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Data Privacy

Wireless Data From A Lightbulb: New Record-Breaking LiFi Method Is 20 Times Faster

Soon, it may be possible to access the internet through your home lighting.

Physicists Successfully Levitate Large Objects With Sound Waves
Science & Energy

Physicists Successfully Levitate Large Objects With Sound Waves

Light as a feather, stiff as a board.

Sea Anemones Could be the Key to Restoring Hearing Loss
Prosthetics and Devices

Sea Anemones Could be the Key to Restoring Hearing Loss

If you often find yourself turning your stereo up to 11, this news is for you.

Regenerative Medicine: Plasma Being Used To Improve Bone Healing
Science & Energy

Regenerative Medicine: Plasma Being Used To Improve Bone Healing

Plasma may not be the best for TVs anymore, but it may have a better run at growing bones.

Energy

Audi’s New Suspension System Converts Potholes Into Energy

When life gives you lemons, you make electricity.

Can Computers Be Programmed to Think Creatively?
Computers

Can Computers Be Programmed to Think Creatively?

People can be imaginative, but can we ever hope to make an artificial intelligence that truly is?

SpaceX Successfully Lands Another Rocket After Launching Satellite
SpaceX

SpaceX Successfully Lands Another Rocket After Launching Satellite

SpaceX is on the forefront of Earth's rocket recycling program.

Drone-Delivered Medical Supplies Set to Bring Vaccines to Remote Areas
Medical

Drone-Delivered Medical Supplies Set to Bring Vaccines to Remote Areas

The 'Zipline' can carry medicine or even blood.

Meet Polonium-210: One of the Most Toxic Substances Known to Man
Chemistry

Meet Polonium-210: One of the Most Toxic Substances Known to Man

Off-World

Remarkably Strange Object Found Orbiting Backwards Beyond Neptune

The Solar System just got weirder.

Meet The iTank, The Three-Wheeled Scooter Of The Future
Robots and Machines

Meet The iTank, The Three-Wheeled Scooter Of The Future

The specs make the $5,500 price tag worth it.

Science & Energy

Stars Are Cooling Faster Than Predicted, and Axions May Be to Blame

Stellar systems are cooling faster than models predict, and physicists are off to find out why.

Elon Musk: SolarCity Will Be Offering Entire Solar Roofs By The End Of 2016
Elon Musk

Elon Musk: SolarCity Will Be Offering Entire Solar Roofs By The End Of 2016

This goes beyond solar panels installed on a roof. It is the roof.

The Future of Humanity: Do We Have a Chance?
Future Society

The Future of Humanity: Do We Have a Chance?

Will our next steps be to the stars, or are we a dying species?

The Avatar of Tomorrow: New Face-Tracking VR Makes You Into a Pixar Character
Virtual Reality

The Avatar of Tomorrow: New Face-Tracking VR Makes You Into a Pixar Character

This face-tracking tech really puts *you* in virtual reality

Astronomers Discover A Remarkable Planet With Three Stars
Off-World

Astronomers Discover A Remarkable Planet With Three Stars

Meet the remarkable alien world with not one, not two, but three suns.

Robots and Machines

Self-Healing Textile: Welcome to the Age of Clothes That Can Heal Themselves

No needles necessary; just add water.

Scientists Discover a New Drug That Can Knock Out Three Killer Diseases
Science & Energy

Scientists Discover a New Drug That Can Knock Out Three Killer Diseases

These three combined infect an estimated 20 million people worldwide.

These Tiny, Pocket-Sized Drones May be The Combat Robots of The Future
Drones

These Tiny, Pocket-Sized Drones May be The Combat Robots of The Future

Size does matter.

Watch As the First Human is Tattooed By An Industrial Robot
Artificial Intelligence

Watch As the First Human is Tattooed By An Industrial Robot

The robot won't criticize your bad tattoo decisions.