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Experts say two emerging meat alternatives will challenge the conventional meat industry.
That’s five more unicorns than the previous three years combined.
With the interest of these tech giants, it looks like cryptocurrencies are here to stay.
Elon Musk took issue with recent ideas for space exploration from Jeff Bezos.
The new system could soon greatly improve foreign-language interactions.
Don’t start investing in flux capacitors just yet, though.
Don’t denigrate immigrants, says Jared Diamond. You are one.
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Not all moms would travel into the African bush or drain their life savings just to help their kids realize their dreams.
An investigation finds the cause of failed NASA launches and $700 million in losses.
A new study highlights a fascinating application of AI, though other uses are more troubling.
Two new studies might have identified whether or not patients will respond to chemotherapy.
Even if the company call pull it off, are Americans ready to trust fully autonomous cars?
The neuralnanorobotics are coming.
New research at Carnegie Mellon University suggests a game of musical chairs.
Lasers could cut lifespan of nuclear waste from “a million years to 30 minutes,” says Nobel laureate
Physicist plans to karate-chop them with super-fast blasts of light.
What gives us color now may give rise to our cyborg future.
While there’s plenty to be worried about, it’s important to remember that we’re making progress, too.
The Bill Gates-backed venture promises to remove CO2 from the atmosphere at a rate of under $100 per tonne.
“I was so moved when I saw the cells stir,” said 90-year-old study co-author Akira Iritani. “I’d been hoping for this for 20 years.”
Humans blame cats for killing birds, but our buildings are far worse.
A consortium of scientists and engineers have proposed that the U.S. and Mexico build a series of guarded solar, wind, natural gas and desalination facilities along the entirety of the border.
After docking at the International Space Station, the unmanned capsule executed a fiery and carefully choreographed return to Earth.
The future of health care is high tech. That’s good news — mostly.
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It’s hard to see big changes coming, but if you know your own blindspots, you can do it.
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The cost-effective method could revolutionize how we remove carbon from the atmosphere, particularly in regard to climate change.
The technology is poised to change how many companies operate.
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Here’s how “human work” will supplant the traditional idea of jobs.
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Two space agencies plan missions to deflect an asteroid.