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Researchers from the US Department of Energy (DoE) and Princeton University have developed a new theory on plasma that could help scientists figure out solar flares and fusion power. Most fusion research is focused on "magnetic confinement" reactors that use…

GIF You know that queasy feeling you get in your stomach when the pilot of a large passenger plane has to make a rough landing in bad weather? Just try and imagine what this Royal Danish Air Force pilot was…

There is a pervasive underlying fear from generations raised on dystopian science fiction that artificial intelligence and robotics will be the undoing of humankind. Eventually, the conventional thinking goes — even the likes of Elon Musk and Stephen Hawking are…

What do you think when you hear the words “Dominican Republic?” Do you dream about white powdery beaches with warm caressing breezes? Do you think about all-inclusive resorts where you have unlimited access to shitty house rum and tequila in…

Knowledge is power.Bill Gates Foundation Whether you want to launch an empire or become the best in your field, who better to consult than those who have achieved the peak of professional and financial success? That’s why we’ve rounded up…

Just about every fitness wearable around tracks your sleep patterns, but none of them track what’s happening in the room. Over on Adafruit, they put together a guide to build a system that tracks all kinds of data. The DIY…

Unlike a lot of the other advice out there telling you to cut back on everything and live in a tree house until you die (“no burial costs needed when you let Mother Nature do her thing!”), I encourage people…

Modern science assumes that the speed of light has always been the same. Researchers have suggested that this seeming constant might have changed over time, however, and they now have a way to find out whether or not that’s true.…