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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.

The Ability to Use Food Stamps Online Could Lead to a Healthier Future
Food

The Ability to Use Food Stamps Online Could Lead to a Healthier Future

Using your food stamps at McDonalds? Fine. Using them online to buy organic peanut butter? Nope.

Curiosity Could Soon be Sampling Martian Water
Off-World

Curiosity Could Soon be Sampling Martian Water

The rover must be pretty thirsty after all this time.

This Autonomous Patrol Drone System Can Even Change its own Batteries
Drones

This Autonomous Patrol Drone System Can Even Change its own Batteries

This UAV can even carry a load of 1-kilogram for 30 minutes.

Art + Technology: A New Way To Educate
Future Society

Art + Technology: A New Way To Educate

Technology can take art (and education itself) to a whole new level.

The (Rather Weird) Era of Virtual Reality Porn is Upon Us
Off-World

The (Rather Weird) Era of Virtual Reality Porn is Upon Us

Naughty America has released a series of virtual reality demos...of porn.

IBM Will Have A 200-Petaflop Supercomputer Ready by 2018
Computers

IBM Will Have A 200-Petaflop Supercomputer Ready by 2018

This computer will be nearly twice as fast as the current record holder.

NASA Finds Neptune-Sized Planet Very Close to Home
NASA

NASA Finds Neptune-Sized Planet Very Close to Home

The "baby" planet is prompting astronomers to rethink previous assumptions.

Fighting Cancer With Genetic Modification: CRISPR Approved For First Human Trial
Cancer

Fighting Cancer With Genetic Modification: CRISPR Approved For First Human Trial

A Glimpse of Our Future in Space
Off-World

A Glimpse of Our Future in Space

The final frontier has never been closer.

Experts Assert That This is the End of The Age of Fossil Fuels
Fossil Fuels

Experts Assert That This is the End of The Age of Fossil Fuels

Scientists Have Invented a Mind-Reading Machine That Visualises Your Thoughts
Science & Energy

Scientists Have Invented a Mind-Reading Machine That Visualises Your Thoughts

"We can take someone’s memory... and pull it out from their brain."

Meet SpotMini, The Robot Best Friend You Never Knew You Wanted
Artificial Intelligence

Meet SpotMini, The Robot Best Friend You Never Knew You Wanted

Basically, it's a dog that has to be charged every now and then.

Rosetta Mission Update: Philae Has Woken Up!
From Quarks to Quasars

Rosetta Mission Update: Philae Has Woken Up!

New Research Provides Evidence That Pluto Has Liquid Oceans
Off-World

New Research Provides Evidence That Pluto Has Liquid Oceans

Pluto, the icy world at the edge of our solar system, may have a subsurface ocean.

First Science-Backed Anti-Aging Drug to Be Tested in Humans Next Month
Prosthetics and Devices

First Science-Backed Anti-Aging Drug to Be Tested in Humans Next Month

Human trials have been approved for a drug that has anti-ageing effects.

Humanity’s Future in Space Depends on Asteroid Mining
Off-World

Humanity’s Future in Space Depends on Asteroid Mining

Asteroid mining will likely be a reality by 2025. Here’s why that’s amazing.

Robots in Europe May Become “Electronic Persons”
Artificial Intelligence

Robots in Europe May Become “Electronic Persons”

If this becomes reality, employers will need to pay social security and taxes on their employees who are 'electronic persons'

Physicists Create Algorithm That Maybe Be Able To Predict Terror Attacks
Artificial Intelligence

Physicists Create Algorithm That Maybe Be Able To Predict Terror Attacks

Fighting Through the Fear-Mongering: What Is Genetic Engineering?
Science & Energy

Fighting Through the Fear-Mongering: What Is Genetic Engineering?