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Marijuana Compound Removes Toxic Alzheimer’s Protein from the Brain
Science & Energy

Marijuana Compound Removes Toxic Alzheimer’s Protein from the Brain

The drug known to calm the nerves may actually be fixing them as well.

NASA Successfully Tests Most Powerful Rocket Booster Ever Made
NASA

NASA Successfully Tests Most Powerful Rocket Booster Ever Made

This beast generated 3.6 million pounds of thrust.

Astronomers Baffled by Wind Nebula Around Insanely Magnetic Star
Wind

Astronomers Baffled by Wind Nebula Around Insanely Magnetic Star

This is the first time a rare magnetar is found surrounded by a wind nebula.

Life in Space: Thinner Ice Shell May Mean Life on Enceladus?
Off-World

Life in Space: Thinner Ice Shell May Mean Life on Enceladus?

A new model suggesting a thinner shell of ice around the planet will allow for more accurate data gathering.

Gene Therapy for Fatal Childhood Illness Approved in Europe, And It Has A 100% Survival Rate
Science & Energy

Gene Therapy for Fatal Childhood Illness Approved in Europe, And It Has A 100% Survival Rate

The first gene therapy for children is coming to Europe.

Battle of the Machines: Robocup 2016 Starts Tomorrow!
Artificial Intelligence

Battle of the Machines: Robocup 2016 Starts Tomorrow!

Gear up for five days of robotic innovation.

Chemicals Found on Mars Point to Oxygen-Rich Past
Mars

Chemicals Found on Mars Point to Oxygen-Rich Past

Back in the day, Mars had more in common with Earth than previously thought.

Astronomers Discovered a Dark Moon Orbiting Dwarf Planet “Makemake”
Moon

Astronomers Discovered a Dark Moon Orbiting Dwarf Planet “Makemake”

The discovery could help us understand more about dwarf planets in our Solar System.

New Paper Claims EM Drive Works, Produces Light As Exhaust
Physics

New Paper Claims EM Drive Works, Produces Light As Exhaust

EM Drive is heralded as "the fuel free travel of the future." The only problem? It seems to break physics as we know it.

New Form Of Atomic Nuclei Just Confirmed, And it Suggests Time Travel is Impossible
Physics

New Form Of Atomic Nuclei Just Confirmed, And it Suggests Time Travel is Impossible

A new discovery in physics indicates that we can never go back in time.

Check Out Microsoft’s Vision of A Future Without Mice and Keyboards
Virtual Reality

Check Out Microsoft’s Vision of A Future Without Mice and Keyboards

In the future, we may be interacting with our technology in a very different way.

MIT Engineers Develop Tough New Hydrogel Inspired by Human Skin
Robots and Machines

MIT Engineers Develop Tough New Hydrogel Inspired by Human Skin

The new material can be used to create synthetic skin and deliver drugs.

Meet The Axolotl: The Mexican Walking Fish
From Quarks to Quasars

Meet The Axolotl: The Mexican Walking Fish

Rolls-Royce To Launch Robot Cargo Ships By “End of the Decade”
Artificial Intelligence

Rolls-Royce To Launch Robot Cargo Ships By “End of the Decade”

The maker of luxury cars is making ships that won't need luxury or personal trappings.

This 100 Kilometer-Long Floating Barrier May Soon Be Collecting Our Ocean Trash
Pollution

This 100 Kilometer-Long Floating Barrier May Soon Be Collecting Our Ocean Trash

The garbage collector won't interfere with wildlife and can survive extreme weather.

Cambridge Scientists Want to Make Sustainable, Self-Healing Cities Using Bone
Robots and Machines

Cambridge Scientists Want to Make Sustainable, Self-Healing Cities Using Bone

The backbone of 'the city of the future' might literally be bone.

Zero Emissions: Sweden Just Opened The World’s First “Electric Highway”
Science & Energy

Zero Emissions: Sweden Just Opened The World’s First “Electric Highway”

A step towards fossil-free transport - when vehicles are connected, they have zero emissions.

Toyota is Spending $1 Billion to Make Helper-Robots For the Elderly
Artificial Intelligence

Toyota is Spending $1 Billion to Make Helper-Robots For the Elderly

The elderly are about to get their own fleet of robots.

Pluto’s Tiny Moon Has a “Super Canyon” That’s Five Times Deeper Than The Grand Canyon
Moon

Pluto’s Tiny Moon Has a “Super Canyon” That’s Five Times Deeper Than The Grand Canyon

Scientists just learned that this little world has a canyon five times the depth of the Grand Canyon.

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope Gets to Stay Up For Five More Years
NASA

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope Gets to Stay Up For Five More Years

Hubble won't be resting anytime soon, thanks to this contract extension.