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Artists have a history of subverting expectations and mainstream culture, but the world’s first humanoid robot artist is taking it to a new level. So far, she has sold over $1 million worth of art.
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Creating a new vaccine is slow and expensive. One biotech firm thinks a “plug-and-play” vaccine could change that.
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Washington ferries will soon make the switch from diesel to batteries, becoming the world’s largest hybrid-powered, car-carrying ferries.
These designers are trying to outsmart surveillance systems with anti-facial recognition makeup, glasses, and clothing. Can they help us go incognito?
Dating apps are really good at introducing you to lots of people, but they might not be the best way to find a lifelong partner. Can we decode our data to get better results?
This boutique auto shop is crafting quality, custom cars that combine vintage designs with the latest technologies. And perhaps more importantly, they’re challenging the widely accepted concept that we live in a disposable world.
On the far South Side of Chicago, as far south as you can get — a traffic light away from neighboring Riverdale — the Ira F. Aldridge Elementary School is offering its students something rare in the forever-strapped Chicago public school system: opportunity. With a grant from Chance the Rapper's charity SocialWorks, the school can now offer a more robust music program, ensuring an instrument in every student's hands. "I...
In 2010, an earthquake killed 222,570 people in Haiti, injuring 300,000 and displacing over a million. In an attempt to discover how to predict earthquakes, these researchers are using machine learning to analyze the acoustic data from tectonic plates.
Medical cannabis is everywhere. We're answering your basic questions and unpacking the promises and pitfalls, based on the latest research.
WeWALK’s smart cane uses ultrasonic sensors and GPS navigation to help the visually impaired navigate the world around them safely and independently.
Hollywood moves towards sustainable film production.
This stellar engine could harness the power of the sun to drag our solar system throughout the galaxy, preventing a catastrophic collision.
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Science is making parenthood possible for people who can’t get there the old fashioned way.
For years, virtual and augmented reality have been touted as the technologies of the future. That future is here.
Fear not. The robots are already here.
What do you do about a problem as big as climate change?
Cities around the globe are tackling sustainability, transportation, and design.
Amazing advances in medical innovation
We have to find ways to produce more food, faster and more efficiently
A new era of private space exploration has already begun
A new generation of hackers is rising up
The next generation of companies to change the world
On the frontlines of the fight against poverty
Breaking down the world's most intense conflicts
Anyone with a computer and an idea can move the world