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Science & Energy

A New Weapon in the War Against Cancer—Light Disrupts Cell Signals

Optogenetics may just hold the key to defeating this disease.

Science & Energy

The Final Word on Human Head Transplant Surgery: Will This Work?

A neurosurgeon is planning to perform a human head transplant. And soon.

Off-World

Nearby Supernova Packed the Same Punch as 100 Million Suns

This beast released the energy of 100 million Suns in a span of seconds.

Artificial Intelligence

A Robotic Monk is Spreading Buddhist Teachings and Answering Questions About Faith

This little robot can answer your questions about faith.

Mars

SpaceX Racing NASA to Mars, Plans to Land on the Red Planet by 2018

A dragon is landing on Mars. No, really.

Advanced Transport

NY to London in 3 Hours: NASA is Bringing Back Supersonic Planes

Faster than the speed of sound, flights could get us from NYC to London in just 3 hours.

Drones

A Self-Flying, Foldable Drone That Can Follow You Anywhere

When folded, it is about the size of a VHS cassette tape.

Off-World

Computer Code Sheds New Light on the Early Universe

The new BURST code is helping astronomers unlock the secrets of the cosmos.

Artificial Intelligence

25% of Dubai’s Transport Will Be Driverless by 2030

This could save 396 million hours of travel time.

Gene Editing

Japan Okays Gene Editing Using Fertilized Human Egg

A Japanese panel has approved the use of modified human eggs for gene manipulation.

Off-World

Vector Space Systems: The Space Taxi Service Of Tomorrow

For 50 years, space has been the domain of governments. But not anymore.

Robots and Machines

Honda’s Releasing Hydrogen-Powered, Hybrid, and Electric Cars

More options, less excuses.

Future Society

The Difference Between a Hydrogen Bomb and an Atom Bomb

Off-World

Scientists Find Evidence of a Recent Nearby Supernova, And Its Remnants Are Hitting Earth

But we only get hit by roughly one nucleus a year.

Science & Energy

Scientists Can Now Identify Individuals Based on Brain Waves—And It’s 100% Accurate

Brainprints could one day replace fingerprints.

Science & Energy

New Method Can Detect Cancerous Mutations in Individual Cells

Monovar is a novel technique that uses only individual cancer cells in detection, and has possible applications beyond cancer detection.

Physics

Want to Know What Happens When Particles Collide? Download 300 TB of Free Data from the LHC and Find Out

Roughly 300 terabytes of data. Over 250 trillion particle collisions.

Self-Driving Vehicles

China Reveals Autonomous, All-Electric, Voice Controlled Car

A homegrown Chinese company has unveiled a fully automated electric vehicle, one-upping efforts from the likes of Tesla.

Computers

D-Wave Computers May be the “Revolutionary Quantum Computers” of Tomorrow

Technology powerhouses such as Google, NASA, and Lockheed Martin are doubling down on D-Wave, the only commercial supplier of quantum computers

NASA

NASA is Building a Solar Electric Propulsion Engine to Fly to Deep Space

This could be the $67 million spacecraft of the future.