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What The First All-Electric Racing Championship Will Be Like
Technology

What The First All-Electric Racing Championship Will Be Like

In Formula E, you get two drivers -- and two racecars.

Like Sassy Teenagers, Atoms Talk Back
Engineering

Like Sassy Teenagers, Atoms Talk Back

Researchers have captured sound from an artificial atom

Eye Robot: Dyson’s Robo-Vacuum Cleans Floors, Revolutionizes Computer Vision
Robots

Eye Robot: Dyson’s Robo-Vacuum Cleans Floors, Revolutionizes Computer Vision

The Week In Drones: Whale Snot, Tower Inspectors, And More
Technology

The Week In Drones: Whale Snot, Tower Inspectors, And More

Keeping up with the droneses

Top Dogs: Movies May Determine Which Pups Are Most Popular
Dogs

Top Dogs: Movies May Determine Which Pups Are Most Popular

A study of 29 movies suggests canine co-stars increase a breed's popularity. (Caveat: People may just be buying more dogs in general.)

Is A Simulated Brain Conscious?
AI

Is A Simulated Brain Conscious?

Scott Aaronson's answer has implications for C-3PO, the universe and the odds that you are a Boltzmann Brain.

Mapping the Apollo Landing Sites, Then and Now
Space

Mapping the Apollo Landing Sites, Then and Now

Using ‘Doom’ To Design A Room
Engineering

Using ‘Doom’ To Design A Room

The program for a classic demon-slaying game is helping construction companies design hospitals and office buildings.

Throwback Thursday: Musical Cakes, Windshield Wiper Fluid, And The End Of The World
Science

Throwback Thursday: Musical Cakes, Windshield Wiper Fluid, And The End Of The World

Important things from September 1939

What You Need To Know About The Solar Storm Headed For Earth
Space

What You Need To Know About The Solar Storm Headed For Earth

Two solar flares have sent magnetic fields to our planet -- and scientists aren’t sure how they’re going to impact each other.

The Ozone Layer Is On The Mend
Environment

The Ozone Layer Is On The Mend

FTW

The Keyboard’s Strange Impact On Your Baby’s Name
Science

The Keyboard’s Strange Impact On Your Baby’s Name

A Manga Take on Culture and Cuisine
Science

A Manga Take on Culture and Cuisine

Adaptive, Programmable Headlights Cut Through Rain, Illuminate Without Blinding Other Drivers
Self Driving

Adaptive, Programmable Headlights Cut Through Rain, Illuminate Without Blinding Other Drivers

Each light consists of one million tiny independent beams

We Now Know Why Rabies is a Speeding Bullet
Diseases

We Now Know Why Rabies is a Speeding Bullet

The New Inflatable Chinese Drone: Battlefield Balloons?
Military

The New Inflatable Chinese Drone: Battlefield Balloons?

Lost: Huge Chunk Of Europa’s Icy Crust
Solar System

Lost: Huge Chunk Of Europa’s Icy Crust

If you have any information about the whereabouts of this missing ice block, please contact NASA.

Meet Germanene, Graphene’s Newest 2-D Competitor
Technology

Meet Germanene, Graphene’s Newest 2-D Competitor

It's a single-atom-thick array of germanium atoms that could make for super fast transistors.

Crops Grow On Fake Moon And Mars Soil
Mars

Crops Grow On Fake Moon And Mars Soil

That means future space colonizers may be able to farm their own food using local dirt.

Flight MH-17 Investigation Points To An Attack
Technology

Flight MH-17 Investigation Points To An Attack

Wreckage analysis reinforces the theory that the airliner was shot down by rebels