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Off-World

What’s the Biggest Star in the Universe? Depends on Your Definition of “Big”

If they were at the center of our solar system, these stars would swallow all the planets out to Jupiter.

Drones

Amputee Gamer Gets A Bionic Arm With an Interactive Screen, Charger, and Drone

And the technology was inspired by Big Boss Metal Gear Solid.

Exobiology

Scientists: We Most Likely Won’t Ever Be Able to Communicate With Extraterrestrials

A new paper outlines the ways in which an alien society may understand astronomy, and not understand us.

Computing

Navy to Shell Out $11 Million on D-Wave Quantum Computer

The Navy riding the waves of D-Wave quantum computing technology.

Artificial Intelligence

Nobel-Winning Physics Experiment Recreated by AI…In One Hour

A team from Australia has developed AI that can automate a Nobel-winning experiment in Bose-Einstein condensates.

Universal Basic Income

Here’s Why Finland Is Able to Implement A Basic Income Experiment

Finally, it's time for evidence-based experimentation.

Science & Energy

Awarding Virtual Badges Encourages Scientists to Share Data Behind Research

Badges aren't just for Boy Scouts anymore.

Off-World

Alien Oceanography: Cassini Reveals a Primordial Ocean of Organics on Titan

Titan is a rich sludge of organics.

Self-Driving Vehicles

Otto is Turning Trucks into Self-Driving Giants

If you see a truck without a driver, it's not necessarily a Transformer.

Virtual Reality

To Infinity And Beyond: Disney Launched A Free Virtual Reality App

The media giant has become bigger than ever and is now exploring a new side of entertainment: Virtual reality.

Energy

This Lithium-Air Battery Has 5 Times the Energy Density of Conventional Lithium-Ion Batteries

3D Printing

A Host of Soon-to-be-Expired Patents are Set to Revolutionize 3D Printing

A slew of expiring 3D printing patents will bring printer costs down and quality up.

Science & Energy

Stanford Engineers Create an at Home Urine Test to Detect Disease

While dipsticks have been around for awhile, they still aren't really known for giving the best results for a urine test.

Robots and Machines

Jet Capsule: A Floating UFO Designed For Oceanic Off-Grid Living

It's not a flying object, it's a floating object, and it's intended for living on a floating house.

Artificial Intelligence

Now You Can Get Your Kentucky Fried Chicken With a Side of Artificial Intelligence

Charge your cell phone wirelessly while you tell a robot your order. It's a dream come true.

Drones

Meet the SeaDrone: The Affordable Underwater Robot

Researchers are taking airborne drone technologies into the deep.

Exobiology

Life Where It’s Least Expected—New Study States Red Giants Can Unlock Life on Frozen Worlds

Red giants—the penultimate phase of stellar senescence—may harbor habitable zones that could be stable for billions of years, and create conditions suitable for life in the outer reaches of their planetary systems.

Science & Energy

Scientists Launched an Enormous Atlas of the Mathematical Universe

We're making a "genealogy" of the mathematical cosmos and have more than 20 million objects catalogued.

Science & Energy

Physicists Just Discovered a New Form of Light

Think the world already knows everything there is to know about light? Think again.

NASA

NASA Captures Magnetic Field Explosions Over Earth

For the first time ever, NASA has captured a (previously invisible) maelstrom.