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Tesla

Top That! Tesla Sedan Beats Faraday Future’s 0-60 Record By A Millisecond

The battle for the fastest accelerating vehicle continues.

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Future Society

Company Raises the Price of a Drug That Fights Infant Epilepsy by 85,000%

Medicine should be about patients, not patents.

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Health & Medicine

This Device Hugs the Heart to Make It Pump Blood

With any luck, heart failure will soon be a thing of the past.

Meet the Near-Supersonic “Hyper-Tube Train”
Advanced Transport

Meet the Near-Supersonic “Hyper-Tube Train”

A 5-hour ride would be cut down to 30 minutes.

A Pharmaceutical Company is Officially Using Cannabis to Treat Disease
Health & Medicine

A Pharmaceutical Company is Officially Using Cannabis to Treat Disease

The marijuana extract could also help bring an end to Alzheimer's.

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Climate Change

All Mentions of Climate Change Were Just Deleted From the White House Website

First order of business: Delete climate change information page.

Self-Driving Cars Could Give Over 2 Million People Access to Jobs
Self-Driving Vehicles

Self-Driving Cars Could Give Over 2 Million People Access to Jobs

The tech will change lives.

Key Researcher Suggests People “Have Senses That They Don’t Recognize”
Health & Medicine

Key Researcher Suggests People “Have Senses That They Don’t Recognize”

As it turns out, we may all have more than 5 senses.

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Tesla

Report: Tesla Crashes Dropped by 40% After Autopilot was Installed

Without humans, driving is rather safe.

A Timely Reminder: Vaccines Don’t Cause Autism
Future Society

A Timely Reminder: Vaccines Don’t Cause Autism

Forget what you may have heard. The science shows that vaccines do not cause autism.

Google’s AI is Learning to Make Other AI
Google

Google’s AI is Learning to Make Other AI

Even high-level jobs could soon be obsolete.

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Space

It Looks Like Our Sci-Fi Future Won’t Be Including Star Trek

It may have stalled, but the tech it inspired lives on.

USDA Approves Sale of Non-Browning GMO Apples
Science & Energy

USDA Approves Sale of Non-Browning GMO Apples

Would you buy and eat them?

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Mars

We Just Found New Evidence of Water on Mars

Where there's mud, there's water (and possibly life).

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Science & Energy

Another Form of Complex Life May Have Once Lived on Earth

An oxygen spike in Earth's past could be evidence of unknown lifeforms.

Shark Undergoes World’s First Switch from Sexual to Asexual Reproduction
Science & Energy

Shark Undergoes World’s First Switch from Sexual to Asexual Reproduction

This shark can now reproduce without a mating partner.

We’ve Set a Climate Change Record for 2016, and It’s Awful
Climate Change

We’ve Set a Climate Change Record for 2016, and It’s Awful

The planet is warming, and humans are to blame.

Researchers Use a Watch to Make Pacemakers Battery-Free
Medical

Researchers Use a Watch to Make Pacemakers Battery-Free

This mechanism forms a perfect loop of energy transfer.

There’s a New Window Into the Human Brain
Science & Energy

There’s a New Window Into the Human Brain

This new safe tool can monitor brain activity and actual brain treatments.

This Month, Self-Driving Mini-Vans Offically Become Reality
Self-Driving Vehicles

This Month, Self-Driving Mini-Vans Offically Become Reality

The cars will be tested on California and Arizona roads.