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Vopson wants to experimentally verify that bits of information have mass, which he extrapolated to predict in 225 years will be half the mass of Earth. Credit: Melvin Vopson While we use resources, such as coal, oil, natural gas, copper, silicon, and aluminum, to support powerful computer farms and process …

Text size NIO sells its electric cars only in China. Greg Baker / AFP via Getty Images Shares in Chinese electric car maker NIO fell Tuesday morning after the company reported second-quarter sales that were better than expected. Despite the reaction, the report is another good data point for the …

Days after an enormous explosion that swept through the city of Beirut, killing at least 171 people and injuring thousands, the Lebanese cabinet resigned on Monday, acknowledging widespread anger over government inactivity and mismanagement. But members of the opposition, activists who have long protested against a fractured political system that …

In a clear indication that America has gone completely crazy, residents of Deschutes County, Ore., Can now compete to fall asleep to a TV on their local Blockbuster, instead of on their own bank. Sandi Harding, the manager of the world’s latest operational blockbuster in Bend, puts the store on …

Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc. shares tumbled 22% Tuesday, a day after the company reported a broader-than-expected second-quarter loss and offered a limited update on its COVID-19 vaccine candidate that is currently in clinical trials. The front INO is still up 343% year-on-year after winning early in the coronavirus pandemic in hopes …