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Innovative Honeycomb Design May Revolutionize Solar Power
Solar Power

Innovative Honeycomb Design May Revolutionize Solar Power

20 Percent of Universe’s Normal Matter Exists in Dark Cosmic Voids
Off-World

20 Percent of Universe’s Normal Matter Exists in Dark Cosmic Voids

New research shows that black holes have forced normal matter into the vast expanse between cosmic filaments.

An Antimatter Drive In Less Than a Decade? It’s Not as Far-Fetched as You Might Think
Space

An Antimatter Drive In Less Than a Decade? It’s Not as Far-Fetched as You Might Think

A former Fermilab physicist is starting a crowdfunding campaign to build an antimatter drive.

Hubble Just Discovered a Host of New Behemoth Stars
Off-World

Hubble Just Discovered a Host of New Behemoth Stars

Each month, these stars eject enough stellar material to make an Earth-sized planet.

The Jupiter-Sized Comet: Astronomers Find Most Eccentric Alien World to Date
Off-World

The Jupiter-Sized Comet: Astronomers Find Most Eccentric Alien World to Date

This planet has one of the weirdest orbits ever seen.

Get Ready for Groceries Grown in a Test-Tube
Robots and Machines

Get Ready for Groceries Grown in a Test-Tube

Experts are expecting lab-grown, animal-based products to hit shelves in five years.

NASA Sees a Supernova Flash for the First Time Ever
NASA

NASA Sees a Supernova Flash for the First Time Ever

The odds of seeing such an incredibly rare event are astronomically low.

China Has a New Armed Drone Helicopter
Drones

China Has a New Armed Drone Helicopter

And it's ready for mass production.

Tiny, Free, Programmable Computers Will be Sent to a Million Students
Computers

Tiny, Free, Programmable Computers Will be Sent to a Million Students

It seems like coding might become second nature.

Scientists Made a New Metal, and it Makes Nuclear Reactors Even Stronger
Nuclear Fusion

Scientists Made a New Metal, and it Makes Nuclear Reactors Even Stronger

A potential solution to a dangerous issue?

Sony is Considering Making PlayStation Virtual Reality Compatible with PCs
Virtual Reality

Sony is Considering Making PlayStation Virtual Reality Compatible with PCs

PlayStation VR may be going mainstream in a big way.

NASA Releases 3 Million Images of Earth—Here Are The Top 20
NASA

NASA Releases 3 Million Images of Earth—Here Are The Top 20

Three million never before seen images of Earth.

New Evidence That Comets Could Contain the Building Blocks Of Life
Off-World

New Evidence That Comets Could Contain the Building Blocks Of Life

Large comets may have liquid cores, which raises new questions about life beyond Earth.

Curiosity Uncovers How Mysterious Mile-High Mounds Formed on the Red Planet
Off-World

Curiosity Uncovers How Mysterious Mile-High Mounds Formed on the Red Planet

Mars' mile high mounds were created by wind over billions of years, and they were once enormous lakes.

The World’s Major Tech Companies Just Backed The EPA’s Clean Energy Plan
Energy

The World’s Major Tech Companies Just Backed The EPA’s Clean Energy Plan

Google, Amazon, Apple, and Microsoft may all be the key to the clean energy push.

Unexplained Tug on Saturn’s Orbit May Betray the Long Reach of Planet Nine
Off-World

Unexplained Tug on Saturn’s Orbit May Betray the Long Reach of Planet Nine

The mysterious giant's gravity could be what's causing the perturbations.

The Future of Deep-Learning—Nvidia Unveils Chip With 15 Billion Transistors
Artificial Intelligence

The Future of Deep-Learning—Nvidia Unveils Chip With 15 Billion Transistors

Meet the densest computer chip ever made.

First Direct Proof of Stable Carbyne, The World’s Strongest Material
Robots and Machines

First Direct Proof of Stable Carbyne, The World’s Strongest Material

It's 40 times stronger than diamond, and it may be our next "miracle" material?

The World’s Most Powerful X-ray Laser is Getting 10,000 Times Brighter
Science & Energy

The World’s Most Powerful X-ray Laser is Getting 10,000 Times Brighter

This new version is over 8,000 times faster, and will allow us to peer at atoms as never before.

There’s a Revised “Tree Of Life,” And It Has 1000+ New Species
Biology

There’s a Revised “Tree Of Life,” And It Has 1000+ New Species

Scientists at Berkeley have created a new "Tree of Life."