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01 Sep 2000 --- Asteroid headed for Earth --- Image by © Denis Scott/CORBIS

Recent research has shown that it’s possible we came from outer space and we can also thank an asteroid for clearing out the dinosaurs, given us a chance to survive.

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Clean, limitless power using fusion could be on the horizon with some recent breakthroughs

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Not sure what you are up to tomorrow? Well a British research group seems to think they’ll know even if you don’t. They’ve written proof of concept software that tracks your movements via your phone and combines that with social interaction data to predict where you’ll be, even if it’s a deviation from your normal routine.

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Given recent breakthroughs in DNA sequencing technology and the work of a bioengineer and a geneticist at Harvard’s Wyss Institute, it is now possible to backup 700 terabytes of data into a single gram of DNA.

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