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Meet the Farm That Grows Plants with Zero Sunlight, Soil, Pesticides, or Water
Science & Energy

Meet the Farm That Grows Plants with Zero Sunlight, Soil, Pesticides, or Water

This is so efficient, it's kind of like growing a baby on just a teaspoon of milk.

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Off-World

A Second Chance: Virgin Galactic Completes First Test Flight Since Crash

Still too early to book a flight, though.

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SpaceX

No Space? SpaceX Might Need 12 Months Before It Can Attempt Another Launch

Or at least, so says its closest competitor.

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Exobiology

Astronomer Tests Whether Earth Is Being Avoided By Alien Civilizations

The odds of us being alone in the universe may be higher than the odds of aliens treating Earth like a zoo.

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Science & Energy

Bill Gates Doubles Down on Eradicating Mosquitoes with Genetic Engineering

CRISPR may be the giant hand that will swat malaria to extinction.

The Incredible Difficulty of Life Existing Outside of Earth
Exobiology

The Incredible Difficulty of Life Existing Outside of Earth

Maybe it's about time ET phoned us?

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James Webb Space Telescope

The Next Era in Astronomy: The James Webb Could Tell Us If Proxima B Is Truly Habitable

So near, yet also so very far.

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Science & Energy

In Just 25 Years, We Have Destroyed 10% Of The Earth’s Wilderness

We're at it again.

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Drones

This Eerie New Drone Comes With Spider-Like Grasping Arms

Robots bearing arms have never been less frightening.

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NASA

NASA Scientist Claims Space Mining is Possible With Today’s Tech

Ironically, it seems that human disbelief is the only hindrance to the goal.

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Computing

Welcome to the Era of the Computer-Generated Human

Can you tell who's real and who's not?

Bigger is Better: Jeff Bezos Just Unveiled His New Rocket, And It’s Mammoth
Off-World

Bigger is Better: Jeff Bezos Just Unveiled His New Rocket, And It’s Mammoth

It's huge. And it could take us to space as never before.

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Artificial Intelligence

Work in the World of Tomorrow: AI to Replace 7% of Jobs by 2025

"By 2021, a disruptive tidal wave will begin."

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Electric Vehicles

350 Miles: New Electric Bus Can Travel A Whole Day On A Single Charge

Taking the bus is getting a little greener

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Physics

Loopholes in the Laws of Physics: Can Time Crystals Actually Exist?

Sometimes three dimensions just aren't enough.

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Artificial Intelligence

The Key to Understanding AI May be Buried in the Laws of Physics

Physicists explain what has mathematicians stumped.

New Remarkably Thin Material Charges Gadgets Using Sunlight
Science & Energy

New Remarkably Thin Material Charges Gadgets Using Sunlight

Flaunt your style and charge your wearables at the same time.

Just Add Sperm: Breakthrough Could Let Us Make Babies Without an Egg
Science & Energy

Just Add Sperm: Breakthrough Could Let Us Make Babies Without an Egg

The future may be a world where male couples can create an embryo.

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Energy

Say “Hello” to the World’s First Large-Scale Tidal Power Farm

The MeyGen tidal stream project is a major win for renewable energy advocates.

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Black Holes

Black Hole Birth May Have Been Glimpsed for the Very First Time

A dead star is born, and it's awesome.