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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.
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
Important things from September 1939
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.
Adaptive, Programmable Headlights Cut Through Rain, Illuminate Without Blinding Other Drivers
Each light consists of one million tiny independent beams
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
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
That means future space colonizers may be able to farm their own food using local dirt.
Flight MH-17 Investigation Points To An Attack
Wreckage analysis reinforces the theory that the airliner was shot down by rebels
Can We Hack Our Vision To See Infrared With The Naked Eye?
A team of biohackers is attempting to modify the human sensory spectrum.
New Robotic Hands Let Deep-Sea Divers Grasp And Prod
A new three-finger "extensor" will help divers manipulate objects as easily in water as in air. Just like a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle.