"At Signal, we support the people who have gone into the streets to make their voices heard."

Messaging app releases face-blurring tool to keep protesters safe

Signal Boost

End-to-end encrypted messaging app Signal has announced a new tool that allows users to blur faces in pictures uploaded to the app from Android and iOS.

Messaging App Releases Face-Blurring Tool to Keep Protesters Safe

"One immediate thing seems clear: 2020 is a pretty good year to cover your face."

The cells fully integrated the genes that let squids turn translucent.

Scientists gene-hack human cells to turn invisible

Splinter Cell

Scientists gene-hacked human cells to fully integrate that structures that let some squids turn transparent, giving the cells the ability to scatter light.

Scientists Gene-Hack Human Cells to Turn Invisible

They gave human cells squid-like active camouflage.

New research: Mars may have once had rings

Martian Rings

Building on existing research, researchers suggest that Mars' moon Deimos will likely be split up into tiny rocks, forming a ring around the planet.

New Research: Mars May Have Once Had Rings

The strange orbit of one of Mars' moons may reveal a fascinating secret history.

Killing the coronavirus with UV light shows promise

Zap!

Scientists are working hard to develop cost-efficient UVC light lamps that could be used to sanitize anything from hospital rooms to subway car interiors.

Killing the Coronavirus With UV Light Shows Promise

READ MORE: <a href="https://phys.org/news/2020-06-coronavirus-handheld-ultraviolet-device-feasible.html">Killing coronavirus with handheld ultraviolet light device may be feasible</a> [Pennsylvania State University]

More on the virus: <a href="https://futurism.com/neoscope/worst-virus-tracking-app">IS THIS THE WORLD’S WORST VIRUS-TRACKING APP?</a>

"The results have been very encouraging."

Facebook workers "walk out" over inaction on Trump posts

Bending Over Backwards

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg decided to do nothing about president Donald Trump's problematic posts about protesters. Employees are fuming.

Facebook Workers “Walk Out” Over Inaction on Trump Posts

"There isn't a neutral position on racism."

"We don't really understand the hysteria sparked by the successful launch of a Crew Dragon spacecraft."

Elon Musk just absolutely roasted the Russian space program

Your Move Russia

"The trampoline is working," Musk said during a news conference on Saturday, a rebuttal to a jab by Roscosmos chief Dmitry Rogozin from 2014.

Elon Musk Just Absolutely Roasted the Russian Space Program

"It's an inside joke."

NASA Astronauts Arrive at the International Space Station on SpaceX Spacecraft

It's the first time astronauts have been delivered to the space station inside a commercial vehicle.

Watch SpaceX’s Crew Dragon dock with the ISS

Docked

SpaceX's Crew Dragon just autonomously docked with the International Space Station with NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley on board.

Watch SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Dock With the ISS

"America’s two favorite dads in space have docked to the space station."

This is the first time a private company has ever launched astronauts into orbit.

SpaceX makes history: launches NASA astronauts into orbit

Orbit Buddies

At 4:33pm, NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley launched into space on board a Crew Dragon spacecraft atop a SpaceX Falcon 9.

SpaceX Makes History: Launches NASA Astronauts Into Orbit

"This is the culmination of a dream."

"This is the International Space Station, not Everlane!"

Fashion magazine roasts SpaceX's dorky spacesuit

Take 'em to the Burn Unit

Not everybody is happy with the glamorous, yet not-quite-catwalk-ready design of SpaceX's space suit, shown off at this Wednesday's launch attempt.

Fashion Magazine Roasts SpaceX’s Dorky Space Suit

"It looks like a half-finished Power Ranger."

Using current propulsion methods, getting there could still take several thousand years.

New research: Closest exoplanet to Earth could host life

Howdy Alien Neighbor

An international team of researchers was able to confirm the existence of Proxima b, an Earth-like planet that's orbiting the star closest to the Sun.

New Research: Closest Exoplanet to Earth Could Host Life

"It's one of the most interesting planets known in the solar neighborhood."

Launching astronauts not only requires the weather at the launch site to play along, ocean waters at multiple possible splashdown sites across the Atlantic also have to be calm.

Stormy weather may delay SpaceX's historic launch

Scrubbed

SpaceX and NASA may have to scrub their historic launch to the International Space Station this afternoon because of bad weather.

Stormy Weather May Delay SpaceX’s Historic Launch

If the NASA x SpaceX launch is canceled, this is when it'll be rescheduled to.

Even if today's launch succeeds, it will be melancholy.

Mission Control is socially distancing during today's SpaceX launch

Pandemic Be Damned

Launching a historic rocket launch during a pandemic looks a little different. Mission control is spread out. NASA execs have to sit six feet apart.

Mission Control Is Socially Distancing During Today’s SpaceX Launch

"And here we are today, in an empty room, talking to cameras."

USS Portland Downs Drone With Laser

"With this new advanced capability, we are redefining war at sea for the Navy."

Watch the US military kill an aircraft with an energy weapon

Pew Pew

During a test, a powerful laser weapon system on board the amphibious US Navy ship USS Portland "successfully disabled an unmanned aerial vehicle."

Watch the US Military Kill an Aircraft With an Energy Weapon

Get ready for an international arms race in destructive energy weapons.

"This thing that looks like a liver and functions like a liver came from somebody's skin cells."

Scientists grow mini human livers, transplant them into rats

Liver Farm

In a new study, doctors managed to grow functional, miniature human livers out of stem cells and tested them in living rats.

Scientists Grow Mini Human Livers, Transplant Them Into Rats

READ MORE: <a href="https://www.inverse.com/mind-body/lab-grown-mini-human-livers">HUMAN MINI-LIVERS PAVE THE WAY FOR MADE-TO-ORDER ORGAN TRANSPLANTS</a> [Inverse]

More on mini organs: <a href="https://futurism.com/neoscope/robots-grow-humanoid-organoids-stem-cells-faster-better">Robots Can Grow Humanoid Mini-Organs From Stem Cells Faster and Better Than People</a>

Studies

"You can make a whole organ that can be functional from one cell of the skin."

COVID-19 drug trials just took a huge hit.

Major COVID drug study accused of relying on falsified data

Trust Issues

An open letter signed by hundreds of researchers today points out many glaring issues with a controversial hydroxychloroquine study.

Major COVID Drug Study Accused of Relying on Falsified Data

READ MORE: <a href="https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/06/mysterious-company-s-coronavirus-papers-top-medical-journals-may-be-unraveling">A mysterious company’s coronavirus papers in top medical journals may be unraveling</a> [Science]

More on the study: <a href="https://futurism.com/neoscope/hydroxychloroquine-increased-death-risk">LARGE STUDY: HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE LINKED TO INCREASED DEATH RISK</a>

Developments

The numbers just don't add up.

Sweden's mortality rate is astonishingly high.

Sweden's hands-off approach to COVID has failed dramatically

Death Toll

Sweden's unusual approach to fighting the coronavirus isn't paying off. Sweden's mortality rate is substantially higher than that for its neighbors.

Sweden’s Hands-Off Approach to COVID Has Failed Dramatically

READ MORE: <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/03/architect-of-sweden-coronavirus-strategy-admits-too-many-died-anders-tegnell">We should have done more, admits architect of Sweden&#8217;s Covid-19 strategy</a> [The Guardian]

More on Sweden: <a href="https://futurism.com/the-byte/climate-activist-greta-thunberg-nominated-nobel-peace-prize">CLIMATE ACTIVIST GRETA THUNBERG NOMINATED FOR NOBEL PEACE PRIZE</a>

"Clearly, there is potential for improvement in what we have done in Sweden."

SARS-CoV-2 might be a hybrid of bat and pangolin diseases that swapped genetic info.

Scientists: Coronavirus likely a hybrid of two other viruses

Horrible Luck

New research suggests that the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 is actually a genetic hybrid of a bat and pangolin virus that happened to swap genes.

Scientists: Coronavirus Likely a Hybrid of Two Other Viruses

READ MORE: <a href="https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/06/sars-cov-2-looks-like-a-hybrid-of-viruses-from-two-different-species/">SARS-CoV-2 looks like a hybrid of viruses from two different species</a> [Ars Technica]

More on SARS-CoV-2: <a href="https://futurism.com/neoscope/promising-new-idea-defeat-coronavirus">Scientists Have a Promising New Idea To Defeat the Coronavirus</a>

Here's an ominous possibility.

HAMR-Jr: small and dextrous. Presented at ICRA 2020

Can you imagine if you saw one of these in your house?

Watch Harvard's penny-sized robot scuttle around like a cockroach

Tiny Sleds

Researchers at Harvard have created a tiny cockroach-inspired robot that is only about the size of a penny and weighs only 0.3 grams.

Watch Harvard’s Penny-Sized Robot Scuttle Around Like a Cockroach

This terrifying robobug is one of the smallest, fastest robots in existence.

"A lot of people think that shadows are useless. Anything can be useful, even shadows."

Solar panel-like device generates power from darkness

Overcast Energy

A new solar panel-like device can generate clean electricity when it's blocked by darkness and shadows rather than sitting in direct sunlight.

Solar Panel-Like Device Generates Power From Darkness

"We can harvest energy anywhere on Earth, not just open spaces."

"People want to get out again safely, where they want to get out again, they want to socialize again and kind of get as much as they can their prior lives back."

Uber says rides during "party hours" are keeping it afloat

Sneaking Out

According to Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, the company is seeing its business return as passengers leave their homes during "party hours."

Uber Says Rides During “Party Hours” Are Keeping it Afloat

Uber is doing better — because more people are ignoring social distancing.

“The expectation is cosmonauts will fly on Crew Dragon and Boeing Starliner and vice versa."

NASA: Russia may be forced to launch cosmonauts with SpaceX

Sayonara Soyuz

NASA might soon end its reliance on Russia to send astronauts into space. In fact, Russian cosmonauts might soon have to chose SpaceX instead.