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Mars

NASA’s Curiosity Captures Astonishingly Detailed Photos Of Mars

The Red Planet truly resembles the American Southwest.

Robots and Machines

1.6 Billion People Lack Adequate Housing. Here’s How We Can Fix This

We can do better.

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Mars

This Free Online Course Will Teach You How To Survive On Mars

In case you didn't learn everything you need to know from The Martian.

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Robots and Machines

MIT’s New Imaging Method Could Let You Read Closed Books

No X-ray vision required.

Science & Energy

New Alzheimer’s Treatment Could Reverse Synapse Degeneration and Stop Memory Loss

We may be a step closer to an effective way to combat this fearsome disease.

Electricity-Generating Windows Could Turn Skyscrapers into Solar Farms
Solar Power

Electricity-Generating Windows Could Turn Skyscrapers into Solar Farms

The 'windows of tomorrow' may do a lot more than just provide a pretty view.

App-Based Services Spark a New Age of Labor Disputes
Robots and Machines

App-Based Services Spark a New Age of Labor Disputes

These services are bringing back the innovation of the Industrial Age, but also its revolutions.

Research Finds Human Activity Has Increased Ocean Acidification
Climate Change

Research Finds Human Activity Has Increased Ocean Acidification

Add ocean acidification to the list of ways humans are messing with the planet.

New Contact Lenses Slow-Release Drugs to Fight Glaucoma
Prosthetics and Devices

New Contact Lenses Slow-Release Drugs to Fight Glaucoma

Removing pain from treatment is a better way to go.

Science & Energy

New Test Could Detect Cancer 10 Years Before Symptoms Show

This would be a game changer for spotting hard to diagnose cancers.

Black Holes

Research Reveals That Hundreds of Black Holes May be Hiding in our Galaxy

Black holes may not be behaving as we previously thought.

China’s Futuristic Balloon Will Send Tourists To The Edge of Space
Off-World

China’s Futuristic Balloon Will Send Tourists To The Edge of Space

There's a new way to see the world.

Where Does Earth End and Space Begin?
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Where Does Earth End and Space Begin?

Watch Bacteria Evolve into Superbugs in This Remarkable Timelapse Video
Science & Energy

Watch Bacteria Evolve into Superbugs in This Remarkable Timelapse Video

Like watching a game of Plague Inc.

Scientists Have Turned Fish Scales into a Power Source
Science & Energy

Scientists Have Turned Fish Scales into a Power Source

Welcome to the age of the truly ingestible (and digestible) electronic.

To Bennu and Back: NASA Just Launched the First-Ever Asteroid Return Mission
NASA

To Bennu and Back: NASA Just Launched the First-Ever Asteroid Return Mission

This is the largest sample return since Apollo 17.

Renewable Energy

Massive Collision 4.4 Billion Years Ago Might Have Made Life on Earth Possible

The Earth we know may be a product of a clash of planets.

Self-Driving Vehicles

Introducing Robo-Sumo: A Spectator Sport with Fighting Autonomous Robots

Who knew robots trying to push each other out of a ring could be so entertaining?

Brain

The Origins of Human Intelligence: How We Became the ‘Thinking Species’

Let's do even more thinking about thinking...

Unprecedented Rise in “Superbugs” Prompts U.N. General Assembly Meeting
Science & Energy

Unprecedented Rise in “Superbugs” Prompts U.N. General Assembly Meeting

This marks only the fourth time the UNGA has tackled a health issue.