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New Research Provides Evidence That Pluto Has Liquid Oceans
Off-World

New Research Provides Evidence That Pluto Has Liquid Oceans

Pluto, the icy world at the edge of our solar system, may have a subsurface ocean.

First Science-Backed Anti-Aging Drug to Be Tested in Humans Next Month
Prosthetics and Devices

First Science-Backed Anti-Aging Drug to Be Tested in Humans Next Month

Human trials have been approved for a drug that has anti-ageing effects.

Humanity’s Future in Space Depends on Asteroid Mining
Off-World

Humanity’s Future in Space Depends on Asteroid Mining

Asteroid mining will likely be a reality by 2025. Here’s why that’s amazing.

Robots in Europe May Become “Electronic Persons”
Artificial Intelligence

Robots in Europe May Become “Electronic Persons”

If this becomes reality, employers will need to pay social security and taxes on their employees who are 'electronic persons'

Physicists Create Algorithm That Maybe Be Able To Predict Terror Attacks
Artificial Intelligence

Physicists Create Algorithm That Maybe Be Able To Predict Terror Attacks

Fighting Through the Fear-Mongering: What Is Genetic Engineering?
Science & Energy

Fighting Through the Fear-Mongering: What Is Genetic Engineering?

Tesla Offers To Buy SolarCity, And Now Its Shares Are Plunging
Tesla

Tesla Offers To Buy SolarCity, And Now Its Shares Are Plunging

It seems that Wall Street kind of hates Elon Musk's Tesla-SolarCity plan.

Replacing Humans With AI? IBM’s Watson Edits An Entire Magazine On Its Own
Artificial Intelligence

Replacing Humans With AI? IBM’s Watson Edits An Entire Magazine On Its Own

An AI called Watson may soon be giving magazine editors a run for their money.

Stanford Lab Hits Not One But Two Targets: Clean Hydrogen Fuel and Energy Farms
Energy

Stanford Lab Hits Not One But Two Targets: Clean Hydrogen Fuel and Energy Farms

Graphene and Quantum Dots Come Together to Create “Hybrid” Tech
Quantum Computing

Graphene and Quantum Dots Come Together to Create “Hybrid” Tech

This is a game changer in photoelectronics.

Approved: First Ever Human Trials Involving CRISPR Gene Editing
Science & Energy

Approved: First Ever Human Trials Involving CRISPR Gene Editing

While this may not cure the disease, it will let us know if CRISPR is a viable path towards a cancer solution.

The Age of Gene Editing: Everything You Need To Know About CRISPR/Cas9
Gene Editing

The Age of Gene Editing: Everything You Need To Know About CRISPR/Cas9

Scientists Created a Robot that Randomly, and Intentionally, Hurts People. Here’s Why
Artificial Intelligence

Scientists Created a Robot that Randomly, and Intentionally, Hurts People. Here’s Why

This robot can decide whether or not it wants to hurt you.

NASA Just Unveiled Its All-Electric X-57 Plane
NASA

NASA Just Unveiled Its All-Electric X-57 Plane

This is Maxwell, a little electric plane that is helping build a cleaner tomorrow.

An Engine That is Faster, Lighter, and More Powerful? Meet the Technology of Tomorrow
Robots and Machines

An Engine That is Faster, Lighter, and More Powerful? Meet the Technology of Tomorrow

Scientists Just Discovered A New Type of Meteorite
Off-World

Scientists Just Discovered A New Type of Meteorite

A Tiny House Was Built in 24 Hours, Thanks to A 3D Concrete Printer
3D Printing

A Tiny House Was Built in 24 Hours, Thanks to A 3D Concrete Printer

It may be small, but this house came from a printer!

This Artificial Intelligence was 92% Accurate in Breast Cancer Detection Contest
Artificial Intelligence

This Artificial Intelligence was 92% Accurate in Breast Cancer Detection Contest

The team trained the AI using deep learning methods.

Meet Mosha, the Elephant who Received a Prosthetic Leg after a Landmine Explosion
Prosthetics and Devices

Meet Mosha, the Elephant who Received a Prosthetic Leg after a Landmine Explosion

Mosha has been through nine prosthetic limbs already, and the man who made them is searching for better materials.

Scientists Create ‘Nano-Reactor’ for the Production of Hydrogen Biofuel
Nanotech

Scientists Create ‘Nano-Reactor’ for the Production of Hydrogen Biofuel