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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."

Renewables Accounted for 90% of Europe’s New Power Last Year
Climate Change

Renewables Accounted for 90% of Europe’s New Power Last Year

Wind overtook coal as the continent’s second biggest form of energy.

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Environment

Anti-EPA Advocate Scott Pruitt Confirmed to Lead the Environmental Protection Agency

A longtime adversary of the EPA has just been confirmed to lead the agency.

Charging Your Devices Could Soon Be as Simple as Connecting to WiFi
Devices

Charging Your Devices Could Soon Be as Simple as Connecting to WiFi

Disney researchers have cracked the code to wireless charging.

World’s Largest Asteroid Impact Crater Unearthed in Australia
From Quarks to Quasars

World’s Largest Asteroid Impact Crater Unearthed in Australia

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Elon Musk

Elon Musk: Flying Cars Are Definitely Not the Future of Transport

The Tesla CEO thinks the solution to traffic is under the ground, not flying above it.

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Universal Basic Income

Expert: We Can Have Universal Basic Income and Jobs

What if you could have your money and work for it, too?

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Virtual Reality

CEO of Biggest VR Company Asserts That the Tech May Be A “Complete Failure”

But that doesn’t mean he afraid to push ahead.