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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.

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Google

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

Can you understand me now?

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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.

Genetics Breakthrough Could One Day Help Slow the Aging Process
Science & Energy

Genetics Breakthrough Could One Day Help Slow the Aging Process

These results could explain why some people, despite leading healthy lifestyles, die young.

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Internet Of Things

Experts Predict: “By 2040 More Crime Will Be Committed by Machines Than by Humans”

Will crime mar our relationship with artificial intelligence?

Qubit Solution Brings Us Closer to a New Era in Computing
Quantum Physics

Qubit Solution Brings Us Closer to a New Era in Computing

"There is a problem of the lifetime of qubits...we have solved the problem."

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Blockchain

New Banking Partnership Puts Us One Step Closer to a Global Blockchain Payments Network

Banks team up with Ripple to revolutionize the financial world.

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Physics

Physics Breakthrough: Quantum Cat State Finally Captured on Camera

You can be excited and unexcited about it, at the same time!

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Quantum Physics

Physicists Have Figured Out How to Create Matter and Antimatter Using Light

Soon, we may have a viable way to make antimatter.

An AI Was Taught to Hunt and Kill Humans In Video Games: Here’s Why This Matters
Artificial Intelligence

An AI Was Taught to Hunt and Kill Humans In Video Games: Here’s Why This Matters

Violent video games? Try violent AI.