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We Think That We Beat AIDS. We Think It Is Done. It Is Not.Health & Medicine Although people living with HIV who have access to the latest medical advances can lead relatively normal lives, in impoverished areas, lacking access to necessary treatments means that, for many, HIV is still a death sentence. READ MORE PAL-V Just Announced Plans to Travel Around the World in a Flying Car Advanced Transport Mark Jennings-Bates, the vice president of sales at PAL-V, unveiled his plans to become the first person to circumnavigate the globe in a flying car. While no dates have been announced, the voyage is planned to begin and end in San Francisco. READ MORE A Eulogy for Cassini Op-Ed Nothing about Cassini looks or feels like an organic, living being. It doesn’t have a recognizable face. It hasn’t sung itself “happy birthday,” not even once. It has existed as a vessel for galactic exploration for the larger part of my time on Earth without my being aware of it. And yet, I’m saddened by its approaching death. Why?READ MORE 90 Percent of Vehicles in the U.S. Could Be Electric by the Early 2040s Advanced Transport A new study projects that electric vehicles might become more popular than gas- and diesel-powered cars quicker than expected. Researchers compared the situation to the transition away from horses and buggies in the early 20th century. READ MORE Researchers Have Linked a Human Brain to the Internet for the First Time Ever Hard Science Researchers from Wits University have linked a brain directly to the internet. Data gathered from this project could help fuel the next steps in machine learning and brain-computer interfaces.READ MORE

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