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Robo-Dogs: Japanese Scientists Upgrade Their SAR Dogs
Artificial Intelligence

Robo-Dogs: Japanese Scientists Upgrade Their SAR Dogs

Get ready. Robo-dogs are coming to the rescue

By Jelor Gallego

This $10 Laser Uses Your Smartphone to Turn a Wheelchair into an Autonomous Vehicle
Self-Driving Vehicles

This $10 Laser Uses Your Smartphone to Turn a Wheelchair into an Autonomous Vehicle

Off-the-shelf parts and a $10 laser are the key to making autonomous vehicles.

By June Javelosa

Singapore is Getting the World’s First Fully Autonomous Taxi Service This Year
Self-Driving Vehicles

Singapore is Getting the World’s First Fully Autonomous Taxi Service This Year

The taxi driver of tomorrow may be...no one.

By June Javelosa

Scientists Uncover a Jupiter-Sized Planet in a Triple-Star System
Off-World

Scientists Uncover a Jupiter-Sized Planet in a Triple-Star System

Time to get out your sunglasses.

By Sarah Marquart

Watch: Blue Origin Lands Its Rocket For The Third Time
Blue Origin

Watch: Blue Origin Lands Its Rocket For The Third Time

We have entered the era of reusable rockets.

By Kathleen Riley

Samsung Patents Smart Contact Lenses With a Built-in Camera
Virtual Reality

Samsung Patents Smart Contact Lenses With a Built-in Camera

Meet the contact lenses that can project images straight into your eyes.

By Miguel Santos

Astronomers Find the Purest Oxygen Atmosphere Ever Discovered—On a White Dwarf
Off-World

Astronomers Find the Purest Oxygen Atmosphere Ever Discovered—On a White Dwarf

A white dwarf discovered by Brazilian astronomers has an atmosphere of almost pure oxygen.

By Jelor Gallego

Pulsar Finally Found in the Andromeda Galaxy
Off-World

Pulsar Finally Found in the Andromeda Galaxy

It was found by culling through old data from the XMM-Newton X-ray telescope.

By Todd Jaquith

LG Unveils the World’s Fastest Wireless Charger, and It’s as Fast as Wired Charging
Robots and Machines

LG Unveils the World’s Fastest Wireless Charger, and It’s as Fast as Wired Charging

LG's new tech can take your phone from 0 to 50 percent charge in just 30 minutes.

By Annabs Sanchez

Scientists Find a Mysterious New State of Matter in a 2-Dimensional Material
Physics

Scientists Find a Mysterious New State of Matter in a 2-Dimensional Material

And this state causes electrons - thought to be indivisible building blocks of nature - to break into pieces.

By Sarah Marquart

Now You Can Bike to the Future with the New “Electrified S”
Robots and Machines

Now You Can Bike to the Future with the New “Electrified S”

For $3,500 you can bike and connect to the Internet at the same time.

By Annabs Sanchez

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.

By Jelor Gallego

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.

By Miguel Santos

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

TW Hydrae: The Planet That Shouldn’t Exist

By Jaime Trosper

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.

By Jelor Gallego

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.

By Kathleen Riley

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.

By June Javelosa

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.

By Jelor Gallego

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.

By Kathleen Riley

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?

By June Javelosa