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Jul 4, 2016

SpaceX will use Falcon Heavy for 2018 Mars Mission, then at least two Falcon Heavies in 2020 and then a Mars Colonial Transporter in 2022

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From Next Big Future: http://nextbigfuture.com/2016/06/spacex-will-use-falcon-heavy-for-2018.html

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Jul 3, 2016

These people are seeing in color for the first time!

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What it’s like to see color for the first time.

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Jul 3, 2016

You May Never Have To Go Grey!

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Jul 2, 2016

Stephen Hawking: Greed, stupidity greatest threats to Earth

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LOS ANGELES — Physicist Stephen Hawking says pollution, greed and stupidity are the greatest threats to Earth.

Hawking told Larry King Now on Saturday that he’s worried by overcrowding.

“We certainly have not become less greedy or less stupid,” Hawking said. “Six years ago I was worrying about pollution and overcrowding. They have gotten worse since then.”

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Jul 2, 2016

Michael Gove says Britain needs to create its own DARPA

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I thought they already had one.


Alasdair Gray, the acclaimed Glaswegian writer and artist, penned a phrase now engraved on a wall of the Scottish Parliament: “Work as if you live in the early days of a better nation.”

Michael Gove, the controversial Caledonian Brexiteer, journalist and Conservative politician, has in turn declared his intention to seek the leadership of the UK Tory Party and thus become the Prime Minister, to “reboot democracy” in a new “start-up nation”.

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Jul 1, 2016

Interesting Futurism Animation 32

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RNA polymerase!

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Jul 1, 2016

Prehistoric Cave Contains a Hidden, 6,000-Year-Old Telescope

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The telescope was used by prehistoric people to predict the changing of the seasons.

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Jul 1, 2016

Scientists Accidentally Create a Battery That Can Outlast Your Device

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https://youtube.com/watch?v=lzFzBpwl8aU

Scientists at University of California, Irving stumble across the secret to long-lasting rechargeable batteries.

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Jun 30, 2016

Man of the “Future Shock”: Remembering Alvin Toffler

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No matter how many books crowded my parents’ living room bookshelves in my childhood home in New York, two always sat at eye level right in the center: Henry Kissinger’s Years of Upheaval and Alvin Toffler’s Future Shock.

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Jun 30, 2016

Americans Doubt Future Popularity of Virtual Lovers

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Robots have shown us disappointment in their delivery v. promises in the past. Therefore, I understand why consumers are disenchanted.


A survey finds many Americans seem skeptical or uncertain of future predictions involving robots, artificial intelligence and virtual lovers.

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