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Future Society

Seven Ways Cannabis Legalization Will Make the Future Better

Everything from the environment to the economy benefits from legal weed.

Black Holes

Scientists Just Released the First-Ever Image of a Black Hole

No one has ever directly observed an event horizon before.

Machine Learning

A Prominent Publisher Used Machine Learning to Write a Textbook

Is this going to be on the test?

Off-World

Explosive Research: Some Asteroids May Have Had Volcanoes

As metallic asteroids crystalized, molten iron at their cores may have exploded out.

Science & Energy

Here’s How Streaming Music Is Killing the Planet

People may be paying less for music, but the environment is paying more.

Future Society

MIT Prof: It’s More Likely We’re Living in a Simulation Than Not

"I would say it’s somewhere between 50 and 100 percent."

Mars

Scientists Are Trying to Figure Out How to Grow Grapes on Mars

Mars needs wine moms.

Cancer

New Therapy Transforms Tumors Into “Cancer Vaccine Factories”

Some treated patients experienced full remission for months or even years.

Future Society

Chinese Authorities Want to Ban Crypto Mining

The ban could cause a spike in crypto's value.

Future Society

Chicago is Making Teens Wear Ankle Monitors That Record Audio

Children awaiting trial could be called or recorded at any time.

Devices

New Quantum Device Can “Generate All Possible Futures”

They say it could create the next generation of AI.

DNA

Researchers Use CRISPR “Shredder” on Human DNA for First Time

It could help researchers discover DNA segments essential to diseases.

Future Society

Facebook Will Stop Suggesting You Invite Dead People to Events

Facebook is gradually becoming a digital graveyard.

Drones

This Drone Takes off by Leaping With Bird-Inspired Legs

This drone launches itself into the air.

Robots and Machines

Energizer’s Brick-Like New Phone Has a Battery That Lasts 50 Days

It's reportedly "the highest capacity battery ever seen in a smartphone."

Black Holes

Here’s Why Everyone’s so Excited About the Black Hole Image

A "planet-sized" telescope is about to release first-of-their-kind images.

Military

The Military is Developing Augmented Reality Night Vision Goggles

"No other piece of equipment has had this kind of impact since the introduction of night vision."

Facial recognition

New York’s Facial Recognition Trial Was a Complete Failure

The system didn’t correctly identify a single face.

Future Society

Schools in Eight States Now Have Varsity Video Game Teams

The nerds have become the jocks.

Google

Watch Google’s AI Make Trump Sing Eurythmics’ “Sweet Dreams”

Soon there'll be enough of these for a box set.