A Plastic Cup And A Shop Vacuum Could Rewrite The History Of The Solar System
When NASA’s Osiris REx probe launches on Sept. 8, it will be carrying this innovative tool.

August 31, 2016 at 12:46PM
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When Robots Run The Lab, Scientists Don’t Get Stuck With Grunt Work
Counsyl in southern San Francisco is building robots to do all the menial work scientists shouldn’t be wasting time on.

August 30, 2016 at 09:07AM
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Why Won’t Apple Fix The iPhone’s One Huge Design Flaw?
If Apple focused on building a more rugged product, it could likely make an unbreakable — or at least far less breakable — iPhone screen.

August 30, 2016 at 08:40AM
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The Arrival of Artificially Intelligent Beer
“Machine learning” covers a grab bag of algorithms, techniques, and technology that are by now pretty much everywhere in modern life. However, machine intelligence has recently started to be used not just for identifying problems but to build better products. Amongst the first is the world’s only beers brewed with the help of machine intelligence, which went on sale a few weeks ago.

August 30, 2016 at 07:41AM
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Why Electric Cars Will Be Here Sooner Than You Think
Adoption of electric vehicles will not be gradual, because the factors required to unlock demand for them are in place.

August 30, 2016 at 07:41AM
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Japan’s ‘Hail Mary’ at Fukushima Daiichi: An Underground Ice Wall
The project sounds like a fanciful idea from a James Bond film, but it’s about to become a reality in an ambitious, controversial $320 attempt to keep the reactor buildings dry.

August 30, 2016 at 06:36AM
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The Google X moonshot factory is struggling to get products out the door
Several people who have recently left X and those close to it describe the Alphabet unit as sputtering, unable to bring projects to life.

August 30, 2016 at 06:36AM
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Why We Still Don’t Have Better Batteries
Startups with novel chemistries tend to falter before they reach full production.

August 30, 2016 at 06:36AM
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You Too Can Invest In Lawsuits. But Not Quite Like Peter Thiel
Unveiled last week at a startup launch day in Silicon Valley, Legalist is an online service that lets people invest in lawsuits they otherwise have no connection to.

August 30, 2016 at 04:21AM
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Routers Are Pretty Now, Because They Have to Be
No longer is the wireless router a gaudy black box with flashing LEDs and antennae. It’s now something you actually want to look at.

August 30, 2016 at 01:18AM
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