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Virtual Reality Can Help Reduce Paranoia
Virtual Reality

Virtual Reality Can Help Reduce Paranoia

It's no cure, but virtual reality is giving us a new way to treat a host of conditions.

Astronomers Find Enormous, Strange Structures in Neighboring Galaxies
Off-World

Astronomers Find Enormous, Strange Structures in Neighboring Galaxies

They look like peanut shells.

Diabetic Stem Cells Were Just Transformed into Insulin-Producing Cells
Science & Energy

Diabetic Stem Cells Were Just Transformed into Insulin-Producing Cells

The outpatient procedure should be ready for humans in three to five years.

It Can Feel Your Pain. Garmin’s New Watch Knows Your “Suffer Score”
Future Society

It Can Feel Your Pain. Garmin’s New Watch Knows Your “Suffer Score”

This new wearable tech can give you props for all that sweat you put out.

Harvard Scientists Hold Secret Meeting Aimed at Creating a Synthetic Human Genome
Prosthetics and Devices

Harvard Scientists Hold Secret Meeting Aimed at Creating a Synthetic Human Genome

Experts at Harvard want to recreate human DNA from scratch. Welcome to the age of synthetic biology.

BMW’s First Self-Driving Car to Come Out in 2021
Self-Driving Vehicles

BMW’s First Self-Driving Car to Come Out in 2021

BMW integrates advanced technology with environmental responsibility.

Scientists Find A “Weak Spot” In HIV That May Pave the Way to a Vaccine
Science & Energy

Scientists Find A “Weak Spot” In HIV That May Pave the Way to a Vaccine

This is a milestone in our quest to eradicate HIV.

Google Has a New AI That Understands English. And Its Name is ‘Parsey McParseface’
Google

Google Has a New AI That Understands English. And Its Name is ‘Parsey McParseface’

With over 94% accuracy, it doesn't matter what they call it!

Scientists: Extraterrestrials May Exist, But We Won’t Find Human-Like Intelligence
Exobiology

Scientists: Extraterrestrials May Exist, But We Won’t Find Human-Like Intelligence

Will we ever find a species that thinks like humans?

Starbreeze and Acer Join Forces To Make a Better Virtual Reality Headset
Virtual Reality

Starbreeze and Acer Join Forces To Make a Better Virtual Reality Headset

And it has a 210-degree field of view, which is wider than the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive.

Uber’s First Self-Driving Car Just Hit the Streets
Self-Driving Vehicles

Uber’s First Self-Driving Car Just Hit the Streets

People of Pittsburgh say "hello" to self-driving cars.

Discovery of the Most Metal-Poor Galaxy Offers New Clues About the Big Bang
Big Bang

Discovery of the Most Metal-Poor Galaxy Offers New Clues About the Big Bang

This is the most metal-deficient galaxy ever found.

Google’s Voice-Activated Home Assistant is a Virtual Butler That’s Always Listening
Google

Google’s Voice-Activated Home Assistant is a Virtual Butler That’s Always Listening

Google’s weapon against Amazon’s Echo is going live.

Shutdown of World’s Largest Solar Plant After Mirror Fire
Solar Power

Shutdown of World’s Largest Solar Plant After Mirror Fire

The fire is an additional problem for the Ivanpah plant, which is already under threat of being shut down for its deficiencies in output performance.

MIT Researchers Give The Robot Bee a Major Upgrade
Robotics

MIT Researchers Give The Robot Bee a Major Upgrade

The new improvement allows robot bees to conserve its limited energy supply, and extend its operational life.

Complex Life May Have Emerged A Billion Years Earlier Than We Thought
Science & Energy

Complex Life May Have Emerged A Billion Years Earlier Than We Thought

Could we be rewriting history soon?

Astronomers Capture Image Of Universe 13 Billion Years Ago, “Where No Human Has Seen Before”
Off-World

Astronomers Capture Image Of Universe 13 Billion Years Ago, “Where No Human Has Seen Before”

Long, long ago there was a galaxy far, far away. And we just saw it.

New Biosensor Could Detect Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, and Cancer
Science & Energy

New Biosensor Could Detect Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, and Cancer

Welcome to the new era of rapid medical diagnosis.

Terahertz Firing Quantum Lasers May Soon Be Protecting Us From Bombs and Explosives
Quantum Physics

Terahertz Firing Quantum Lasers May Soon Be Protecting Us From Bombs and Explosives

We're cutting detection time from minutes to microseconds...with a laser the size of a computer chip.

Engineers Smash Wireless Data Transmission Speeds, Achieving Record 6Gbps
Future Society

Engineers Smash Wireless Data Transmission Speeds, Achieving Record 6Gbps

With this tech, you could download HD movies in a few seconds.