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First Human Head Transplant May Take Place in 2 Years
From Quarks to Quasars

First Human Head Transplant May Take Place in 2 Years

Google is Making an Artificial Intelligence Capable of Human-Level Speech
Google

Google is Making an Artificial Intelligence Capable of Human-Level Speech

Soon, we may be talking about life, the universe, and everything with...a chatbot?

These Fully Autonomous Self-Driving Taxis Are Set to Hit The Road in Just 2 Years
Self-Driving Vehicles

These Fully Autonomous Self-Driving Taxis Are Set to Hit The Road in Just 2 Years

The driverless taxi is (almost) here.

A New Uber Competitor Just Raised $16 million in Funding For Complete Autonomous Taxis
Self-Driving Vehicles

A New Uber Competitor Just Raised $16 million in Funding For Complete Autonomous Taxis

The company is using to fund to beat its coming deadline in two years.

New Electronic Material Can Heal Itself, Works Even After It’s Cut In Half
Robots and Machines

New Electronic Material Can Heal Itself, Works Even After It’s Cut In Half

Just like a living thing, this material can heal itself after injury.

Even the South Pole Wasn’t Safe From the Asteroid that Killed the Dinosaurs, Study Finds
Science & Energy

Even the South Pole Wasn’t Safe From the Asteroid that Killed the Dinosaurs, Study Finds

A new study finds that even the Poles weren't safe when the huge asteroid hit Earth.

Skyn: The New Wearable That Could Saves Lives By Monitoring Blood Alcohol Level
Future Society

Skyn: The New Wearable That Could Saves Lives By Monitoring Blood Alcohol Level

Keep a continuous track of your blood alcohol content with this new wearable biosensor.

EU Announces That All Scientific Articles Should Be Freely Accessible by 2020
Future Society

EU Announces That All Scientific Articles Should Be Freely Accessible by 2020

Free knowledge for all. This is utterly revolutionary.

1 in 4 Americans think the Sun Orbits the Earth? The Real Problem with Education in America
From Quarks to Quasars

1 in 4 Americans think the Sun Orbits the Earth? The Real Problem with Education in America

Airbus Makes World’s First Functional 3D Printed Motorcycle (and it’s €50,000)
3D Printing

Airbus Makes World’s First Functional 3D Printed Motorcycle (and it’s €50,000)

This 3D printed motorcycle is smaller, lighter, leaner, and *very* expensive.

Watch Out, Doc. An AI is Going to Start Interpreting X-Rays
Artificial Intelligence

Watch Out, Doc. An AI is Going to Start Interpreting X-Rays

Tomorrow, your X-rays may be going to...an AI?

Australia to Field Test “Rancher Robot” that Monitors Animal Health and Well-Being
Artificial Intelligence

Australia to Field Test “Rancher Robot” that Monitors Animal Health and Well-Being

Australian ranchers are going to be farming...robots?

Real Life Yale Experiment Reveals Schrödinger’s Cat Can Be in 2 Boxes at Once
Physics

Real Life Yale Experiment Reveals Schrödinger’s Cat Can Be in 2 Boxes at Once

Turns out, the cat is alive and dead and in two places at once. And it could revolutionize quantum computing.

Experts Asserts That, Soon, The Price of Solar Power Will Rival That of Coal
Solar Power

Experts Asserts That, Soon, The Price of Solar Power Will Rival That of Coal

It seems that solar power is becoming truly viable.

Apple Supplier Just Cut 60,000 Jobs. Replaces Factory Workers With Robots
Robotics

Apple Supplier Just Cut 60,000 Jobs. Replaces Factory Workers With Robots

Because of robots, a factory with 110,000 employees just cut their number of workers to 50,000.

Physicists Think They Might Have Just Detected a Fifth Force of Nature
Physics

Physicists Think They Might Have Just Detected a Fifth Force of Nature

New evidence suggested that there could be a fifth fundamental force.

Photons as Passwords: New Security System Can Match Quantum Computers
Cryptocurrency

Photons as Passwords: New Security System Can Match Quantum Computers

The future of encryption rest in harnessing the seemingly unconquerable world of quantum mechanics.

Physicists Made a ‘Black Hole’ in a Lab That May Finally Prove Hawking Radiation Exists
Science & Energy

Physicists Made a ‘Black Hole’ in a Lab That May Finally Prove Hawking Radiation Exists

Stephen Hawking could finally get his Nobel prize.

Virtual Reality Could Be Used to “Transport” Jurors to a Crime Scene
Virtual Reality

Virtual Reality Could Be Used to “Transport” Jurors to a Crime Scene

New technology in the courtroom? Virtual Reality could be the key to giving jurors better insight into cases.

Thanks to Time Dilation, Earth’s Core is 2.5 Years Younger Than its Surface
Science & Energy

Thanks to Time Dilation, Earth’s Core is 2.5 Years Younger Than its Surface

Time slows near massive objects, and that has a rather strange impact on our planet.