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NASA wants to watch the Earth breathe with its OCO-2 mission

Jun 15, 2014

NASA’s first spacecraft dedicated to measuring carbon dioxide levels in Earth’s atmosphere is in final preparations for a July 1...

3D-printed, electricity-generating “super organs” are not that far fetched

Jun 13, 2014

Bioprinting has emerged as one of the more exciting medical technologies of the last year or two. Although, these 3D...

Google has unveiled its new self-driving car prototype

May 28, 2014

Google is building a fleet of electric-powered self-driving cars that it plans to begin testing by the end of the...

MIT turns fog into drinking water

May 19, 2014

Water is one of the quintessential “ingredients” if life were to be sustained, and in its undeniable role in making...

The Canadian government might be snooping on your Facebook or Twitter

May 9, 2014

It may not just be your ex who is creeping your Facebook page. Canada’s privacy commissioner says government agencies are...

Netflix signs deal with Verizon to ensure fast streaming

Apr 28, 2014

Netflix has reached a deal with Verizon to improve the speed and quality of its streaming content to subscribers. This is...

Nanotechnology could help weed out fake olive oil

Apr 25, 2014

A new method of labeling olive oil could prevent fraud in the supermarket. By “labeling” oils with unique tags of...

Oregon’s troubled health insurance exchange is falling apart

Apr 13, 2014

Officials with Oregon’s troubled health insurance exchange say they’ve narrowed the options for the site’s future to two: switching to...

New device restores partial movement to four paralyzed men

Apr 8, 2014

Paralysis may not last forever anymore. In an experiment hailed as "staggering," a team of researchers at the University of...

Solar-powered toilet turns feces into fertilizing charcoal

Mar 16, 2014

For all the admirable efforts to solve the world's problems - beating malaria, improving education access, closing the digital divide...

Federal judge rules that commercial drones are legal

Mar 6, 2014

An administrative judge on the National Transportation Safety Board has ruled that the commercial use of small drones is in...

Southern Evangelical Seminary uses a robot to study ethics

Feb 16, 2014

The Southern Evangelical Seminary unveiled its new humanoid robot Friday, making the Christian apologetics school the first seminary in the...