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Artificial Intelligence

New Processor Chips Promise Faster Neural Network Learning

These chips could fetch data as fast as it is being processed, thus speeding up processing and learning times.

Tesla

Tesla’s Model 3 Racks Up Over Two Hundred Thousand Pre-Orders in 36 Hours

$10 billion in sales in just days. Welcome to the era of the electric vehicle.

Science & Energy

The World’s Smallest TV Antenna Gets Killer Reception

This tiny antenna snags some strong signals.

Virtual Reality

Ever Wanted to Experience Death? Now You Can—in Virtual Reality

This "death-simulator" lets you live through virtual cremation.

Future Materials

The Answer to Nuclear Waste Storage and Transportation Could Be Metal Foam

Composite metal foam, hollow metal spheres in a solid metal matrix, promises better thermal insulation than typical bulk steels.

Virtual Reality

Microsoft is Shipping Their HoloLens Development Kits Today

The world's first fully untethered holographic computer ships today!

Future Materials

Nipping Cancer in the Bud—New Supersensitive Biosensor Makes It Happen

This cancer detecting sensor is 1 million times more sensitive than previous versions.

Evolution

Turns Out Water Bears Are Not “Genetic Thieves” After All

New study overturns last year’s finding that nearly one-sixth of the tardigrade genome comes from horizontal gene transfer.

Science & Energy

Newly Sequenced Tardigrade Genome Reveals the Organism Is Far Stranger Than Anticipated

Prosthetics and Devices

US Doctors Successfully Transplant HIV-Infected Organs For the First Time

It is a new beginning in more ways than one.

Energy

We Have a New Way To Create Super-Efficient Liquid Batteries

It keeps going and going and going.

Quantum Physics

New Hydrogen Discovery Brings Room-Temperature Superconductors Closer to Reality

Hydrogen's particle and wave-like properties just brought room temperature superconductors closer to reality.

Nanotech

This Nanofiber Sensor Sniffs Disease Markers in Your Breath

Soon, your smartphone may be able to smell your breath and tell you if you have a disease.

3D Printing

3D Printing Is Being Used to Make Prosthetic Bones for Cancer Patients

A new procedure can repair an entire bone using 3D printing.

Energy

Science Explained: The Physics of Perpetual Motion Machines

Could we ever make a device that operates with absolutely no energy loss?

Google

Chinese Artificial Intelligence Team Announces Plans To Challenge Google’s AlphaGo

Artificial Intelligences battling it out for the ultimate victory, what could be better?

Drones

NASA’s Latest Mars Drone is Helping Save Lives on Earth

This tech can detect methane in parts per billion by volume.

Virtual Reality

Explore This Virtual Slaughterhouse and See If you Still Like Meat

Virtuality reality is completely transforming our political landscape.

Virtual Reality

Easily Create Immersive Virtual Reality Content With Google’s VR View

Sharing virtual reality will be just like sharing an image.

NASA

The Next Era of Human Spaceflight: NASA’s Colossal Orion Capsule Passes Critical Review

This is the first time since Apollo that NASA will conduct manned space missions. And the craft is simply amazing.