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Experts predict we won't reach universal internet access until 2050, leaving many people in low-income regions without this basic human right.
Universal Basic Income

The World Wide Web might not be truly worldwide for decades.

For the first time, astronomers observed the birth of a new, ultra-dense stellar corpse that could be either a black hole or a neutron star.
Black Holes

If so, it's the first birth of a black hole observed in human history.

A survey on AI development reveals that less than half of Americans are in support of the technology's advancement, worrying experts.
Artificial Intelligence

"The public’s support for the development of AI cannot be taken for granted."

In a public radio interview, former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid called on Congress to spend more time listening to reports of unidentified aircraft.
Space

“We have hundreds and hundreds of people that have seen the same thing.”

A steam-powered spacecraft prototype funded by NASA has the potential to explore planets, asteroids, and other space objects indefinitely.
Off-World

It could hop from asteroid to asteroid indefinitely.

IBM’s New AI System Can Compose Logical Arguments
Artificial Intelligence

Next thing we know, it'll be arguing in the comment section.

The suborbital version of Space's Starship rocket is almost ready for lift-off, based on a new photo tweeted by CEO Elon Musk.
Starship

See the rocket designed to take us to Mars.

China's moon lander just sent back more pictures, including a 360 degree panorama, and a video taken during its landing.
Moon

There's even a video of the landing.

By watching a black hole devour a star, researchers from MIT were able to determine that it's spinning faster than 50 percent the speed of light.
Black Holes

A black hole is finally giving up its secrets.

The Earth's magnetic field is behaving erratically, and researchers can't update an important model of it until the government shutdown ends.
Science & Energy

Magnetic north is moving away from Canada and towards Siberia.

Continental came up with a vision of the future of delivery that involves robot dogs climbing stairs and ringing doorbells.
Robot Dogs

When the dog becomes the mailman.

For the first time, a woman who received a uterus transplant through robot-assisted surgery is pregnant and due to give birth in a few months.
Health & Medicine

The robots made the donation process much less invasive.

Researchers from Princeton University and the Department of Energy say they've discovered a new way to stabilize super-heated plasma in fusion reactions.
Science & Energy

One easy trick to tame super-heated plasma.

Based on a CES demo video, BMW's self-driving motorcycle can now move far more deftly, making tight turns and effortlessly switching directions.
Self-Driving Vehicles

It's learned a few new tricks since September.

Kai-Fu Lee, a venture capitalist who used to develop AI for Google and Microsoft, predicts that AI will automate 40 percent of the world's jobs in 15 years.
Google

"I believe [AI] is going to change the world more than anything in the history of mankind."

Elon Musk Says An Upcoming Tesla Roadster Will Hover. Is He Joking?
Elon Musk

Where we're going, we don't need roads.

A drug sponge that fits into a patient's vein to help minimize the side effects of chemotherapy could have a short path to FDA approval.
Health & Medicine

It could make chemotherapy more tolerable for cancer patients.

A team of astronomers say they've discovered the brightest quasar ever observed in the early universe, which shines with the power of 600 trillion Suns.
Off-World

Don't stare into the quasar.

mosquito
Health & Medicine

The deadliest creature on Earth may have finally met its match.

In about 10 billion years, our sun will likely harden into a giant crystal orb — a fate that will be shared with many other white dwarf stars.
Science & Energy

The aging universe will fill with the jewel-like corpses of ancient stars.