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Heavenly Bodies: Fashion & The Catholic Imagination Costume Institute Gala

Elon Musk + Grimes = Grusk. Minions of the robot overlords?

Reading this column may entrap you in an Artificial Intelligence conspiracy to doom humanity. It might also be entertaining. Up to you.
Paradigm Hyperloop

Can a group of Newfoundlanders bring Elon Musk’s hyperloop vision to life?

A Q&A with Adam Keating, co-lead of a startup leading the way in the conceptual high-speed transit. His group came second at a competition sponsored by Musk.
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Why corporate America thumbed its nose at Trump over the climate deal

In the industrialized world, Trump, the Republicans and other North American conservatives are among the final holdouts in taking seriously the fight against climate change
Inside The International Astronautical Congress

Newsmakers: Elon Musk and his rocket plan

Our 2016 Newsmakers: Have Elon Musk’s visionary ideas gotten ahead of his ability to deliver? Don’t bet on it.
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What if Elon Musk is right? What if none of this is real?

What are the consequences of the possibility that our world is the product of millions of computer simulations? Can it get us out of chores?
Moon set over Earth, 14 July 1995.

The merits of moonshot thinking

They’re extremely expensive. Some are destined to fail. But the benefits of so-called ’moonshots’ outweigh the risk.
SpaceX Falcon9 blasts off

Rocketship revolutionaries: The new space race

The challenge is now to go faster, higher and cheaper than ever before. Here are the three visionaries leading the way.
Solar panels of local mining company CAP are seen in the Atacama Desert

Will Tesla’s home battery really bring power to the people?

Tesla’s Powerwall battery pack could help homes go off-grid. Just don’t toast bread and make coffee at the same time.
Texas Launch Site

Newsmaker of the day: Elon Musk’s no-polish, all-persuasion pitch

Can Elon Musk’s new product, the Powerwall, fundamentally disrupt the fossil fuel industry?
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Is a better rechargeable battery finally in the works?

A better battery would be sweet relief for smartphone users. But there’s another industry that might benefit even more from it.