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A newly invented technology could revolutionize wearables, architecture, and green energy.
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the possibility of engineering new hearts for transplants has grown more likely after researchers unveiled a 3D printed heart using human cells.
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The researchers call their handy device a triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) and it works by generating power via static electricity. Learn more.
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Creative Review
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Thames & Hudson will publish Body: The Photography Book, a collection of 360 diverse photographic representations of the thing that houses our consciousness
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Borophene, a single-atom layer of the element boron, is super-strong and super-flexible–plus it’s a superconductor.
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Staff at Amazon, Apple and Google listen to customer voice recordings.
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Wired
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As we read, our eyes reveal what words go together, and which are the most important. Researchers are applying that data to help neural networks understand language.
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The study's authors want doctors to be able to reliably prescribe a “nature pill” for your mental health.
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These insects’ brains may be tiny, but they’re better with numbers than many human children and they are past masters at communicating life skills
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Species making intriguing use of the Earth’s magnetic field…
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Design Boom
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last year we reported that MIT researchers were investigating how a fleet of autonomous boats could improve urban waterways in amsterdam. dubbed roboat, the research project saw the senseable city lab at MIT, directed by carlo ratti, collaborate with the amsterdam institute for advanced metropolitan solutions (AMS). together they envisioned a new kind of on-demand infrastructure comprising autonomous platforms that could combine together to form floating bridges and stages, collect waste, deliver goods, and transport people, all while collecting data about the city.
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Climate change is the most horrific threat our species has ever known: No matter how powerful you are or how much money you have, our transforming planet is a reckoning for every one of us. But there are degrees to this misery. If you’re perched in a Manhattan penthouse, the effects might not be immediately apparent (because you don’t care or aren’t paying attention, or both). If you’re a subsistence farmer in Kenya, the situation is already much more dire.
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A university is switching off its social media channels to promote a healthier online culture.
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Yesterday, Vladimir Putin presented his country with a belated Christmas present: the Avangard hypersonic missile. According to Russian media, it's capable of reaching Mach 20. And if its ability to conduct evasive maneuvers at high velocity is as good as the Russian president boasted back in March, it would render missile defense systems effectively useless.
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An artificial intelligence can now create extremely realistic-looking human portraits and it raises lots of questions.
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First algorithms figured out how to decipher images. That’s why you can unlock an iPhone with your face. More recently, machine learning has become capable of generating and altering images and video.
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One of the most powerful Earth observation tools ever put in orbit is now gathering data about the planet.
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Cellule has devised a system for creating personalised digital and 3D-printed models of hearts, which can be used to help doctors plan surgery for transplant patients.
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In 2015, the U.S. Naval Academy decided that its graduates needed to return to the past and learn how to navigate using the stars. Nine years prior, it had dropped celestial navigation from its requirements because GPS was so accurate and simple to use.
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The theory of quantum mechanics may soon seem a lot less theoretical as physicists are set to observe particles perform never-before-seen feats.
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