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From Quarks to Quasars

Know Your Scientist: Bill Nye, “The Science Guy”

Self-Driving Vehicles

The Guy Who First Hacked the iPhone and Built a Self-Driving Car Just Got Funding

The kit to make a self-driving car could be on the market this year.

Prosthetics and Devices

Chinese Scientists Say They Have the Ability To Clone Humans

But the rest of the world might not be ready yet.

Google

Another Win! Google’s Artificial Intelligence Beats the World Champion of Go For the Second Time

Can an artificial intelligence beat our best? It seems that we have our answer.

DNA

CRISPR: How DNA Editing Is Going to Transform Our World

Off-World

We’ve Successfully Grown Crops in ‘Martian’ Soil

It happened in "The Martian"-- but can crops be grown on martian soil in the lab?

Future Society

This Vertical Village Looks Like A Jungle Towering 36 Stories Into The Sky

The 'city of the future,' may be a vertical tower of plants.

Prosthetics and Devices

Scientists Just Made a Mind-Controlled Wheelchair

Watch monkeys control robotic wheelchairs using only their brainpower.

Science & Energy

Research Shows That Our Brains Are Ready for Teleportation

We can't teleport our bodies, but our brains are ready.

Quantum Physics

Quantum Computing: Scientists “Flip” Electrons With Microwaves

As each day passes, it seems that we inch ever closer to viable quantum computers.

Science & Energy

A New Era in Stretchable Electronics

Take a moment to watch a stretchy robot test its octopus-inspired skin.

Science & Energy

We Just Discovered a New Type of Stem Cell

We have a new kind of stem cell, one that could lead to significant advances in regenerative medicine.

Robots and Machines

Meet BMW’s Shape-Shifting “Car of the Future”

The future of cars, as seen through the eyes of luxury automaker BMW, is impressive - to say the least.

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