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The Search for Life: New Tech Opens a Universe of Alien Worlds
Science & Energy

The Search for Life: New Tech Opens a Universe of Alien Worlds

Welcome to the new age in the hunt for extraterrestrial life.

Lab-Grown Meat: Tyson is Making a Massive Investment in a Meatless Future
Science & Energy

Lab-Grown Meat: Tyson is Making a Massive Investment in a Meatless Future

Tyson is getting in on the ground floor of future competition.

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Biology

Remember, Remember: Scientists Transplant Embryonic Neurons to Erase Fear

This could help us do away with our memories of aversive events.

Reprogramming Stem Cells Could Soon Lead Us to a World Without Paralysis
Science & Energy

Reprogramming Stem Cells Could Soon Lead Us to a World Without Paralysis

Scientists are closer to regenerating nerve cells and curing diseases like ALS.

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Health & Medicine

We May Be Able to Treat Alzheimer’s With Light

Flickering lights illuminate a hopeful new road for Alzheimer's treatment.

#automation #donald trump #indiana
Future Society

Automation Is the Greatest Threat to the American Worker, Not Outsourcing

Saving jobs is no longer a matter of keeping them in the U.S.

Not Just Meat: One Company is Now Growing Leather in a Lab
Science & Energy

Not Just Meat: One Company is Now Growing Leather in a Lab

Soon, even "mushroom chairs" could no longer be just in fairy tales.

Doctors Treat a Fatal Condition Using Magnets to “Pull” Bacteria From Blood
Bacteria

Doctors Treat a Fatal Condition Using Magnets to “Pull” Bacteria From Blood

Adios, antibiotics!

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Science & Energy

Unbreakable: Watch a Spray-On Polymer Let Objects Survive a 148-Foot Fall

Indestructibility for armored vests and melons, too.

#emdrive #propulsion #nasa
Science & Energy

Expert in Advanced Propulsion Says NASA’s EM Drive Results Are Likely Not Valid

An expert takes the momentum out of NASA's EM drive.

Ready, Set, Go: Audi’s Cars Can Let You Know When a Stoplight Will Turn Green
Advanced Transport

Ready, Set, Go: Audi’s Cars Can Let You Know When a Stoplight Will Turn Green

Smarter cars make for happier drivers.

#teb #china #city planning
Advanced Transport

This is the Sad Fate of China’s Futuristic Road Straddling Bus

The "straddling bus" now exists in a sorry state.

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Self-Driving Vehicles

Uber’s New Autonomous Fleets Could Change How People With Disabilities Travel

Hopefully, an autonomous Uber will be an Uber for all.

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Brain

Getting to the Heart of It: Novel Discovery Could Help Reverse Brain Damage

A protein could be used as a marker for both brain and heart disease.

Meet Salto: The Most Vertically Agile Robot To Date
Robotics

Meet Salto: The Most Vertically Agile Robot To Date

It can even double jump like a character in a video game.

The Next Head of the FDA May be a Man Who is Fighting a War Against Aging
Future Society

The Next Head of the FDA May be a Man Who is Fighting a War Against Aging

It looks like a step in the right direction for science under Trump.

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Science & Energy

Astronomers May Have Witnessed the Birth of Planets 400 Lightyears Away

We are watching planets being born. Welcome to the future!

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Future Society

New Study Concludes That We Need a “Strict Ban on Human Cloning for Any Purposes”

"It's amazing that the process works at all."

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Self-Driving Vehicles

Michigan’s New Laws Put Self-Driving Cars on Road Without Human Drivers

Lawmakers give the green light to more freedom for automated vehicles.

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Devices

Remarkable New Material Charges Devices Using Finger Swipes

Swipe your way to a fully charged smartphone.