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Climate Change

An Out-Of-This-World View Shows Just How Much CO2 Humans Contribute

These maps could help settle the climate change debate.

MIT Biologically Engineers a New Weapon to Kill Bacteria
Science & Energy

MIT Biologically Engineers a New Weapon to Kill Bacteria

Superbugs may have finally met their match: super peptide.

Mobile Devices Have Officially Surpassed Computers for Internet Usage
Future Society

Mobile Devices Have Officially Surpassed Computers for Internet Usage

"This should be a wake up call, especially for small businesses."

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James Webb Space Telescope

After 20 Years of Construction, the James Webb Space Telescope Is Finally Complete

The largest-ever space telescope is also our best one yet

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Mars

NASA: We’re Not Competing Against SpaceX in a Race to Mars

NASA will celebrate no matter who makes it to the Red Planet first.

Warming Ocean Waters Are Melting Antarctic Ice Shelves at an Unprecedented Rate
Science & Energy

Warming Ocean Waters Are Melting Antarctic Ice Shelves at an Unprecedented Rate

It's a global warming sneak attack.

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Artificial Intelligence

Robo-Pharmacist: This AI is Designing Structures for Futuristic Wonder Drugs

This machine-learning system offers alternatives humans haven't yet considered.

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Prosthetics and Devices

A Cyborg Society: The FDA Has Approved the First Artificial Pancreas

Soon diabetics may some variety in choice for how to best treat themselves.

Expert: When an AI Invents Something, It Should be Credited as the Inventor
Artificial Intelligence

Expert: When an AI Invents Something, It Should be Credited as the Inventor

One lawyer is petitioning to change a fundamental policy.

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Machine Learning

Study: Machine Learning Algorithms Correctly Classify 93% of Suicidal Patients

AI could be a decision-support tool to identify and prevent suicidal behavior.

Get a Sneak Peak at Snapchat’s Spectacles
Robots and Machines

Get a Sneak Peak at Snapchat’s Spectacles

Snapchat is getting in the hardware game with these new smart glasses.

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Artificial Intelligence

20% of All Election Related Tweets Came From Non-Humans

The AI clone the behavior of people.

10-Year-Old Cancer Survivor Is Heading to NASA After Inventing a Bandage Dispenser
Cancer

10-Year-Old Cancer Survivor Is Heading to NASA After Inventing a Bandage Dispenser

This littleBIGidea competition winner's invention was inspired by the nurses treating her.

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Brain

Paralyzed Monkeys Able to Walk Again With Brain Implant. Human Trials Are Next

Scientists are now preparing for human trials.

Researchers May Have Found a Way to Eliminate the Side Effects of Gene Therapy
Science & Energy

Researchers May Have Found a Way to Eliminate the Side Effects of Gene Therapy

This new way of delivering repaired genes could prevent cancer.

Quantum Computing

Cooling Electrons Close to Absolute Zero Gives Us New Perspective on Quantum Mechanics

We can finally see things more clearly.

Samsung Has Filed a Patent for a Futurisitic Smartphone
Robots and Machines

Samsung Has Filed a Patent for a Futurisitic Smartphone

The bendable device can be folded in half like a flip phone.

The Electric Vehicle Takeover: A New All-Electric Car Is on the Way
Electric Vehicles

The Electric Vehicle Takeover: A New All-Electric Car Is on the Way

And it costs less than half the price of a Tesla with comparable milage.

More Scientists Are Pushing to Have Aging Classified as a Disease
Prosthetics and Devices

More Scientists Are Pushing to Have Aging Classified as a Disease

Perhaps a combination of treatments may one day put an end to aging.

The U.S. Could Adopt Universal Basic Income in Less Than 20 Years
Universal Basic Income

The U.S. Could Adopt Universal Basic Income in Less Than 20 Years