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Stanford Scientists Are Making Wireless Electricity Transmission a Reality
Science & Energy

Stanford Scientists Are Making Wireless Electricity Transmission a Reality

"The hope is that you’ll be able to charge your electric car while you’re driving down the highway."

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Science & Energy

Deniers Are Not Skeptics, Know The Difference

Sweden Passes Law to Be Completely Carbon Neutral by 2045
Climate Change

Sweden Passes Law to Be Completely Carbon Neutral by 2045

It's the first nation to upgrade its Paris Agreement ambitions.

Elon Musk Just Published His Plan to Colonize Mars
Mars

Elon Musk Just Published His Plan to Colonize Mars

Must want to make humanity a "multi-planetary species.”

Roald Dahl’s Daughter Died of Measles. He Wrote This About Vaccines in 1988. Sad That People Need to Post it in 2015
Health & Medicine

Roald Dahl’s Daughter Died of Measles. He Wrote This About Vaccines in 1988. Sad That People Need to Post it in 2015

GE CEO Says Automation Within the Next 5 Years is Not Realistic
Future Society

GE CEO Says Automation Within the Next 5 Years is Not Realistic

"It's not the way the world is going to work."

Scientists Discover Egyptian Secret to Making the Pyramids
From Quarks to Quasars

Scientists Discover Egyptian Secret to Making the Pyramids

And no, it doesn't involve ancient aliens.

Head Transplant Doctor Reports Successful Repair of Spinal Cord in Rats
Health & Medicine

Head Transplant Doctor Reports Successful Repair of Spinal Cord in Rats

Other experts say that the secret spinal cord "glue" is "too good to be true."

A Facebook AI Unexpectedly Created Its Own Unique Language
Artificial Intelligence

A Facebook AI Unexpectedly Created Its Own Unique Language

Two chatbots decided human language wasn't ideal for negotiating.

Magic Leap’s Disruption of the VR and Computing Industry is “Not That Far Away”
Virtual Reality

Magic Leap’s Disruption of the VR and Computing Industry is “Not That Far Away”

This new class of tech will introduce us to "spatial computing."

Elon Musk: Launching a Satellite with SpaceX is $300 Million Cheaper
SpaceX

Elon Musk: Launching a Satellite with SpaceX is $300 Million Cheaper

You could launch 4 satellites with SpaceX for the cost of 1 with the competition.

How Electric Currents May Fry Massive Planets
From Quarks to Quasars

How Electric Currents May Fry Massive Planets

Renewable Energy in the U.S. Broke Energy Records for the First Time
Renewable Energy

Renewable Energy in the U.S. Broke Energy Records for the First Time

And the trend is expected to continue.

Toshiba Has Unveiled a Swimming Robot to Assist in the Fukushima Cleanup
Robotics

Toshiba Has Unveiled a Swimming Robot to Assist in the Fukushima Cleanup

These cleanup robots can endure what would quickly kill a human.

Why Do Rivers Curve The Same?
Science & Energy

Why Do Rivers Curve The Same?

How Predictable Are You?
Prosthetics and Devices

How Predictable Are You?

Why Are We Made of ‘Starstuff’
From Quarks to Quasars

Why Are We Made of ‘Starstuff’

Elon Musk Puts a Cap on Ticket Price to Mars Colony. Here’s How Much It Could Cost.
Mars

Elon Musk Puts a Cap on Ticket Price to Mars Colony. Here’s How Much It Could Cost.

"You cannot create a self-sustaining civilization if the ticket price is $10 billion per person."

Astronomers Discover That Our Sun Likely Had an “Evil” Twin That Killed the Dinosaurs
Science & Energy

Astronomers Discover That Our Sun Likely Had an “Evil” Twin That Killed the Dinosaurs

Like a long dormant curse, the doppelganger returns every 27 million years.

Technological Unemployment Is Here. Unconditional Basic Income is the Answer.
Universal Basic Income

Technological Unemployment Is Here. Unconditional Basic Income is the Answer.

UBI could prompt a new society anchored on higher achievement and purpose — not just paychecks.