The future of solar power technology is bright
From photovoltaic paint to thermal fuel, we peek at a future beyond today’s solar cells.

February 16, 2017 at 11:30AM
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Elon Musk Is Really Boring
The billionaire visionary is digging in on a tunnel project to skirt gridlock, but there’s a hole in his Trump-era business bet.

February 16, 2017 at 09:30AM
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99.6% of new smartphones run iOS or Android; RIP Windows and Blackberry
Remember those crazy days in 2011 and ’12 when we thought that the mobile market might become a three-horse race between Android, iOS, and Windows Mobile, with Blackberry bringing up the rear? We were wrong.

February 16, 2017 at 07:29AM
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What Would Happen If You Just Dumped A Whole Bottle Of Detergent Into The Washing Machine?
Chances are you’re probably using too much detergent. But what if you really used way too much detergent? Like, a whole bottle’s worth of way too much detergent. Well, we hope you love suds.

February 16, 2017 at 06:31AM
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Christopher Strachey’s Nineteen-Fifties Love Machine
Long before artificial intelligence came into its own, a pioneering programmer taught a computer to write love letters.

February 15, 2017 at 08:30PM
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The Next Pseudoscience Health Craze Is All About Genetics
With access to cheap DNA sequencing a variety of companies have crawled out of the woodwork, offering concrete health solutions based on fuzzy logic.

February 15, 2017 at 08:30PM
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Is the Chicken Industry Rigged?
Inside Agri Stats, the poultry business’s secretive info-sharing service.

February 15, 2017 at 04:17PM
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Intel’s new processor costs almost $9,000 and will make your server really fast
Sure, it’s set a whole bunch of benchmarking records, but it’s not really the kind of chip you’d use to play “Overwatch.” I’m not even sure you could use this to play “Overwatch.”

February 15, 2017 at 04:17PM
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Here’s Why This Cat-Spotting AI Is Different
Startup Gamalon gives AI bots a head start without Google-level resources.

February 15, 2017 at 03:14PM
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How do you build a robot army?
A deep dive into building robots from scratch, and their controlling hive mind.

February 15, 2017 at 02:13PM
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