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World's most powerful magnets could finally make nuclear fusion a reality

Nuclear fusion could be the most efficient, inexpensive, sustainable and eco-friendly way to generate power, but cracking the method is still a major challenge.

Mar 13, 2018

History of time: From Big Bang to present day in 10 minutes

The whole timeline of the universe and its evolution has been put together in this video that shows every major event from star formation to life on Earth.

Mar 13, 2018

Trump to meet Kim Jong-un, possible summit locations

The possibilities of a historic meeting between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un in May has left political analysts pondering and speculating about the summit location.

Mar 13, 2018

New exoplanet found 200 light years from Earth could have liquid water

The exoplanet is about 1.6 times the size of Earth and is in its star's Goldilocks zone so this makes it habitable and just the right size to harbor life.

Mar 13, 2018

Hillary Clinton, on sightseeing trip in India, calls Trump 'reality TV candidate'

Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who is on her three-day trip to Madhya Pradesh, called US President Donald Trump a "reality TV candidate".

Mar 13, 2018

Nasa's Hubble discovers 10 billion-year-old 'relic' galaxy near Milky Way

There has been no activity in NGC 1277 for over 10 billion years and it is filled with red, dying stars from the early years of the universe.

Mar 13, 2018

US Army will field G28 with marksman accuracy to replace M4 carbines

The G28 rifle is more powerful, accurate and wieldy than the outgoing M4 rifle.

Mar 12, 2018

Chinese Go player Ke Jie reacts during his second match against Google's artificial intelligence program AlphaGo

AI a bigger threat to civilization than nuclear weapons, says Elon Musk

The technology entrepreneur questioned why no public body had been set up to oversee research into AI.

Mar 12, 2018

Elon Musk says Mars spaceship test flights could happen in 2019

The announcement comes a little over a month after SpaceX successfully tested its most powerful reusable rocket, the Falcon Heavy.

Mar 12, 2018

Global warming: half a degree increase could flood 5 million people

Even if global temperature goals are met, the seas will continue to rise for hundreds of years.

Mar 12, 2018

Russia's internal internet can keep communications alive if war breaks out

While technically possible, a move like this might not really be achievable without severe consequences to the Russian economy.

Mar 12, 2018

Tourist helicopter crashes into East River in NYC, 2 dead [Video]

At least two people were killed and three have sustained serious injuries after a tourist helicopter crashed into the East River off Manhattan in New York City.

Mar 12, 2018

Twitter gets its new CTO in Parag Agrawal, an IIT-Bombay alumnus

Parag Agrawal, as the new chief technical officer of Twitter, will oversee machine learning and artificial intelligence across product and infrastructure teams.

Mar 10, 2018