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Robotics

These Tiny Robots Can Build Anything, Including Their Own Tools

Meet the micro-factories with micro-robots that build macro-structures.

Artificial Intelligence

Meet Alfie—A Robot Designed to Care for the Elderly

This robot can help with medication or speaking with family and friends.

Artificial Intelligence

Watch This Light-Activated Living Tissue Move

Meet the tech that harnesses billions of years of biological evolution.

Solar Power

The Fully Functional Airport That Runs Entirely On Solar Power

An entire airport that doesn't have to pay for electricity.

Robots and Machines

The Future of Defense: Advanced Laser Weapons Are Now Available

Powerful enough to shoot through steel and take down drones.

SpaceX

Go Big or Don’t Launch: SpaceX Targets One Rocket Launch A Week

Elon Musk is turning his pipe dream of launching one rocket a week into a reality.

From Quarks to Quasars

Norman Borlaug: A Man Without Compare

Science & Energy

Scientists Just Removed HIV from Human Immune Cells Using CRISPR Gene-Editing

We've managed to shut down HIV replication permanently.

3D Printing

This Hotel Is 3D Printed from Sand and Volcanic Ash

This is the world's first 3D printed hotel.

Drones

Unleash the CRACUNS: A Drone That Can Stay Submerged For Two Months

It's the first drone that can operate in both air and water for extended periods.

Self-Driving Vehicles

Baidu is Bringing Their Self-Driving Cars to the U.S.

We are going to have a new autonomous car in Silicon Valley.

Future Society

Aston Martin and Red Bull Are Making the World’s Fastest Car

This could be the car that will beat the Bugatti Chiron.

Drones

Flying, Shooting Video, Avoiding Trees – This Drone Does it All

The done is a prototype, but the company has raised $25 million in funding to continue its work.

Moon

We Can Colonize the Moon by 2022—and for Less than the Cost of an Aircraft Carrier

It's entirely possible for Earth to create a permanent, moon-based space station—here's how.

Artificial Intelligence

Royal Bank of Scotland Replaces Face-To-Face Financial Advice with “Robo-Advisers”

220 human adviser positions have been eliminated in the process.

Off-World

New Research Shows How Stars Turn to Gold

Heavy elements primarily formed, not from supernova explosions, but from more exotic catastrophes.

3D Printing

9-Month-Old Baby Saved by 3D Printed Heart Replica

For the first time ever, a Chinese surgical team used 3D printing to complete a major operation on a 9-month-old baby.

Black Holes

What Would It Be Like To Fall Into A Black Hole?

Solar Power

The Largest Coal Plant in North America is Being Replaced by a Solar Farm

This old coal plant is getting a significant makeover.

Virtual Reality

Valve is Bringing the “Portal” Universe to Virtual Reality and it Will be on SteamVR for Free