks New Hope for Those With Spinal Cord Injuries

Remarkably, they regained function in their limbs.

Robotics

Adidas Is Looking To Robots To Start Mass Producing Its Shoes

Fully automated shoe production is almost here.

Future Society

Scientists Enable Computers to Generate True Random Numbers

Random numbers from computers were never really random, until now.

3D Printing

Scientists Find A Way to 3D Print One Pill For All That Ails You

Multiple medications with different release times—all in one pill.

Off-World

New Evidence That Life on Earth Could Have Come From Outer Space

The Rosetta spacecraft just found the key building blocks for life on a comet.

3D Printing

To Kill Cancer, Scientists Are 3D Printing Brain Tumors

Some 250,000 people around the world have brain cancer. This could help us fight back.

Science & Energy

MRI Reveals How Schizophrenic Brains Can Regenerate, Opens New Doors for Treatment

Remarkably, this attempt at self-healing could be enhanced by the right medical treatments.

Mars

Lockheed Martin Plans to Send Humans to Mars by 2028

The campaign for a Mars Space Camp has begun.

Elon Musk

Elon Musk Says We Are All Probably Computer Simulations. Seriously.

Science & Energy

World’s Largest Math Proof Solved. And It Takes Up 200 Terabytes

Brain

Stroke Survivor Walks Again After Doctors Inject Stem Cells Directly into Brain

This work is causing doctors to question the extent to which brain damage is permanent and truly irreversible.

Space

Hubble Reveals That Our Universe Is Expanding Far Faster Than We Thought

The world “out there” just keeps getting bigger and bigger.

Robots and Machines

New Vacuum-Powered Rubber Mimics Skeletal Muscles

Biceps on robots are becoming softer, resembling that of human biceps.

Climate Change

Coming Soon: Carbon Capture Plants That Suck CO2 Out Of The Air

And they also intend to make money out of it.

Mars

SpaceX Is Heading to Mars in 2018 and Sending Humans in 2025

Elon Musk thinks that, if humanity is to survive, we need to colonize Mars. And he aims to take us there.

Solar Power

Chile Is Producing So Much Solar Energy, They’re Giving It Away For Free

Universal Basic Income

Swiss Vote, Reject Universal Basic Income Program

The proposal aims to ensure everyone has food on the table, even if (when?) robots take over.

3D Printing

Meet THOR—a Lightweight Mini-Plane Fresh out of the 3D Printer

Nope, it's not the hero with the hammer—but it's just as impressive!

Prosthetics and Devices

High-Tech Exoskeleton Suit Lets People with Disabilities Walk Again

Grandma will no longer need a boyscout to help her cross the street.