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A New Age in Energy: Supercomputers Are Now Running off of Solar Power
Computers

A New Age in Energy: Supercomputers Are Now Running off of Solar Power

Computing with light.

Artificial Intelligence is Leading a Revolution in Medicine
Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence is Leading a Revolution in Medicine

We've entered the age of synthetic intelligence, and medicine will never be the same.

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Virtual Reality

Legally Blind Man Sees Clearly For The First Time Ever, Thanks to Virtual Reality

Virtual reality gives you a new way to see (literally).

Partnership on AI: Tech Giants Unite to Develop Synthetic Intelligence for Humanity
Artificial Intelligence

Partnership on AI: Tech Giants Unite to Develop Synthetic Intelligence for Humanity

It seems we now have an artificial intelligence ethics board.

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From Quarks to Quasars

Adidas Reveals Its First Robot Manufactured Shoes

Adidas says robots will help provide the "ultimate fit."

Elon Musk’s Dream For Colonizing Mars Just Took A Massive Step Forward
Mars

Elon Musk’s Dream For Colonizing Mars Just Took A Massive Step Forward

Here's how Elon Musk will make us Martians.

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Biology

Synthetic Biology: It’s Alive, but Is It Life?

How far can or should we go?

5 Common Misunderstandings of Evolution
From Quarks to Quasars

5 Common Misunderstandings of Evolution

Antibiotic Resistance is Taking Away Our Last Line of Defense Against Some Diseases
Science & Energy

Antibiotic Resistance is Taking Away Our Last Line of Defense Against Some Diseases

Even the UN thinks this is a crisis akin to HIV and Ebola.

The Cost of Renewable Energy Is Plunging, and It’ll Change Everything
Renewable Energy

The Cost of Renewable Energy Is Plunging, and It’ll Change Everything

It's not just competing with fossil fuels; it's beating them.

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Prosthetics and Devices

A Revolution in Heart Surgery: Scientists Create Artificial Blood Vessels That Grow Normally

This could reduce treating children's congenital heart defects to a single surgery.

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Brain Implants

Engineers Have Created Artificial Synapses That Mimic the Human Brain

They could be key to computers that work like the brain.

What Happens When This Robot Brings an End to Sweatshops?
Robotics

What Happens When This Robot Brings an End to Sweatshops?

Garment-making supply chains shorten, but at the cost of what?

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Wind

New Wind Turbine Tech Could Use a Single Typhoon to Power a Country For 50 Years

One typhoon is equivalent to half the world's electrical generating capacity. This could let us harness that power.

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Robots and Machines

Uber Could Be Taking to the Skies With Vertical-Takeoff Planes

The future of transportation may be here sooner than we thought.

Google

Google’s Neural Network for Language Translation Narrows Gap Between Machines & Humans

Can you understand me now?

Science & Energy

It’s Official: Measles Has Been Completely Eradicated in the United States

22-year fight against measles has finally ended.

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Robots and Machines

Bullet Bike: New Record Breaking, Human-Powered Bike Travels 90 mph

This superbike could pass for a car.

Stopping Light: Physicists Move Quantum Computers Closer to Reality
Quantum Physics

Stopping Light: Physicists Move Quantum Computers Closer to Reality

Physicists are harnessing the quantum states of subatomic particles in order to make computers.

Physicists: Time Might Only Exist in Your Head
Physics

Physicists: Time Might Only Exist in Your Head

Time. You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.