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Chemistry

Nanomachines Score The 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

They created small motors no bigger than a human hair, and even a nanoscale 'car.'

Robots Have Learned to Pool Their Experience to Acquire Basic Motor Skills
Artificial Intelligence

Robots Have Learned to Pool Their Experience to Acquire Basic Motor Skills

Could a robotic hive mind be the key to smarter bots?

Watch SpaceX’s Remarkable Vision of Humanity’s Colonization of Mars
Mars

Watch SpaceX’s Remarkable Vision of Humanity’s Colonization of Mars

Care for a sneak peek to our "future home?'

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Artificial Intelligence

Samsung Acquires Viv, an AI Assistant Created by the Minds Behind Siri

This new AI assistant can write its own code.

We Might Finally Have A Vaccine to Protect Us From the Common Cold
Science & Energy

We Might Finally Have A Vaccine to Protect Us From the Common Cold

So long, sneezes.

A New Kind of Hyperloop: Canadian Train Could Travel Over 1,200 Km/H
Hyperloop

A New Kind of Hyperloop: Canadian Train Could Travel Over 1,200 Km/H

The travel pods of the future may be coming to the Great White North.

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Blue Origin

Unexpected Result: Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin Dramatically Lands New Shepard Rocket

Commercial space travel just passed its "toughest test yet."

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Biology

Self-Cannibalization: Nobel Prize In Medicine Goes To “Self-Eating” Cells

It could revolutionize everything from Type 2 diabetes to Alzheimer’s.

Avoiding a Holocaust: A Visual Guide to U.S. Nuclear Disarmament
Nuclear Fusion

Avoiding a Holocaust: A Visual Guide to U.S. Nuclear Disarmament

Here's a look at our legacy.

A New Medical Advancement Could Stop a Heart Attack in Its Tracks
Science & Energy

A New Medical Advancement Could Stop a Heart Attack in Its Tracks

Others discounted this drug. But one cardiologist didn't.

Exponential Intelligence: Microsoft Is Building the First AI Supercomputer
Artificial Intelligence

Exponential Intelligence: Microsoft Is Building the First AI Supercomputer

Microsoft is bringing the power of AI to the cloud.

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Self-Driving Vehicles

MIT’s “Moral Machine” Lets You Decide Who Lives & Dies in Self-Driving Car Crashes

MIT hopes to discover the pattern behind our ethical decision making.

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Evolution

The Evolution of Automation: Meet the Restaurant Run by Robots

Will the rise of the robot chef lead to a new type of business model?

Genetic Data Reveals the World Was Populated From a Single Location
Science & Energy

Genetic Data Reveals the World Was Populated From a Single Location

We may have all left Africa at the same time, but why?

Smog-Sucking Tower: The World’s Largest Air Purifier Comes to Life in China
Pollution

Smog-Sucking Tower: The World’s Largest Air Purifier Comes to Life in China

For world's largest air problem, you need the world's largest air purifier.

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Science & Energy

Biotech Company Genetically Engineers Cows To Combat Disease Outbreaks

Cows just may become walking cure machines.

Physics Has a Problem – The Large Hadron Collider Is Running out of Disk Space
Physics

Physics Has a Problem – The Large Hadron Collider Is Running out of Disk Space

The collider is running more experiments than ever before.

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Boeing

Boeing Announces Ambitious Plan to Go Head-to-Head Against Elon Musk

The first space race brought humanity to the Moon. The next space race is getting us to Mars.

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Artificial Intelligence

MIT Is Making Robots With Shock-Absorbing Skin

Imagine having your phone bounce back when you drop it.

The Dubai Hyperloop: Superfast Transport Surges Closer to Reality
Future Society

The Dubai Hyperloop: Superfast Transport Surges Closer to Reality

It could travel more than 1,200 km/h. And it could soon be a reality.