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It took a series of ingenious experiments in the 20th century to uncover some of our biggest cognitive biases.
China has reached a new record for nuclear fusion at 120 million degrees Celsius.
An accident left this musician with one arm. Now he is helping create future tech for others with disabilities.
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Scientists created the mineral lonsdaleite in a lab and tested its strength using sound waves — before it was obliterated.
The first nation to make bitcoin legal tender will use geothermal energy to mine it.
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The fully functional plant will serve to demo TerraPower’s nuclear tech.
It marks a breakthrough in using gene editing to treat diseases.
Augmented reality (AR) contact lenses will project the digital world into our retinas, perhaps helping us navigate the metaverse.
By digging deep, we could harness enough energy to power generations to come. But it involves fracking.
The pilot project is in 10 stores and is 85% accurate.
Antisense oligonucleotide therapy uses small molecules to alter RNA. Researchers have now used those molecules to alleviate a genetic form of blindness.
What we can learn from our complicated relationship with boredom.
One day, this powerful tool could be in millions of smartphones.
Engineered immune cells have prevented Type 1 diabetes in mice.
This discovery could lead to better treatments for PTSD, borderline personality disorder, and epilepsy.
As droughts threaten water supplies across the planet, some municipalities aim to utilize an untapped resource: sewage water.
This everyday electrical phenomenon had no widely accepted scientific explanation — perhaps, until now.
William Shatner is going to space because Jeff Bezos loves Star Trek.
A socially minded franchise model makes money while improving society.
A new agricultural revolution could forever change the planet.
A new model of the Antikythera mechanism reveals a “creation of genius.”
Solving the supply chain crisis before the global economy tanks is going to require many creative approaches. Flexport’s Ryan Petersen has one that just might work.
Argentina’s black market for cash is embracing crypto — but it’s not what crypto proponents expected.
Fear that new technologies are addictive isn’t a modern phenomenon.
Gain-of-function mutation research may help predict the next pandemic — or, critics argue, cause one.
The AI remembers that you are 32 years old and like to eat sushi, except on Thursdays.
Alzheimer’s has proved difficult to treat. But solving the mystery of this ultra-rare frontotemporal dementia may unlock new understanding.
Mind Bank Ai is the newest entrant in an ambitious idea: using AI to create a kind of immortality.