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Hyperloop One Has Taken the First Step Towards Achieving Hyperspeed
Hyperloop

Hyperloop One Has Taken the First Step Towards Achieving Hyperspeed

This futuristic transport system is on its way to reaching 1,200 km/h (750 mph).

New Discovery Brings Us One Step Closer to Growing Replacement Organs
Health & Medicine

New Discovery Brings Us One Step Closer to Growing Replacement Organs

The team says this research has helped us cross “one of last frontiers of developmental biology.”

Harvard’s Remarkable New Battery Can Run For More Than a Decade
Climate Change

Harvard’s Remarkable New Battery Can Run For More Than a Decade

And it's helping us bring an end to fossil fuels.

Living Forever: What it Means to Have an “Indefinite Lifespan”
Health & Medicine

Living Forever: What it Means to Have an “Indefinite Lifespan”

As long as we're in peak health, maybe we can live for longer.

It Took Over 200 Years, But Scientists Finally Figured Out How Water Conducts Electricity
Science & Energy

It Took Over 200 Years, But Scientists Finally Figured Out How Water Conducts Electricity

Understanding one of water's most basic properties.

Scientists Just Encoded a GIF into the DNA of Bacteria Using CRISPR
Science & Energy

Scientists Just Encoded a GIF into the DNA of Bacteria Using CRISPR

Testing the storage limits of DNA with GIFs.

Researchers Have Just Discovered The Tiniest Star Known to Science
Science & Energy

Researchers Have Just Discovered The Tiniest Star Known to Science

And it may have something to teach us about stars, fusion, and Earth-like worlds.

New Tool Predicts the Cost Effectiveness of Electric Energy and Storage
Energy

New Tool Predicts the Cost Effectiveness of Electric Energy and Storage

"This tool allows us to combat one of the biggest uncertainties in the future energy system."

How Does Sugar Affect Your Brain?
Brain

How Does Sugar Affect Your Brain?

What is Gravity?
Science & Energy

What is Gravity?

What Cost More: Exploring Space Or Making A Movie About It?
Science & Energy

What Cost More: Exploring Space Or Making A Movie About It?

An FDA Panel Just Approved A Treatment That Genetically Alters Your Own Cells
Treatments

An FDA Panel Just Approved A Treatment That Genetically Alters Your Own Cells

This will be the first treatment that genetically alters the patient's own cells to battle leukemia.

The Finance World Is Preparing for a Bitcoin Civil War
Bitcoin

The Finance World Is Preparing for a Bitcoin Civil War

“It’s a high-stakes game of chicken.”

New Discovery Simplifies Quantum Physics
From Quarks to Quasars

New Discovery Simplifies Quantum Physics

It could lead to a grand unified theory.

The Heart of a Supernova Revealed Unexpected Clues About How Stars Form
Chemistry

The Heart of a Supernova Revealed Unexpected Clues About How Stars Form

"This is the first time that we've found these species of molecules within supernovae."

Solar Expert Predicts Tesla Will Be a “Game-Changer” for Clean Energy
Solar Power

Solar Expert Predicts Tesla Will Be a “Game-Changer” for Clean Energy

The future of solar is in Elon Musk's hands.

Our Future in Space: Will Humanity Ever Get to Another World?
Off-World

Our Future in Space: Will Humanity Ever Get to Another World?

New Horizons gave us our first real look at Pluto. Will the advances of the next century let us see it with their own eyes?

“Stratoscrapers” and Underwater Villages: Meet the City of the Future
Robots and Machines

“Stratoscrapers” and Underwater Villages: Meet the City of the Future

Think of giant, self-contained, undersea cities floating in the water column, not rooted to the sea floor.

Predicting the Future: Here’s What Our Homes May Be Like in 100 Years
Space

Predicting the Future: Here’s What Our Homes May Be Like in 100 Years

Flight, 3D printed furniture, deleteable walls - Here are just some of the things the next hundred years has to offer our homes.

mycobiome space habitat nasa
NASA

NASA: Understanding Fungi is Necessary to Keep Humans Safe While Exploring Space

Knowing how fungal communities react when humans are present is critical for the maintenance of off-world habitats.