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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.

NASA Solves the Mystery of How Matter Moves on Exotic Worlds
Science & Energy

NASA Solves the Mystery of How Matter Moves on Exotic Worlds

Watch out though, this dust has claws.

MIT Unveils New Material That’s Strongest and Lightest On Earth
Science & Energy

MIT Unveils New Material That’s Strongest and Lightest On Earth

It's 10 times stronger than steel, with only five percent of its density.

New Transplant Technique Partially Restores Vision in Blind Mice
Science & Energy

New Transplant Technique Partially Restores Vision in Blind Mice

Developing blindness is no longer a lifetime sentence to darkness.

Tesla Is Pushing a New Version of Enhanced Autopilot
Tesla

Tesla Is Pushing a New Version of Enhanced Autopilot

Tesla moves one step closer to an autonomous LA to NYC drive.

New Breakthrough Could Be the Key To Nuclear Fusion
Nuclear Fusion

New Breakthrough Could Be the Key To Nuclear Fusion

This plasma could lead to limitless clean energy.

DARPA Has Huge Things Planned in Biotech
DARPA

DARPA Has Huge Things Planned in Biotech

It "will really blow our minds."

Autonomous Cars Are Coming, But Not For Your Job
Self-Driving Vehicles

Autonomous Cars Are Coming, But Not For Your Job

Society will soon rely on fully autonomous vehicles as our main source of transportation. This isn't scary; it's fantastic.