“Self-Healing Glass” Could Fix Shattered Phone Screens
Your smartphone is great until you crack the screen and have to pay half the cost of the phone to get it repaired. But in the near future, your phone may feature a screen that…
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China’s Hypersonic Missiles Could Hit Any Target in the World in One Hour
Recently, China tested a hypersonic glide vehicle (HGV) that is capable of flying at 10 times the speed of sound and can bypass existing radar sensor technology. New military threat to the world These new…
AlphaZero Learns Chess, Checkmates Grandmaster
Progress in AI has been astonishing. Now, robots are not merely carrying out orders, but are also doing complex tasks that have traditionally been the sole domain of humans. Perhaps one day these machines might…
Eighteen-Year-Old Hillary Diane Andales Wins 2017 Breakthrough Junior Challenge
Still baffled by Einstein’s theory of relativity, in which the great physicist uses complex equations to describe his groundbreaking work? Well, 18-year-old Hillary Diane Andales of the Philippines can straighten it out for you. She…
Russia Plans to Build a Luxury Hotel in Space
If you can afford to spend $40 million, you may soon be able to vacation in outer space. Talk about a room with a view! Russia’s space agency, Roscosmos, plans to build a five-star hotel…
Pentagon Moves Top-Secret Military Facility Back to Cold War-Era Nuclear Bunker Carved Into a Mountain
A fully contained and self-sufficient town functioning secretly and quietly — buried deep beneath a snow-covered mountain. The location for a spy movie? In reality, this town inside a mountain is the setting for a…
AI Software Can Diagnose Heart Disease
Cardiologists can be very good at their jobs, but they are not infallible. A cardiologist can diagnose a problem by observing the timing of a heartbeat in scans. But even the best cardiologist in the…
Bitcoin Price Could Hit $60K. But Is Crash Inevitable?
Bitcoin is proving to be the most resilient cryptocurrency around. Outshining almost every conventional investment, Bitcoin price hit a record of $19,796 per coin in December, which is almost a 20-fold rise since the beginning…
World Fly-In Expo in China: Drones Steal the Show
The first-ever World Fly-In Expo was held recently in the central Chinese city of Wuhan. The air sports extravaganza was co-hosted by the FAI, the world governing body for air sports, and the Aero Sport…
Glowing Plants Could One Day Replace Lamps
An MIT research team, led by postdoctoral researcher Seon-Yeong Kwak, has created glowing plants. They are hopeful that this development could help us to replace electricity-consuming light sources, such as street lamps or the nightlights…
