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It turns out light can not only be twisted, but at different speeds.
A glimpse into what a sustainable, inclusive future will look like.
Some of the world’s most prestigious universities aren’t in America.
Japanese researchers carry out quantum teleportation within a diamond.
Could 16 Psyche make every person on Earth a billionaire? The space mining race is heating up.
It marks another milestone in SpaceX’s long-standing effort to make spaceflight cheaper.
Three academic papers from Australia shows sizable bone spurs growing at the base of our skulls.
Facebook was careful to say that Libra is not maintained internally and is instead serviced by a non-profit collective of companies.
How do you know you are real? A classic paper by philosopher Nick Bostrom argues you are likely a simulation.
Not every part of a satellite burns up in reentry. Considering the growing number of satellites in orbital space, that’s a big problem.
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Technology may soon grant us immortality, in a sense. Here’s how.
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Here’s why generalists triumph over specialists in the new era of innovation.
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The Tesla Motors CEO has plans for a James Bond-like car that drives on and under water.
Experts say two emerging meat alternatives will challenge the conventional meat industry.
Jonathan Rauch explains why the internet is so hostile to the truth, and what we can do to change that.
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The report comes amid calls for antitrust investigations into big tech.
Creating more neural circuits through visual landmarking not only benefits your spatial orientation, it could keep Alzheimer’s disease at bay.
Is it time we outlaw circus animals altogether?
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.
This MIT robot solves it faster than any human ever could. It’s a world record.
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Nontraditional education options are on the rise.
It will take a crack team of scientists, programmers and philosophers to cure the online hate pandemic.
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Techno-fixes will not get us where we need to be to stop the effects of climate change.
The realism of video games takes storytelling to another level.
GenTech aren’t happy about how their data is being collected and used.
The Hermeus Corporation recently received seed funding to begin building a hypersonic jet that would travel twice the speed of the now-retired Concorde.
Some experts may worry that AI will depersonalize health care, but others see its potential to deepen relationships.
Synthetic biology is changing the way the planet works.
Elon Musk took issue with recent ideas for space exploration from Jeff Bezos.