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After Five Years, Most of California Is Finally No Longer in Drought
Climate Change

After Five Years, Most of California Is Finally No Longer in Drought

This is the worst drought the state has seen in 1,200 years, and it could come back.

Pregnancy Without Men? New Research Lets Us Make Babies From Skin Cells
Prosthetics and Devices

Pregnancy Without Men? New Research Lets Us Make Babies From Skin Cells

The future of pregnancy is wilder than we ever dreamed.

DARPA’s Latest Tech May Make Human Pilots a Thing of the Past
DARPA

DARPA’s Latest Tech May Make Human Pilots a Thing of the Past

This system could turn any aircraft into a drone.

centrifuge malaria diagnostic tools
Health & Medicine

Stanford Researchers Create a 20 Cent Centrifuge That Detects Malaria

This is how you do medicine without electricity.

Take a Look at the Ultrafast Spaceplanes of Tomorrow
Advanced Transport

Take a Look at the Ultrafast Spaceplanes of Tomorrow

Even DiVinci had concept drawings of his flying machines.

Everything You Need to Know About A Cosmological Self-Destruct Sequence
Science & Energy

Everything You Need to Know About A Cosmological Self-Destruct Sequence

Could the universe really delete itself?

Organs on Demand: Bioprinting Will Be the Answer to Donor Shortages
Health & Medicine

Organs on Demand: Bioprinting Will Be the Answer to Donor Shortages

Advances in technology continue to revolutionize the healthcare industry.

A World Without Antibiotics? The UN Has Elevated the Issue of Antibiotic Resistance
Health & Medicine

A World Without Antibiotics? The UN Has Elevated the Issue of Antibiotic Resistance

We don't have to be vulnerable in a post-antibiotic era.

Biotech Breakthrough: Engineers Made a New Material That Can Be Programmed
Science & Energy

Biotech Breakthrough: Engineers Made a New Material That Can Be Programmed

Here's a material that you could tell what to do.

Watch Tesla’s Autopilot Avoid a Major Accident With Just Seconds to Spare
Tesla

Watch Tesla’s Autopilot Avoid a Major Accident With Just Seconds to Spare

It's pretty awesome.

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Science & Energy

Physicists Create Thin Diamond Wires That Could Make Future Tech Tiny

At only three atoms wide, these wires couldn't possibly be any thinner.

Researchers Develop Nanodiscs That Can Wipe Out Tumors
Science & Energy

Researchers Develop Nanodiscs That Can Wipe Out Tumors

Its almost like sending your immune system to cancer fighting school.

UberFreight is Taking on the Trucking Industry
Advanced Transport

UberFreight is Taking on the Trucking Industry

Uber's getting a move on—and it's not just about people anymore.

Don’t Panic: Scientists Report First Case of Bird Flu Jumping From Cat to Human
Science & Energy

Don’t Panic: Scientists Report First Case of Bird Flu Jumping From Cat to Human

But still, pet owners have little cause for fear

New Autonomous Drones Are on Their Way, And They Can Carry Humans
Drones

New Autonomous Drones Are on Their Way, And They Can Carry Humans

One day we will rise above our traffic woes.

We Are Entering a Renaissance in Hypersonic Flight
Advanced Transport

We Are Entering a Renaissance in Hypersonic Flight

And it will change everything.

This 3D-Printed, Three-Miles-Tall Skyscraper Could Clean Itself
Future Society

This 3D-Printed, Three-Miles-Tall Skyscraper Could Clean Itself

The building cleans the air around it, too.

Physicists Weigh In: Could We Ever Travel to a Parallel Universe?
Physics

Physicists Weigh In: Could We Ever Travel to a Parallel Universe?

Intellectual face-off: which side are you on?

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Quantum Physics

Scientists Discover Theoretical Way to Reach Absolute Zero

Welcome to a new era in physics.

D-Wave Just Open-Sourced Quantum Computing
Quantum Computing

D-Wave Just Open-Sourced Quantum Computing

The future is in your hands.