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Searching for Life: NASA Evidence Shows Europa is Far More Earth-Like Than Thought
Exobiology

Searching for Life: NASA Evidence Shows Europa is Far More Earth-Like Than Thought

Europa's oceans may be much more similar to Earth’s than previously believed.

US Doctors Complete the Country’s First Penis Transplant
Prosthetics and Devices

US Doctors Complete the Country’s First Penis Transplant

This is the latest in the new era of transplants, ones that are focused on improve (and not saving) lives.

Newest Discovery Moves Us One Step Closer To Making Synthetic Organisms With Reverse Biochemistry
Chemistry

Newest Discovery Moves Us One Step Closer To Making Synthetic Organisms With Reverse Biochemistry

This could one day allow us to create synthetic life forms founded upon a reverse biochemistry.

FDA Approves Drug That Uses the Body’s Immune System to Combat Bladder Cancer
Science & Energy

FDA Approves Drug That Uses the Body’s Immune System to Combat Bladder Cancer

The new medicine uses the body's own immune system to attack tumors.

New Insulin Pill Can Significantly Lower Blood Glucose for Type 2 Diabetes Patients
Science & Energy

New Insulin Pill Can Significantly Lower Blood Glucose for Type 2 Diabetes Patients

Insulin injections might soon be a thing of the past.

Google’s New Allo App is Their AI Answer to Facebook Messenger
Google

Google’s New Allo App is Their AI Answer to Facebook Messenger

Google's new app uses some of the most powerful AI in their arsenal.

What’s the Biggest Star in the Universe?  Depends on Your Definition of “Big”
Off-World

What’s the Biggest Star in the Universe? Depends on Your Definition of “Big”

If they were at the center of our solar system, these stars would swallow all the planets out to Jupiter.

Google’s New Patent? Sticky Cars That Don’t Let Go of People They Run Over (No, Seriously)
Google

Google’s New Patent? Sticky Cars That Don’t Let Go of People They Run Over (No, Seriously)

Google's combining autonomous driving tech with new adhesive tech to make getting run over safer..

A Blue Moon and a Red Mars Will Pair up This Week – Here’s How to Watch
Mars

A Blue Moon and a Red Mars Will Pair up This Week – Here’s How to Watch

You won't want to miss this one.

Amputee Gamer Gets A Bionic Arm With an Interactive Screen, Charger, and Drone
Drones

Amputee Gamer Gets A Bionic Arm With an Interactive Screen, Charger, and Drone

And the technology was inspired by Big Boss Metal Gear Solid.

Scientists: We Most Likely Won’t Ever Be Able to Communicate With Extraterrestrials
Exobiology

Scientists: We Most Likely Won’t Ever Be Able to Communicate With Extraterrestrials

A new paper outlines the ways in which an alien society may understand astronomy, and not understand us.

Sound-Based Tech Lets Us Sorts Cells Without Altering Them
Science & Energy

Sound-Based Tech Lets Us Sorts Cells Without Altering Them

A new microfluidic method uses vibrations to classify cells and promises better blood count tests.

IBM Achieves Breakthrough In Storage Memory, 50 Times Faster Than Flash
Robots and Machines

IBM Achieves Breakthrough In Storage Memory, 50 Times Faster Than Flash

And it can endure10 million write cycles, compared to a flash drive’s 3,000 cycle limit.

New Milestone—Gear VR Logged One Million Users in April
Virtual Reality

New Milestone—Gear VR Logged One Million Users in April

Virtual reality just became reality in a big way.

New Cardiac Monitor Communicates with a Doctor in Real-Time Via Bluetooth
Prosthetics and Devices

New Cardiac Monitor Communicates with a Doctor in Real-Time Via Bluetooth

This unobtrusive cardiac monitor connects to your smartphone.

Navy to Shell Out $11 Million on D-Wave Quantum Computer
Computing

Navy to Shell Out $11 Million on D-Wave Quantum Computer

The Navy riding the waves of D-Wave quantum computing technology.

Nobel-Winning Physics Experiment Recreated by AI…In One Hour
Artificial Intelligence

Nobel-Winning Physics Experiment Recreated by AI…In One Hour

A team from Australia has developed AI that can automate a Nobel-winning experiment in Bose-Einstein condensates.

Here’s Why Finland Is Able to Implement A Basic Income Experiment
Universal Basic Income

Here’s Why Finland Is Able to Implement A Basic Income Experiment

Finally, it's time for evidence-based experimentation.

Awarding Virtual Badges Encourages Scientists to Share Data Behind Research
Science & Energy

Awarding Virtual Badges Encourages Scientists to Share Data Behind Research

Badges aren't just for Boy Scouts anymore.

Scientists Just Engineered Transparent Wood
Future Materials

Scientists Just Engineered Transparent Wood

I can see clearly now the "grain" is gone.