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Genetic Engineering Creates Piglets That Are Immune to Deadly Disease
Prosthetics and Devices

Genetic Engineering Creates Piglets That Are Immune to Deadly Disease

Scientists have genetically engineered pigs to be resistant to a devastating disease.

Virtual Reality Can Use Sound to Better Control Pain
Virtual Reality

Virtual Reality Can Use Sound to Better Control Pain

So, you can distract yourself from feeling pain.

TW Hydrae: The Planet That Shouldn’t Exist
From Quarks to Quasars

TW Hydrae: The Planet That Shouldn’t Exist

SETI is Expanding its Search for Sentient Alien Life
Exobiology

SETI is Expanding its Search for Sentient Alien Life

Red Dwarfs, stars previously thought incapable of harboring life, may actually be the home of ET.

Artificial Intelligence Can Now Teach You to Play the Guitar
Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence Can Now Teach You to Play the Guitar

If you've ever wanted to speed pick, check out this artificial intelligence.

Reverse Photosynthesis—New Biotech Breakthrough Converts Plants into Biofuel
Future Materials

Reverse Photosynthesis—New Biotech Breakthrough Converts Plants into Biofuel

With this discovery, we can produce biofuels (which usually take 24 hours to make) in as little as 10 minutes.

China Wants to Build a $50 Trillion Global Wind & Solar Power Grid by 2050
Solar Power

China Wants to Build a $50 Trillion Global Wind & Solar Power Grid by 2050

Energy from wind and sunlight - for the entire world.

This 3D Printing Pen Can “Draw” Human Cartilage Directly Into Patients
3D Printing

This 3D Printing Pen Can “Draw” Human Cartilage Directly Into Patients

This 3D printing pen doesn't use ink, but stem cells to make cartilage.

So We Found Gravitational Waves—What Now?
Science & Energy

So We Found Gravitational Waves—What Now?

We found gravitational waves. But where does physics go from here?

Meet the Pill That Lights up Cancerous Tumors
Science & Energy

Meet the Pill That Lights up Cancerous Tumors

We can actually watch and see if chemotherapy is working against cancer cells.

First 3D-Printed Drug Just Unveiled—Welcome to the Future of Medicine
3D Printing

First 3D-Printed Drug Just Unveiled—Welcome to the Future of Medicine

Meet the first consumer available, 3D printed, FDA approved drug.

Introducing the ‘Smart’ Bottle That Keeps Wine Fresh and Even Has Wi-Fi
Future Society

Introducing the ‘Smart’ Bottle That Keeps Wine Fresh and Even Has Wi-Fi

Impress your dinner guests with the 'smart wine' that has a built-in touchscreen.

We Can Now Grow Skin Complete with Hair Follicles, Glands, and Nerves
Science & Energy

We Can Now Grow Skin Complete with Hair Follicles, Glands, and Nerves

We can now make artificial skin that can grow hair.

Dell Is Preparing for When Virtual Reality Engulfs Your Life
Virtual Reality

Dell Is Preparing for When Virtual Reality Engulfs Your Life

To become a $30 billion industry, VR has to go beyond gaming.

Samsung’s Folding Smartphone Is Actually Being Developed
Robots and Machines

Samsung’s Folding Smartphone Is Actually Being Developed

And it may be released as early as next year.

This Cloaking Device Could Hide Us From Alien Life
Off-World

This Cloaking Device Could Hide Us From Alien Life

Now, humanity has a choice: Hide from aliens or boldly proclaim our existence.

New Processor Chips Promise Faster Neural Network Learning
Artificial Intelligence

New Processor Chips Promise Faster Neural Network Learning

These chips could fetch data as fast as it is being processed, thus speeding up processing and learning times.

Tesla’s Model 3 Racks Up Over Two Hundred Thousand Pre-Orders in 36 Hours
Tesla

Tesla’s Model 3 Racks Up Over Two Hundred Thousand Pre-Orders in 36 Hours

$10 billion in sales in just days. Welcome to the era of the electric vehicle.

The Grand Challenge: Managing Bandwidth Through Machine Learning
Future Society

The Grand Challenge: Managing Bandwidth Through Machine Learning

DARPA's Grand Challenge looks to clean up the airwaves.

The World’s Smallest TV Antenna Gets Killer Reception
Science & Energy

The World’s Smallest TV Antenna Gets Killer Reception

This tiny antenna snags some strong signals.