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Scientists Just Made an Entirely New Chemical Bond
Science & Energy

Scientists Just Made an Entirely New Chemical Bond

All it needed was a little bit of Martian pressure and heat.

Energy-Harvesting Fabric Could Make Dead Batteries a Thing of the Past
Energy

Energy-Harvesting Fabric Could Make Dead Batteries a Thing of the Past

Work your clothes while they work for you.

Scientists Target 2026 As The Year of The First Synthetic Genome
Biology

Scientists Target 2026 As The Year of The First Synthetic Genome

Experts: A fully engineered human genome is realistic in 10 years.

A New Kind of AI: Google’s Deep Learning Neural Nets Have Learned Encryption
Google

A New Kind of AI: Google’s Deep Learning Neural Nets Have Learned Encryption

Now computers can keep secrets even better than some people.

Renewable Have Taken Over As the Dominant Source of New Electricity Generation
Climate Change

Renewable Have Taken Over As the Dominant Source of New Electricity Generation

The push toward 100% clean energy just got a hearty boost.

This Device Could Turn Your Entire Room Into A Wireless Charging Station
Future Society

This Device Could Turn Your Entire Room Into A Wireless Charging Station

It could give wall chargers a whole new meaning.

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Energy

Energy Expert: Coal Will Never Recover

It's a dim future for coal power plants.

New Tech Allows Deaf People To Sense Sounds
Prosthetics and Devices

New Tech Allows Deaf People To Sense Sounds

Soon you'll be able to listen with your skin.

There May Be A Loophole in the Second Law of Thermodynamics
Physics

There May Be A Loophole in the Second Law of Thermodynamics

So long, entropy?

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From Quarks to Quasars

The Accelerated Expansion of the Universe is Not As Sound As We Think, Physicists Say

Let's slow down a bit.

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Science & Energy

Your Next Car Could Be Fueled by Hydrogen, Thanks to This New Storage Discovery

This novel material could make hydrogen tanks smaller.

Starting A New Revolution: Aging is a Result of Cellular Disease
Future Society

Starting A New Revolution: Aging is a Result of Cellular Disease

It's time to take biological aging head on.

Meet Wolverine, the Tech That Lets You Grab Objects in Virtual Reality
Virtual Reality

Meet Wolverine, the Tech That Lets You Grab Objects in Virtual Reality

This bunch of sliding sticks could improve virtual experiences.

Google Has Acquired Eyefluence, a Major Eye-Tracking Tech Startup
Google

Google Has Acquired Eyefluence, a Major Eye-Tracking Tech Startup

Select this article by staring really intensely at it.

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Climate Change

Climate Chaos? Study Predicts a Shift in the Polar Vortex and a Colder Winter

Cold air from the Arctic could be making its way to the U.S.

New Futuristic Prototype Replaces Stairs and Elevators for ‘Vertical Walking’
Robots and Machines

New Futuristic Prototype Replaces Stairs and Elevators for ‘Vertical Walking’

Welcome to the world of vertical walking

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Neuroscience and Brain

New Tech Gives Realistic Sense of Touch to Amputees

Combining mind controlled prosthetics with artificial senses.

Breakthrough Listening: Scientists are Set to Observe Tabby’s Star for Signs of Life
Off-World

Breakthrough Listening: Scientists are Set to Observe Tabby’s Star for Signs of Life

Listening to signs of extraterrestrial life on the weirdest star we know.

New Particle Is Both Matter and Antimatter: The Majorana fermion
From Quarks to Quasars

New Particle Is Both Matter and Antimatter: The Majorana fermion

So Long, Animal Testing? Researchers 3D Print the First Heart-On-A-Chip
Science & Energy

So Long, Animal Testing? Researchers 3D Print the First Heart-On-A-Chip

The "heart-on-a-chip" can accurately mimic tissue structure and function.