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MIT Tech Lets You Control Robots With Your Thoughts

Researchers are using brain scans to learn more about the signals our brains give when we make a mistake called "error-related potentials". Using this feedback, researchers are hoping to develop robots that humans could control with their minds.

March 8, 2017
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EPA: Fossil Fuel Companies No Longer Need to Report Emissions

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Under Scott Pruitt's new version of the EPA, fossil fuel companies will no longer be required to divulge information pertaining to their greenhouse gas emissions. The agency charged with protecting the environment is perhaps the most vulnerable agency in the federal government under the new administration.

March 8, 2017
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A New Clean Energy Record Was Just Set in the U.S.

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For the first time ever, a North American power grid produced over half its energy from wind power. While upfront cost is still seen as a barrier to wider implementation of wind power, it also has many advantages — like being a low-maintenance and clean energy solution.

March 8, 2017
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Renewable Energy

Tech May Widen the Gap Between Rich and Poor

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Robots like the Moley cooking system are examples of how the technology of the future will possibly have a hand in every part of our day. Such infiltration could lead to the gap widening between the rich and the poor.

March 8, 2017
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NASA is Going to Create The Coldest Spot in the Known Universe

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This summer, a box the size of an ice chest will journey to the International Space Station (ISS). Once there, it will become the coldest spot in the universe—more than 100 million times colder than deep space itself. The instruments inside the box — an

March 8, 2017
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6 Scariest Finds from the WikiLeaks CIA Dump

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Today’s WikiLeaks CIA data dump, ominously labelled “Year Zero,” is only the first part in a series of releases dubbed “Vault 7.” This is already the largest data dump of its kind, producing head-spinning revelations about the inner workings of the CIA, and

March 8, 2017
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Category: Politics

MIT Tech Lets You Control Robots With Your Thoughts

EPA: Fossil Fuel Companies No Longer Need to Report Emissions

A New Clean Energy Record Was Just Set in the U.S.

Tech May Widen the Gap Between Rich and Poor

NASA is Going to Create The Coldest Spot in the Known Universe

6 Scariest Finds from the WikiLeaks CIA Dump

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