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The central South African bank is partnering with a blockchain-based solutions provider to experiment with digital currency regulations. This may bring digital currencies like Bitcoin further into the mainstream and legitimize their use.

Elon Musk confirmed that the "verbal governmental approval" he received for the DC-New York Hyperloop came from the federal level. Musk is asking locals in affected cities to reach out to their elected officials to provide regional approval for the project.

Two years after the first successful double hand transplant surgery, doctors have published a progress update about the patient. Although the surgery has, over time, remained a success, it has also revealed the challenges that remain in the field.

Scientists Alan Winfield, professor of robot ethics at the University of the West of England in Bristol, and Marina Jirotka, professor of human-centered computing at Oxford University, believe robots should be fitted with an “ethical black box.” This would be the ethics equivalent of the aviation safety measure of the same name, designed to track a pilot’s decisions and enable investigators to follow those actions in the event of accidents. As robots leave the controlled settings of factories and laboratories to interact more with humans, safety measures of this nature will become increasingly important.

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The Milky Way Galaxy alone is home to between 100 billion and 400 billion stars, and each is potentially orbited by planets. There are probably at least 2 trillion galaxies like ours in the observable universe, each one populated by trillions of planets orbiting hundreds of billions of stars. Even if planets capable of sustaining life are exceedingly rare, on the numbers alone there should be intelligent life somewhere in the universe. For example, according to Business Insider, if a mere 0.1 percent of planets in our galaxy that might be habitable harbored life, that would mean there were about a million planets with life on them.

Recent research indicates that immediate carbon capture is going to be essential to avoid more extreme consequences of climate change. These measures will be more costly the longer we wait to implement them.

A new blood test can detect buildups of beta-amyloid in the brain, the plaques that signal the development of Alzheimer’s disease. This test could mean earlier detection of the disease and more effective lifestyle interventions for patients.

Beijing's municipal development and reform commission has announced that the city's plains will be almost entirely coal-free by 2020. It's the latest move in China's aggressive war against pollution in an effort to save lives and the environment.

Researchers have discovered a mechanism that regulates the process of gene imprinting in mice, a chemical modification to one of the histones called H3K27me3. This may lead to a range of epigenetic therapies for a variety of developmental disorders.

Elon Musk revealed that future iterations of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft will not be capable of propulsion landings and will be limited to water splashdowns. This signals a change in strategy for the Mars mission that includes the Falcon Heavy.

Entrepreneurs, creatives, and leaders all know what it feels like to experience “flow,” that feeling of intense focus that is extremely high-energy, yet calm enough to be productive. This distilled form of engagement is a lot like losing yourself in an activity by focusing on it intently. For adults with ADHD, this feeling of total immersion, falling down a rabbit hole, is nothing new; this is one of our basic operational modes.

A new report from the National Centers for Environmental Information shows that June 2017 was the third warmest June recorded, while the first half of 2017 was the second warmest on record. The nation is also behind only 2011 and 2016 in terms of billion-dollar weather and climate disasters by this point in the year.

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Brain damage caused by drowning and cardiac arrest was reversed in a toddler who received hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) and normobaric oxygen (sea level oxygen). These treatments activate genes, promoting cell survival and reducing inflammation.