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We Need to Switch to Renewables Because Millions Are Dying
Climate Change

We Need to Switch to Renewables Because Millions Are Dying

Air pollution killed 4.2 million people in 2015 alone.

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Health & Medicine

Researchers Have Found a Way to Delay Aging

You won’t live forever, but you could live a lot longer.

Would You Let a Robot Watch Your Children?
Robotics

Would You Let a Robot Watch Your Children?

Artificial intelligence is going to change how we think about everything...including our children.

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Future Society

This Lightweight Origami Shield Can Withstand Gunshots from a 9mm

This ballistic barrier is also exceptionally compact and easily folds up.

Doctors Gave This Man a New Face
Prosthetics and Devices

Doctors Gave This Man a New Face

The procedure took 56 hours and required the help of 60 doctors and nurses.

Genetically Modified “Surrogate” Hens Could Save an Entire Species
Science & Energy

Genetically Modified “Surrogate” Hens Could Save an Entire Species

Lab-created chickens might be the future of birds.

Want to Help Save the World? Donate Your Brain to Science
Science & Energy

Want to Help Save the World? Donate Your Brain to Science

You really need to give away your brain when you die.

NASA Is Sending a Lander to Discover Whether Life Exists on Europa
NASA

NASA Is Sending a Lander to Discover Whether Life Exists on Europa

Where there is water, there might be life.

GM and Lyft Could Have a Self-Driving Fleet Ready By Next Year
Self-Driving Vehicles

GM and Lyft Could Have a Self-Driving Fleet Ready By Next Year

This could be the biggest test of fully autonomous cars ever to be undertaken.

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Science & Energy

50,000 Year Old Lifeforms Were Found in an Abandoned Mine

Scientists have found some remarkably extreme ancient organisms.

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Robotics

Bill Gates Says Job Stealing Robots Need to Pay Taxes

Less jobs for humans, means less humans paying taxes—we need to make up for it somehow.

New Futuristic Computers Could Completely Eliminate the Need for the Cloud
Computers

New Futuristic Computers Could Completely Eliminate the Need for the Cloud

Who needs the cloud when your smartphone is truly smart?

We May Have Found a Way to Detect Autism Before Symptoms Show
Health & Medicine

We May Have Found a Way to Detect Autism Before Symptoms Show

Researchers could predict the arrival of symptoms in 8 out of 10 of the high-risk children tested.

We May Finally Get a Picture of a Black Hole
Science & Energy

We May Finally Get a Picture of a Black Hole

We know they are out there, but it’d be nice to see one for ourselves.

Doctors 3D Printed a Replacement for This Woman’s Damaged Spine
3D Printing

Doctors 3D Printed a Replacement for This Woman’s Damaged Spine

A 32-year-old Indian woman can walk again thanks to 3D printing.

Life (or Death) Beyond Earth: A Day on a Neutron Star
Science & Energy

Life (or Death) Beyond Earth: A Day on a Neutron Star

Now You Can Feel Wind and Temperature While in Virtual Reality
Virtual Reality

Now You Can Feel Wind and Temperature While in Virtual Reality

The virtual world is getting better at mimicking the real one.

Gene Editing is Leading to a New Age in Human Health and Longevity
Gene Editing

Gene Editing is Leading to a New Age in Human Health and Longevity

The cutting-edge tech is letting us customize cures and so much more.

Could We Be Outgrowing the Scientific Method?
Physics

Could We Be Outgrowing the Scientific Method?

Evidence used to mean everything in science, but is it really necessary?

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Science & Energy

Traces of Organic Molecules Have Been Located on Ceres

"[It’s] the most unambiguous detection of organics on any Solar System body other than Earth."