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Energy

China Decreased Their Fossil Fuel Use While Increasing Their Energy Use

China is becoming a global leader in the fight against climate change.

Get Ready for Drug-Delivering Tattoos and Bones That Can Harvest Energy
Energy

Get Ready for Drug-Delivering Tattoos and Bones That Can Harvest Energy

The tech will let you enhance your body from the inside out.

Physicists Have Created a Tape That Is 100 Times More Conductive Than Copper
Science & Energy

Physicists Have Created a Tape That Is 100 Times More Conductive Than Copper

And you thought duct tape was cool.

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Google

Google Has a New Algorithm That Shrinks JPEGs by 35%

Because smaller is much, much better.

A Country Just Used a Patriot Missile to Take Down a $200 Drone
Drones

A Country Just Used a Patriot Missile to Take Down a $200 Drone

General Perkins: "I'm not sure that's a good economic exchange ratio.”

World Leaders Are Asking Elon Musk to Solve Their Energy Crises
Elon Musk

World Leaders Are Asking Elon Musk to Solve Their Energy Crises

Musk's pledge to Australia has caught the attention of other countries.

A Clinical Trial Just ‘Reversed’ Type 2 Diabetes in 40% of Participants
Health & Medicine

A Clinical Trial Just ‘Reversed’ Type 2 Diabetes in 40% of Participants

Four months after starting treatment, they no longer needed their medications.

The Science & Tech That’s Transforming Our World: Weekly Roundup
Future Society

The Science & Tech That’s Transforming Our World: Weekly Roundup

Holographic displays, synthetic aging, and more.

Hackers Can Take Control of Devices Using Sound Waves
Devices

Hackers Can Take Control of Devices Using Sound Waves

“You can think of it as a musical virus.”

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Computers

Lip-Reading Computers Could Spell the End of Passwords as We Know Them

Read my lips. I am not a hacker.

When Should We Send Humans to Mars?
Mars

When Should We Send Humans to Mars?

The rockets are almost ready, but are we?

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Environment

Researchers Unveiled The First Chicken Meat Grown Without Chickens

51% of global greenhouse-gas emissions are caused by animal agriculture. We can fix this.

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Science & Energy

We May Have Finally Found the Foundations Upon Which Life Evolved

There's new information regarding the origins of cellular life.

Giving up Your Smartphone Could Actually Be Bad for Your Health
Health & Medicine

Giving up Your Smartphone Could Actually Be Bad for Your Health

The access your phone provides to medical resources more than makes up for its cost.

Researchers Are Digging Into a Previously Overlooked Aspect of Genetics
Genetics

Researchers Are Digging Into a Previously Overlooked Aspect of Genetics

Step aside, DNA. It’s RNA’s time to shine.

China to Send People to the Moon in The 2020s
Moon

China to Send People to the Moon in The 2020s

SpaceX? China? One way or another, humanity is going back.

The U.S. Secretary of Defense Says Climate Change is Putting the World At Risk
Climate Change

The U.S. Secretary of Defense Says Climate Change is Putting the World At Risk

He believes the situation is serious enough to warrant a "whole-of-government" response.

First Contact With Extraterrestrials Might Be a Very Good Thing
Exobiology

First Contact With Extraterrestrials Might Be a Very Good Thing

Stephen Hawking says we should fear aliens. Not everyone agrees.

Now That Scientists Can Read the Human Genome, They Want to Write One
Science & Energy

Now That Scientists Can Read the Human Genome, They Want to Write One

Synthetic DNA could help you live a longer, healthier life.

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3D Printing

Dubai is Going to Be Home to the World’s First 3D Printed Skyscraper

The UAE is adding a futuristic tower to its skyline.