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Pandas On The Rise! These Gentle Giants Are Endangered No More
Science & Energy

Pandas On The Rise! These Gentle Giants Are Endangered No More

There's no way the world would allow these giant furballs of cuteness go extinct.

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Ethics

Tech Giants Are Uniting to Develop A Set of Ethics for AI

The conversation likely moved past Asimov's Three Laws.

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Off-World

China Just Successfully Launched its Second Space Station, Tiangong-2

Soon, there will be more humans living in space.

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Science & Energy

The Simulation Hypothesis: Is Reality All Just A Computer Simulation?

How can we tell if reality is really real?

International Criminal Court: Crimes Against the Environment Are Crimes Against Humanity
Environment

International Criminal Court: Crimes Against the Environment Are Crimes Against Humanity

A bold, unprecedented, and timely move.

Artificial Intelligence Reads Mammograms With 99% Accuracy
From Quarks to Quasars

Artificial Intelligence Reads Mammograms With 99% Accuracy

It would minimize false positives and the psychosocial damage they cause women.

Scientists Have Pinpointed the Brain Circuitry That Could Help Us Erase Fear
Science & Energy

Scientists Have Pinpointed the Brain Circuitry That Could Help Us Erase Fear

A study on brain circuitry points to a way of treating phobias and PTSD.

New Parkinson’s Treatment May Stop the Spread of Faulty Protein
Science & Energy

New Parkinson’s Treatment May Stop the Spread of Faulty Protein

This could transform the lives of the 10 million people living with Parkinson's.

Scientists Created a Battery That Self-Destructs in 30 Minutes
Robots and Machines

Scientists Created a Battery That Self-Destructs in 30 Minutes

Spies, listen up.

Combating Climate Change: Germany Calls For A Ban On Combustion Engines By 2030
Climate Change

Combating Climate Change: Germany Calls For A Ban On Combustion Engines By 2030

This is a vital step to meeting the Paris Agreement's goals.

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Science & Energy

Turning Back the Biological Clock: A Drug That Can Restore Fertility in Women?

Cancer drug challenges the notion that women have a finite number of eggs.

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Science & Energy

CRISPR Gene Editing Has Been Used to Cure Mice of Sickle Cell Disease

Edited genes produced healthy hemoglobin upon reintroduction.

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Elon Musk

Elon Musk Says Denial of Climate Change is ‘Fraud’

The clean energy mogul also hits back with a challenge.

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Science & Energy

There’s a New Vaccine to Protect Us From the Black Death

Three vaccines could stop a deadly pandemic from re-emerging.

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Self-Driving Vehicles

Self-Driving Cars Could Transform the Lives of the Visually Impaired

“Autonomous vehicles will be transformative for people who are blind."

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Science & Energy

Scientists Have Successfully Bred Mice Using Skin Cells

There's a new way to reproduce.

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Science & Energy

By 2017, Gene Therapy Could Allow Us to Reverse Blindness

The first FDA-approved gene therapy could cure inherited retinal defects.

China is Set to Start Work on The World’s Fastest Maglev Train
Robots and Machines

China is Set to Start Work on The World’s Fastest Maglev Train

It's 600 km/hr of pure speed.

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Science & Energy

Eternal Storage: Scientists Have Found a Way to Store Data Within Diamonds

Today's diamond necklace could be tomorrow's flash drive.

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Robots and Machines

Laser Mounted Combat Vehicles Are Set to Roll-Out in 2017

Soon, we may be bringing lasers to a gunfight.