The idea of streets swarming with robot-piloted vehicles paints a scary picture for some urban-dwellers. But a new project called …
7 Big Ways Our Cities Will Improve When Driverless Cars Hit the Streets
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You Can Now Order an Uber From Facebook Messenger
By Bryan Lufkin
Facebook and Uber continue their unstoppable global takeovers with a new partnership, …
Sonos Works With Apple Music At Long Last
Not All Roads Actually Lead to Rome
By Chris Mills
Back when the Romans had the only good construction crews in town, it made some kind of sense that every road led to Rome. But in the modern era, how much does that hold up?
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Three Surprising Parts of the World Where Air Pollution Decreased
Thanks to a super-sensitive new tool, NASA can now see exactly where air pollution is increasing and decreasing–down to the level of neighborhoods–and in some cases, …
My Application to Become an Astronaut on NASA’s First Mission to Mars
New XPrize Encourages Robotic Ocean Exploration
We know surprisingly little about our oceans. To help with this glaring blind spot, the XPrize has announced a new $7 million contest to foster innovations in ocean exploration technology.
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A Totally Feasible Plan to Turn Manhattan’s Busiest Street Into a 40-Block Park
New York City has plenty of parks that revamp aging transit infrastructure: The …
A Simple Explanation for the Paradox of How California’s Almonds Boomed in the Drought
By Ria Misra
Something strange is happening in California: A punishing drought has been hanging over the state these last five years. And yet, in the middle of it, water-guzzling almond production is skyrocketing—and has been every year of the drought. What’s going on? The answer lies in an agricultural quirk.
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Was This the First Time Science Lost Out to “Natural Remedies”?
Worthless natural remedies, especially when they come from “exotic” locations, have always been popular. They’ve also always been big business. Here’s one of the earliest struggles on record—when the richest man in Europe went after a medieval doctor.
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