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Driverless cars could let you choose who survives in a crash
Would you ride in a car that was prepared to kill you? An “ethical knob” could let the owners of…
The most accurate clock ever made runs on quantum gas
A completely new kind of atomic clock could change the way we calculate time. Unlike an atomic clock, which uses…
How far are we from creating a Blade Runner-style Replicant?
When it was released in 1982, Blade Runner painted a picture of a dystopian near-future in which humans lived alongside machines. These…
This is what the new lunar space station will look like
The Russian and US space agencies have announced a deal to create a space station in orbit around the Moon.…
Earth was “born” from a giant melting pot of molten rock
Around 4.6 billion years ago, our solar system was a very different place. Instead of planets, all that was floating around…
Mercury poisoning and fire gilding: the science behind S-Town
If you haven’t listened to S-Town, one of the best podcasts of 2017, I need to address two points. First, what have you…
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