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Devices

Vacuum Tube-Era Tech is Ushering in a New Generation of Superfast Devices

We may not need semiconductors in the future.

Renewable Energy

Scientists Gene Edit Plants to be Better at Carbon Capture

This one gene could help save the environment.

Bitcoin

225 US Mayors Agree to Stop Paying Ransomware Hackers

There have been 22 government-crippling cyberattacks in 2019 alone.

Viruses

This Pharma Company Is Set to Begin HIV Vaccine Trials

Can Big Pharma solve the HIV crisis?

Elon Musk

Elon Musk’s Brain-Computer Startup Neuralink Breaks Silence

It's finally ready to let the world know what it's been doing for two years.

Genetics

Scientists Created Dairy-Free Ice Cream From GM Yeast

Is this the Beyond Burger of ice cream?

Bitcoin

Trump: Cryptocurrencies Are “Not Money,” “Based on Thin Air”

"I am not a fan of Bitcoin and other Cryptocurrencies," he tweeted.

Robots and Machines

This “Artificial Muscle” is 60 Times Stronger Than a Human One

These special nanocomposite fibres can lift 1,000 times their own weight.

Tesla

Former Employee Admits to Copying Tesla’s Autopilot Code

But he denies giving it to the company’s Chinese "clone."

Artificial Intelligence

Facebook’s “Superhuman” Poker AI Out-Bluffs World’s Top Players

“It’s safe to say we’re at a superhuman level and that’s not going to change.”

Biology

That Story About the Ancient Frozen Worms Might Be Bologna

A closer look at that "ancient worm" story raises new questions.

Elon Musk

This $500 Lidar System Could Prove Elon Musk Wrong

"Anyone relying on lidar is doomed," Musk said. "Doomed!"

Future Society

Protesters Interrupt Amazon Event to Decry Its Work With ICE

"Amazon Rekognition is primed for abuse in the hands of governments."

Physics

Two Supermassive Black Holes Are on a Devastating Crash Course

"It's a major embarrassment for astronomy that we don't know if supermassive black holes merge."

Exoplanets

NASA Just Released an Incredible Map of All Known Exoplanets

We've discovered over 4,000 exoplanets since the early 1990s.

Advanced Transport

Startup Thinks Its Modular Car Design Is the Future of EVs

They packed everything normally found under an EV's hood into its wheels.

From Quarks to Quasars

What You Need to Know about Sarin, One of the World’s Deadliest Nerve Agents

3D Printing

A Physicist and His Son Are 3D-Printing a Full-Scale Lamborghini

You wouldn't download a car. Or would you?

Advanced Transport

Russian Sub That Caught Fire Possibly Sent to Cut Internet Cables

And it may have been nuclear-powered, too.

Health & Medicine

The Era of Sex for Reproduction Is Coming to an End, Says Author

"In 20 to 40 years, most people all over the world with good health coverage will choose to conceive in a lab."