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Robots and Machines

1.6 Billion People Lack Adequate Housing. Here’s How We Can Fix This

We can do better.

Robots and Machines

MIT’s New Imaging Method Could Let You Read Closed Books

No X-ray vision required.

Science & Energy

New Alzheimer’s Treatment Could Reverse Synapse Degeneration and Stop Memory Loss

We may be a step closer to an effective way to combat this fearsome disease.

Solar Power

Electricity-Generating Windows Could Turn Skyscrapers into Solar Farms

The 'windows of tomorrow' may do a lot more than just provide a pretty view.

Science & Energy

New Test Could Detect Cancer 10 Years Before Symptoms Show

This would be a game changer for spotting hard to diagnose cancers.

Black Holes

Research Reveals That Hundreds of Black Holes May be Hiding in our Galaxy

Black holes may not be behaving as we previously thought.

Off-World

China’s Futuristic Balloon Will Send Tourists To The Edge of Space

There's a new way to see the world.

From Quarks to Quasars

Where Does Earth End and Space Begin?

Science & Energy

Watch Bacteria Evolve into Superbugs in This Remarkable Timelapse Video

Like watching a game of Plague Inc.

Science & Energy

Scientists Have Turned Fish Scales into a Power Source

Welcome to the age of the truly ingestible (and digestible) electronic.

NASA

To Bennu and Back: NASA Just Launched the First-Ever Asteroid Return Mission

This is the largest sample return since Apollo 17.

Renewable Energy

Massive Collision 4.4 Billion Years Ago Might Have Made Life on Earth Possible

The Earth we know may be a product of a clash of planets.

Science & Energy

Unprecedented Rise in “Superbugs” Prompts U.N. General Assembly Meeting

This marks only the fourth time the UNGA has tackled a health issue.

Nuclear Fusion

OMEGA Laser Could Produce Nuclear Fusion at 5 Times Current Levels

"It's like a miniature star of about a 10th of a millimeter."

Artificial Intelligence

Elon Musk and Stephen Hawking: Ban Military Robots Capable of Artificial Intelligence

Robots and Machines

Get Ready. A Three-Wheeled Electric Car Will be Available In The U.S. By 2017

Move over Tesla.

DNA

Tricorder Tech: Oxford Scientists Made A Pocket-Sized, Portable DNA Sequencer

This technology may revolutionize the world of genomics.

Space

How Star Trek Shaped the Future of Technology: With Neil deGrasse Tyson & George Takei (video)

NASA

NASA Has Discovered A Massive Ice Volcano on Ceres

Forget liquid hot magma, when this volcano erupts, it will be spewing out ice.

Future Society

The Fridge of the Future? There’s a New Kind of “Smart Appliance”

Your fridge is now officially a Windows 10 tablet.