As edible, affordable lab-grown meat remains out of reach, a tiny start-up might have found a faster route to dinner tables.
Saudi women celebrate news they will finally be allowed to drive
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (CNN)Women in Saudi Arabia have been celebrating the news that they will finally be able to drive, a landmark step that brings the conservative kingdom in line with the rest of the world and will allow many more women to work.
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Taxi medallions, once a safe investment, now drag owners into debt
Owning a yellow cab has left Issa Isac in deep debt and facing a precarious future.
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Dubai just tested its flying drone taxi for the first time
Autonomous air taxi service Volocopter just had its first test flight in Dubai.
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How diseases can be targeted using nanotechnology – and why it’s difficult
Scientists are designing materials that are a thousand times smaller than the width of a hair.
Known as nanomaterials or nanoparticles, some could help treat diseases.
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Nerve implant ‘restores consciousness’ to man in vegetative state
Stimulation of the vagus nerve allows patient who had been in a persistant vegetative state for 15 years to track objects with his eyes and respond to simple requests.
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This European country may hold an ICO and issue its own cryptocurrency
We’ve officially hit peak ICO. Estonia, a small country in Northern Europe, just floated the idea of potentially raising money by issuing a token called “estcoins“.
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A 40-year study finds Generation Z is avoiding sex, alcohol, and driving like never before
Today’s teenagers don’t seem to care much about hitting the open road, scoring a six-pack with a fake ID, or asking their peers out on dates.
Two Americans invented a wood burning stove that could save millions of lives – and it also charges your phone
The CampStove 2 is a wood burner which uses no charcoal or liquid fuels to operate, using only wood for fires.
Scanning the future, radiologists see their jobs at risk
These days, a radiologist at UCSF will go through anywhere from 20 to 100 scans a day, and each scan can have thousands of images to review.
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EV Range Anxiety May Be a Thing of the Past
If range anxiety is no longer an obstacle to EV adoption, the industry may take off like a rocket.
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Facebook just bid $600 million to stream Indian cricket matches. Will it try NFL games next?
Mark Zuckerberg didn’t get the IPL but he may have a shot at pro football.
