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Which of These Emerging Technologies Will Be the Next Big Thing?

We tend to think of tech visionaries as inventors with a brilliant idea that no one understands. Because the world isn't quite ready, they have to pitch their invention to anyone who"ll listen. Their ideas are either crazy or genius"no one's sure because they're so novel. There's another kind of tech ...

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Which of These Emerging Technologies Will Be the Next Big Thing?

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12 Companies That Are Making the World a Better Place

The Singularity University Global Summit in San Francisco this week brought brilliant minds together from all over the world to share a passion for using science and technology to solve the world's most pressing challenges. Solving these challenges means ensuring basic needs are met for all people. It ...

2 days ago

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12 Companies That Are Making the World a Better Place

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Risk Takers Are Back in the Space Race?and That’s a Good Thing

'In a fight between Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos, who would win'' Peter Diamandis asked Blue Origin's Erika Wagner to kick off a conversation with a panel of space entrepreneurs at Singularity University's Global Summit this week in San Francisco. 'So, Peter, let me tell you about what we're doing at Blue ...

2 days ago

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Risk Takers Are Back in the Space Race?and That’s a Good Thing

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These 7 Forces Are Changing the World at an Extraordinary Rate

It was the Greek philosopher Heraclitus who first said, 'The only thing that is constant is change.' He was onto something. But even he would likely be left speechless at the scale and pace of change the world has experienced in the past 100 years'not to mention the past 10. Since 1917, the global population ...

3 days ago

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These 7 Forces Are Changing the World at an Extraordinary Rate

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Nanotechnology | Future of Everything With Jason Silva (Part 5)

In the latest installment of Singularity University's new web series, Future of Everything With Jason Silva, Silva discusses how nanotechnology will transform the world in ways we can hardly fathom. Nanotech allows us to pattern atoms, allowing us to manipulate the building blocks of the physical world. ...

3 days ago

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Nanotechnology | Future of Everything With Jason Silva (Part 5)

Yahoo Science

Solar Eclipse Glasses in Short Supply Just Days Before the Big Event

With the solar eclipse just three days away, there is growing concern about a shortage in the special glasses needed to view the event without damaging your eyes. NBC's Tom Costello reports for TODAY from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland.

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Solar Eclipse Glasses in Short Supply Just Days Before the Big Event

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These college students are vying to build Elon Musk's hyperloop

This team of University of Maryland students is hoping to prove it can win SpaceX's hyperloop capsule competition and bring in a new form of transportation to life. It may take years to see if Elon Musk's dream of a hyperloop will lead to humans zipping between cities at hundreds of miles an hour aboard ...

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These college students are vying to build Elon Musk's hyperloop

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Neuroscientist who studied Einstein's brain dies at 90

A founder of modern neuroscience who studied Einstein's brain has died

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Neuroscientist who studied Einstein's brain dies at 90

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Wildfires trap 2,000 villagers in Portugal

Forest fires cut off a village of 2,000 people in Portugal, as firefighters struggled Thursday to control two major blazes in the centre of the country, local officials said. Summer has seen a record number of fires and Portugal's Interior Minister Constanca Urbano de Sousa has blamed arsonists and ...

2 days ago

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Wildfires trap 2,000 villagers in Portugal

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When White Nationalists Get DNA Tests That Reveal African Ancestry

The white-nationalist forum Stormfront hosts discussions on a wide range of topics, from politics to guns to The Lord of the Rings. And of particular and enduring interest: genetic ancestry tests. For white nationalists, DNA tests are a way to prove their racial purity. Of course, their results don't ...

2 days ago

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When White Nationalists Get DNA Tests That Reveal African Ancestry

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NASA launches last of its longtime tracking satellites

NASA has launched the last of its longtime tracking and communication satellites

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NASA launches last of its longtime tracking satellites

Science Daily

To reduce postoperative pain, consider sleep -- and caffeine

A new preclinical study found that a brief period of extended wakefulness before surgery enhances pain and prolongs recovery time after surgery. Caffeine administration helped to reduce the harmful effects of sleep loss on subsequent surgical pain.

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Science Daily

To reduce postoperative pain, consider sleep -- and caffeine

Science Daily

Astrophysicist predicts detached, eclipsing white dwarfs to merge into exotic star

Astrophysicists have discovered two detached, eclipsing double white dwarf binaries with orbital periods of 40 and 46 minutes, respectively. White dwarfs are the remnants of Sun-like stars, many of which are found in pairs, or binaries.

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Astrophysicist predicts detached, eclipsing white dwarfs to merge into exotic star

Science Daily

Ocean channel in Bahamas marks genetic divide in Brazilian free-tailed bats

Brazilian free-tailed bats are expert flyers, capable of migrating hundreds of miles and regularly traveling more than 30 miles a night. But they pull up short at a narrow ocean channel that cuts across the Bahamas, dividing bat populations that last shared an ancestor hundreds of thousands of years ...

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Ocean channel in Bahamas marks genetic divide in Brazilian free-tailed bats

Science Daily

Study of California kidney cancer shows declining incidence, end of a trend

A study of kidney cancer incidence in California over 25 years is the first report to demonstrate that the rising rate of kidney cancer seen in the US over the past two decades may have ended.

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Study of California kidney cancer shows declining incidence, end of a trend

Science Daily

Can Twitter aid disaster response? New research examines how

With over 500 million tweets sent every single day, new research is investigating innovative ways to use that data to help communities respond during unexpected catastrophes.

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Can Twitter aid disaster response? New research examines how

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How immature cells grow up to be red blood cells

Researchers have identified the mechanism behind red blood cell specialization and revealed that it is controlled by an enzyme called UBE2O. This finding could spark the development of new treatments for blood disorders and cancers.

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How immature cells grow up to be red blood cells

New York Times Science

The Illuminating Power of Eclipses

With the sun obscured, eclipses can be revelatory: Starting at least over 2,000 years ago, they have been fodder for significant discoveries.

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New York Times Science

The Illuminating Power of Eclipses

New York Times Science

Why Some Say the Eclipse Is Best Experienced in a Crowd

Human behavior researchers offer four reasons why it's worth experiencing totality in a large group, even if the toilets overflow.

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New York Times Science

Why Some Say the Eclipse Is Best Experienced in a Crowd

New York Times Science

An Eclipse Chaser’s Guide to Your First Eclipse

The coming solar eclipse will be a wondrous sight — if you get into viewing position in time, the clouds cooperate and you’re ready to have your mind blown.

2 days ago

New York Times Science

An Eclipse Chaser’s Guide to Your First Eclipse

New York Times Science

Trilobites: Taking Photos Won’t Take You Out of the Moment, Study Suggests

Tempted to grab that once-in-a-lifetime eclipse snapshot? Feel free: Taking pictures helps people engage with and remember experiences more deeply, according to new research.

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New York Times Science

Trilobites: Taking Photos Won’t Take You Out of the Moment, Study Suggests

New York Times Science

Matter: A Speedier Way to Catalog Human Cells (All 37 Trillion of Them)

Many types of cells remain unknown, but researchers have discovered a faster way to group cells by function, paving the way for a complete census.

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New York Times Science

Matter: A Speedier Way to Catalog Human Cells (All 37 Trillion of Them)

New York Times Science

Trilobites: Why You Can’t Trust Yourself to Match Photos of Strangers’ Faces

When people online incorrectly identified a man as a participant at a white nationalist rally, they fell into a common trap of being deceived by similar hairstyles.

3 days ago

New York Times Science

Trilobites: Why You Can’t Trust Yourself to Match Photos of Strangers’ Faces

National Science Foundation

Federal S&E obligations to universities, colleges fell 2 percent between fiscal years 2014 and 2015

In Fiscal Year (FY) 2015, federal agencies obligated $30.5 billion to 1,016 academic institutions for science and engineering (S&E) activities, a 2 percent decrease in current dollars from the $31.1 billion in obligations to 1,003 academic institutions in FY 2014. These statistics are from the Survey ...

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National Science Foundation

Federal S&E obligations to universities, colleges fell 2 percent between fiscal years 2014 and 2015