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Two teams of researchers have used gene-editing tool CRISPR to decrease the number of chromosomes in baker's yeast from 16 to one or two.
Science & Energy

Engineers Use CRISPR to Create A New Species With Just One Chromosome

By Kristin Houser

The cod population in the Gulf of Alaska is at the lowest levels ever recording, which is wreaking havoc on the state's economy.
Science & Energy

A Warm Water Mass Called “The Blob” Is Killing Alaska’s Cod

By Kristin Houser

Through a series of experiments, UK researchers identify abiogenesis zones around stars, helping narrow down the list of planets that could form life.
Science & Energy

Scientists Shed New Light on What Life-Producing Planets Require

By Kristin Houser

23andMe has signed an agreement to no longer parter with anyone but British pharmaceutical company GSK on any drug discovery projects.
Science & Energy

23andMe is Teaming Up With A Pharma Company. You Shouldn’t Be Surprised.

By Kristin Houser

According to Europe's highest court, gene-edited crops are genetically modified organisms and should be regulated the same way as GMOs.
Science & Energy

Gene-Edited Crops Are Officially GMOs, European Court Rules

By Kristin Houser

DARPA has announced a new program focused on funding projects focused on third wave AI, the kind that can understand and explain its answers.
DARPA

DARPA Is Funding Research Into AI That Can Explain What It’s “Thinking”

By Kristin Houser

The U.S. military's AI center will help the nation's armed forces develop and implement the latest in artificial intelligence
Military

U.S. Military Declares Mandate on AI: “We Want to Be the Threat”

By Kristin Houser

MIT researchers have created nanobots that can travel via an aerosol spray, potentially opening up a new field in robotics.
Nanotech

MIT Researchers Create an Aerosol Spray Loaded With Nanobots

By Kristin Houser

Federal Agencies Propose Major Changes to Endangered Species Act
Environment

Federal Agencies Propose Major Changes to Endangered Species Act

By Kristin Houser

Google agreed to work with UN Environment to create a platform that gives the world access to valuable environmental data.
Climate Change

Google and The UN Team Up To Study The Effects of Climate Change

By Kristin Houser

The Digest: We Finally Know Where Those Mysterious Subatomic Particles Are Coming From
Science & Energy

The Digest: We Finally Know Where Those Mysterious Subatomic Particles Are Coming From

By Kristin Houser

The Digest: Hackers Are Stealing Sensitive Documents From The U.S. Military And Selling Them
Military

The Digest: Hackers Are Stealing Sensitive Documents From The U.S. Military And Selling Them

By Victor Tangermann

The Digest: Removing Spent Underwater Oil Rigs Might Do More Harm Than Good
Fossil Fuels

The Digest: Removing Spent Underwater Oil Rigs Might Do More Harm Than Good

By Kristin Houser

The Digest: Starbucks Is Replacing Plastic Straws With “Sippy Cups” for Adults
Pollution

The Digest: Starbucks Is Replacing Plastic Straws With “Sippy Cups” for Adults

By Kristin Houser

The Digest: Seattle Becomes the First Major U.S. City to Ban Plastic Straws
Pollution

The Digest: Seattle Becomes the First Major U.S. City to Ban Plastic Straws

By Kristin Houser

The Digest: A New Cloaking Approach Could Potentially Make Objects Invisible From Every Direction
Science & Energy

The Digest: A New Cloaking Approach Could Potentially Make Objects Invisible From Every Direction

By Kristin Houser

The Digest: One of Saturn’s Moons Has Everything Needed to Host Life
Science & Energy

The Digest: One of Saturn’s Moons Has Everything Needed to Host Life

By Kristin Houser

AirPods Meet Bose: The World’s Smartest Earphones Let You Personalize Your Audio Experience [Affiliate]
Science & Energy

AirPods Meet Bose: The World’s Smartest Earphones Let You Personalize Your Audio Experience [Affiliate]

By Futurism

The Digest: China Has (Probably) Been Pumping a Banned Gas Into the Atmosphere
Renewable Energy

The Digest: China Has (Probably) Been Pumping a Banned Gas Into the Atmosphere

By Kristin Houser

Lab-Grown Neanderthal Minibrains Reveal How They’re Different From Humans’
Biology

Lab-Grown Neanderthal Minibrains Reveal How They’re Different From Humans’

By Dan Robitzski

MIT Creates “Artificial Blubber” to Keep Navy SEALs Warm
Military

MIT Creates “Artificial Blubber” to Keep Navy SEALs Warm

By Kristin Houser

Russia Wants to Vaporize Space Junk With a Laser. There Is No Way This Will Go Wrong.
Science & Energy

Russia Wants to Vaporize Space Junk With a Laser. There Is No Way This Will Go Wrong.

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists Developed a Vaccine That Could Protect 350 Million Lives
Science & Energy

Scientists Developed a Vaccine That Could Protect 350 Million Lives

By Dom Galeon

Cheap Carbon Capture Technology Might Make Our Climate Goals Possible
Climate Change

Cheap Carbon Capture Technology Might Make Our Climate Goals Possible

By Dan Robitzski

Google: JK, We’re Going To Keep Working With The Military After All
Military

Google: JK, We’re Going To Keep Working With The Military After All

By Dan Robitzski

Maybe We Haven’t Found Aliens Because They All Died From Climate Change
Climate Change

Maybe We Haven’t Found Aliens Because They All Died From Climate Change

By Jacob Banas

The DoE May Bail Out Failing Coal Plants in the Name of National Security
Science & Energy

The DoE May Bail Out Failing Coal Plants in the Name of National Security

By Kristin Houser

Millions of People Need New Corneas. Now We Can 3D Print Them.
3D Printing

Millions of People Need New Corneas. Now We Can 3D Print Them.

By Kristin Houser

China Isn’t Taking Our Recycling. Here’s What We Could Do With It Instead.
Science & Energy

China Isn’t Taking Our Recycling. Here’s What We Could Do With It Instead.

By Leslie Nemo

Scientists Invented A Real-Life Flux Capacitor
Quantum Physics

Scientists Invented A Real-Life Flux Capacitor

By Kristin Houser

The Military Wants Bulletproof Batteries For Armor
Military

The Military Wants Bulletproof Batteries For Armor

By Leslie Nemo

3D Printed Sugar Scaffolds Could Help Grow Organs, Then Dissolve Away
Science & Energy

3D Printed Sugar Scaffolds Could Help Grow Organs, Then Dissolve Away

By Jacob Banas

Tesla Gets Green Light To Create The World’s Largest Virtual Solar Plant In South Australia
Solar Power

Tesla Gets Green Light To Create The World’s Largest Virtual Solar Plant In South Australia

By Dan Robitzski

If DARPA Wants To Stop Deepfakes, They Should Talk To Facebook And Google
DARPA

If DARPA Wants To Stop Deepfakes, They Should Talk To Facebook And Google

By Dan Robitzski

Brain Scans Of Stressed Pilots Uncover A Big Problem With How We Do Science
Biology

Brain Scans Of Stressed Pilots Uncover A Big Problem With How We Do Science

By Dan Robitzski

There’s New Evidence for the Mysterious “Planet Nine”
Science & Energy

There’s New Evidence for the Mysterious “Planet Nine”

By Dan Robitzski

Gamers Built a “Digital Museum” That Unlocked New Secrets of the Brain
Science & Energy

Gamers Built a “Digital Museum” That Unlocked New Secrets of the Brain

By Kristin Houser

As It Turns Out, Environmentally ‘Protected’ Lands Really Aren’t
Environment

As It Turns Out, Environmentally ‘Protected’ Lands Really Aren’t

By Dan Robitzski

Bitcoin Is Going To Use As Much Electricity As Austria By The Year’s End
Energy

Bitcoin Is Going To Use As Much Electricity As Austria By The Year’s End

By Dan Robitzski

Researchers Don’t Know What’s Killing Florida’s Coral Reef
Science & Energy

Researchers Don’t Know What’s Killing Florida’s Coral Reef

By Leslie Nemo

Scott Pruitt’s EPA Prevented A Major Water Pollution Study From Being Published
Pollution

Scott Pruitt’s EPA Prevented A Major Water Pollution Study From Being Published

By Dan Robitzski

Robo-Bees Can Infiltrate and Influence Insect Societies To Stop Them From Going Extinct
Biology

Robo-Bees Can Infiltrate and Influence Insect Societies To Stop Them From Going Extinct

By Dan Robitzski

Study: Oil Companies Are Avoiding Taking Responsibility for Climate Change
Climate Change

Study: Oil Companies Are Avoiding Taking Responsibility for Climate Change

By Leslie Nemo

How California’s Incredible New Solar Panel Law Is Historic for Green Energy
Solar Power

How California’s Incredible New Solar Panel Law Is Historic for Green Energy

By Claudia Geib

AI Created Complete 3D Models Of Cells So Doctors See How Diseases Change Them
3D Printing

AI Created Complete 3D Models Of Cells So Doctors See How Diseases Change Them

By Dan Robitzski

Green Energy: Good For The Planet, Bad For Fossil Fuel Workers
Energy

Green Energy: Good For The Planet, Bad For Fossil Fuel Workers

By Claudia Geib

Environmental Problems Go Hand In Hand With Social Injustice. North Carolina Wants to End That.
Environment

Environmental Problems Go Hand In Hand With Social Injustice. North Carolina Wants to End That.

By Claudia Geib

Hawaii’s Sunscreen Ban Will Attempt to Protect Struggling Coral Reefs
Pollution

Hawaii’s Sunscreen Ban Will Attempt to Protect Struggling Coral Reefs

By Claudia Geib

States Sue to Stop Trump’s EPA From Stripping Vehicle Emissions Rules
Climate Change

States Sue to Stop Trump’s EPA From Stripping Vehicle Emissions Rules

By Claudia Geib

Antarctic Research Project Will Determine If a Huge Glacier Will Soon Break Off
Climate Change

Antarctic Research Project Will Determine If a Huge Glacier Will Soon Break Off

By Claudia Geib

Cheap Hydrogen Fuel Was A Failed Promise. But Its Time May Have Arrived.
Climate Change

Cheap Hydrogen Fuel Was A Failed Promise. But Its Time May Have Arrived.

By Dan Robitzski

To Power Villages And Oil Rigs, Russia Sent A Nuclear Reactor On A “Tsunami-Proof” Barge
Nuclear Fusion

To Power Villages And Oil Rigs, Russia Sent A Nuclear Reactor On A “Tsunami-Proof” Barge

By Dan Robitzski

Australia Has Big Plans to Save the Great Barrier Reef. But It Can’t Do It Alone.
Climate Change

Australia Has Big Plans to Save the Great Barrier Reef. But It Can’t Do It Alone.

By Claudia Geib

Forget High-Tech Watches; Future Spies May Carry Chemical Passwords On Napkins
Biology

Forget High-Tech Watches; Future Spies May Carry Chemical Passwords On Napkins

By Dan Robitzski

The Military Just Created An AI That Learned How To Program Software
Military

The Military Just Created An AI That Learned How To Program Software

By Dan Robitzski

Pig Brains Can Be Kept Alive Outside the Body. Human Brains Might Be Next.
Science & Energy

Pig Brains Can Be Kept Alive Outside the Body. Human Brains Might Be Next.

By Kristin Houser

Plan to Create a Genetic Rolodex of Life on Earth Could Save Lives
Biology

Plan to Create a Genetic Rolodex of Life on Earth Could Save Lives

By Kristin Houser

Europe Is Illegally Shipping Its Used Electronics to Nigeria
Science & Energy

Europe Is Illegally Shipping Its Used Electronics to Nigeria

By Victor Tangermann

California’s Future Is Dry, Wet, and Scary
Climate Change

California’s Future Is Dry, Wet, and Scary

By Kristin Houser

Soldiers Are Training in Virtual Environments Generated From Real Cities
Environment

Soldiers Are Training in Virtual Environments Generated From Real Cities

By Dan Robitzski

The World’s Rivers Are All Backed Up, Leaving Fish With No Place To Go
Biology

The World’s Rivers Are All Backed Up, Leaving Fish With No Place To Go

By Dan Robitzski

A Moss Can Naturally Clean Harmful Arsenic From Water
Biology

A Moss Can Naturally Clean Harmful Arsenic From Water

By Dan Robitzski

Basically Everyone Wants Scott Pruitt Out of Office
Environment

Basically Everyone Wants Scott Pruitt Out of Office

By Alexandra Ossola

EV-Charging Roads Have Arrived. Here’s Why We Do (and Don’t) Need Them.
Science & Energy

EV-Charging Roads Have Arrived. Here’s Why We Do (and Don’t) Need Them.

By Kristin Houser