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Toyota’s New Hydrogen Buses Are Heading to Tokyo

Toyota will start selling its clean air hydrogen bus, the Toyota Murai, starting in 2017. Fuel cell engines create clean water and don't emit greenhouse gases — but synthesizing hydrogen for the engine does.

October 23, 2016
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Science

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Renewable Energy

Genetics of Autism: Scientists Find New Link

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Scientists have isolated another gene — neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) — linked to autism symptoms in nearly half of 100,000 people suffering from the rare NF1 tumor disorder. The research provides hope in finding new genetic links and treatments for the neurological disorder that affects millions of Americans and 1 in 68 children.

October 23, 2016
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Science

Avoiding Ex Machina: How We Can Ensure Our AI Are Safe

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Experience-based artificial intelligence may be able to give us a way to create safe and benevolent behaviors in AI by teaching and testing the machines in complex environments that challenge its goals.

October 21, 2016
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Science

Research Shows That Life on Alien Planets Could Survive Without a Sun

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A bacterium that uses a process called radiolysis to create energy was discovered 2.8 kilometers underground, our first example of life without sunlight. These bugs open up the possibility for us to find life on planets very different from Earth or maybe even figure out how to live on those planets one day.

October 21, 2016
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Science

DDoS Attack: What Friday’s Massive Internet Outage Was All About

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A massive DDoS attack on Friday crippled the internet for much of the East Coast. Attacks such as this show the darker side of increased connectivity. Security needs to be a major focus of development.

October 22, 2016
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Science

The Farming of the Future: Agriculture Drones Take to the Skies

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Agriculture already leads the market for commercial drone usage, and it is expected to generate $350 million in drone revenue in 2025. The new regulations will make it easier for American farmers to use drones to check fields for disease, spray fertilizer, or watch over livestock.

October 21, 2016
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Science

A Wearable That Could Change Life for the Visually Impaired

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This experimental wearable lets you feel data.

October 21, 2016
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Science

Type: Video

These Spinning Solar Cells Generate 20 Times More Power Than Traditional Panels

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These spinning solar cells are unbelievably efficient.

October 22, 2016
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Science

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Renewable Energy

Type: Video

Media’s Debate Agenda: Push Russia, ISIS, Taxes; Downplay Climate, Poverty, Campaign Finance

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Russia, ISIS and taxes overwhelmed all other topics during the four presidential and vice-presidential debates, totaling 429 mentions from both candidates and questioners. Russia (and Putin) alone came up in the four debates

October 21, 2016
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Media

Hawking: Creating AI Could Be the Biggest Event in the History of Our Civilization

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At the launch of the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence (CFI), the famed scientist warned of a potentially grave future given the rise of AI. The work done at CFI could have far-reaching implications for the future of AI, helping shape how the technology is used and regulated.

October 20, 2016
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Science

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