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Spartan Bioscience Develops New All-in One DNA Testing Kit
Science & Energy

Spartan Bioscience Develops New All-in One DNA Testing Kit

Testing for DNA has never been this easy—or this fast.

Rubik’s Cube-Inspired Touchscreen Display Morphs On Demand
Robots and Machines

Rubik’s Cube-Inspired Touchscreen Display Morphs On Demand

As if smartphones couldn't do *that* much already...

Judgment Day: Google is Making A ‘Kill-Switch’ for AI
Google

Judgment Day: Google is Making A ‘Kill-Switch’ for AI

How do we stop a self-directed artificial intelligence that wants to harm humanity? Could we?

New Tech Can Track Women’s Health & Detect Disease Using ‘Smart Tampons’
Robots and Machines

New Tech Can Track Women’s Health & Detect Disease Using ‘Smart Tampons’

Wearable tech just got more intimate than ever. A new startup is trying to track health and detect STDs with 'smart tampons.'

New Brain Implant Lets You Control Machines Using Your Thoughts
Brain

New Brain Implant Lets You Control Machines Using Your Thoughts

Aussie scientists are taking 'telepathy' to a whole new level.

The Length Of a Second is Being Redefined
Science & Energy

The Length Of a Second is Being Redefined

Because losing a nanosecond a month is just too much to bear.

Jeff Bezos Wants To Move Our Factories to Space To Protect Earth
Jeff Bezos

Jeff Bezos Wants To Move Our Factories to Space To Protect Earth

Scientists Make The Next Generation of Ultra-Strong Material Using the Mantis Shrimp
Science & Energy

Scientists Make The Next Generation of Ultra-Strong Material Using the Mantis Shrimp

A White Mars: The Red Planet Is Just Emerging From Its Last Ice Age
Mars

A White Mars: The Red Planet Is Just Emerging From Its Last Ice Age

Apparently, the Red Planet wasn't always a red planet.

Physicists Have Found a Way to “Slow” Light by Twisting It
Physics

Physicists Have Found a Way to “Slow” Light by Twisting It

But don't freak out. We haven't broken the laws of physics just yet.

Scientists Are Closer To The First ‘Universal Cancer Vaccine” With Successful Human Trials
Science & Energy

Scientists Are Closer To The First ‘Universal Cancer Vaccine” With Successful Human Trials

It's not a cure, but it's a step closer.

Wildly Famous Japanese Pop Star Sells Thousands of Tickets in NYC. Also, She’s A Hologram
Virtual Reality

Wildly Famous Japanese Pop Star Sells Thousands of Tickets in NYC. Also, She’s A Hologram

One of the most famous pop stars in Japan isn't even real. No, seriously.

Should AI be Given Human Rights? This Oxford Professor Says “Yes”
Artificial Intelligence

Should AI be Given Human Rights? This Oxford Professor Says “Yes”

Are humans the only beings that should have rights?

A Law Passed in 1971 Could Bar Self-Driving Cars From New York State
Self-Driving Vehicles

A Law Passed in 1971 Could Bar Self-Driving Cars From New York State

Drivers have to keep at least one hand on the steering wheel while driving. At all times.

New Horizons Sends Its Most Detailed Image Of Pluto’s Terrain
New Horizons

New Horizons Sends Its Most Detailed Image Of Pluto’s Terrain

See the most detailed image of the icy world at the farthest reaches of our solar system.

0 to 400 mph in Only 2 Seconds: Super-High Speed Hyperloop is Heading to Russia
Hyperloop

0 to 400 mph in Only 2 Seconds: Super-High Speed Hyperloop is Heading to Russia

Who knew the concept was *that* popular?

Artificial Intelligence: What We Have to Look Forward to and What We Have to Fear
Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence: What We Have to Look Forward to and What We Have to Fear

The creation of AI might be the biggest event in human history...it might also be the last.

Samsung’s New 512GB SSD is Smaller Than Stamp and Lighter Than a Dime
Robots and Machines

Samsung’s New 512GB SSD is Smaller Than Stamp and Lighter Than a Dime

Samsung has a remarkably tiny new SSD, and it can transfer a full movie in less than three seconds.

Priority Target for the James Webb Space Telescope? The Hypothetical Planet 9
James Webb Space Telescope

Priority Target for the James Webb Space Telescope? The Hypothetical Planet 9

One of the most anticipated pieces of space hardware will be looking for one of the solar system's biggest mysteries.

New Evidence That Black Holes May Actually Be 2D Holograms
Science & Energy

New Evidence That Black Holes May Actually Be 2D Holograms

Black holes may not be “holes” at all, but strange 2-dimensional surfaces.