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Robots and Machines

This is the Fastest Hydrogen-Powered Car Ever Designed, And it’s Simply Astounding

This is the first high-performance hydrogen-car capable of going from zero to 100 km/h (62 mph) in just 3.4 seconds.

Science & Energy

We May Have Found the “Achilles Heel” of Cancer

It is still a long ways off, but we just moved one step closer to a true cancer vaccine.

Nanotech

Scientists Use Nanotechnology to Create a Super-Fast ‘Biological Computer’

Biological computers can solve mathematical problems faster and more efficiently than conventional computers.

Robots and Machines

US Army Says They Will Have Laser Weapons by 2023

The US Army and Air Force are developing laser weapons, and they should be here in less than a decade.

Mars

A Giant Volcano Forever Changed Mars’ Landscape, Tilting the Planet

Scientists recently discovered that a massive volcanic eruption lasting over 100 million years occurred on Mars.

Devices

Check Out This Device That Turns Plastic Trash Into Edible Mushrooms

Proof that creative and out-of-the-box ideas can still be feasible and backed by science—meet the Fungi Mutarium.

Science & Energy

Virtual Neurons Have Been Created by the Blue Brain Project

Future Society

Google’s Superhuman Computer Can Tell Where Nearly Any Photo Was Taken

And the new image recognition software uses so little space it fits in your smartphone.

Off-World

What Would Happen if the Sun Went Supernova?

This would be the end of life as we know it.

DARPA

DARPA Just Unveiled Its VTOL X-Plane Concept, and It Has 20+ Propellers

Meet the very futuristic (and very strange looking) VTOL X-plane.

Energy

US Claims It has “The Holy Grail of Energy,” Announces New Battery Storage

This new generation of batteries could potentially change the country's electric grid in as short as five years.

Physics

The Science of Sound: Breaking Glass Panes with Car Speakers

How can you break glass with sound? Is there a special way to do it, or can anyone?

Off-World

This Satellite Will Soon be “The Brightest Star in the Night Sky”

More than 1.5 million rubles have been raised to fund the Russian “Mayak” satellite project. Will there be a new brightest star in the night"We are sending a spacecraft into orbit that will be the brightest star in the sky, visible from any point on our planet." sky?

Future Society

Cashless, Cardless, and Now (thanks to Google) a Phoneless Way to Pay

Google's Hands Free pilot program will allow shoppers to complete transactions with a word.

Artificial Intelligence

Eying the Future: Doctors to Use Robotic System for Eye Surgery

Oxford University is going to conduct high-risk eye surgeries using robots.

Off-World

Total Solar Eclipse Heading Our Way Next Week, Here’s How to Watch

Here's everything you need to know to see the total solar eclipse March 8-9.

Future Materials

Amazing 3D Printer Can Use 21 Different Metals Simultaneously

Quantum Physics

Researchers Found a Way to Shrink a Supercomputer to the Size of a Laptop

Soon, our computers may use molecular motors in place of electronic transistors.

Physics

A ‘New Physics’? Scientists May Have Glimpsed a World Beyond the Standard Model

Physicists previously detected anomalous readings in the decay of a B meson, which may mean the existence of physics beyond the current theory.

Prosthetics and Devices

Scientists Think They’ve Discovered Why Skin Cells Age

This discovery could lead to a greater understanding of how organs in the body age, and it has major cosmetic implications.