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Science & Energy

Chinese Scientists Cloned Gene-Edited Monkeys With Horrifying Results

The monkeys are clearly not well.

Future Society

Apple Is Working on Tech That’d Let Your iPhone Detect Poison

It has an idea for a tiny sensor that could save your life.

Self-Driving Vehicles

Apple Lays Off 200 Workers From Secretive Self-Driving Car Project

CEO Tim Cook called it "the mother of all AI projects" in 2017.

Crew Dragon

SpaceX Just Test Fired the Rocket That’ll Launch Its Crew Dragon

SpaceX plans to launch the first astronauts from American soil since 2011.

Self-Driving Vehicles

Self-Driving Cars Could Rely on Crowdsourced Maps

It's like Google Street View that anyone can contribute to.

Off-World

Under Armour is Making Spacesuits for Virgin Galactic

But they won't be making conventional, pressurized suits.

Space

Space Station Designer: Indoor Lighting Is Making Us Sick

"We’re in this constant twilight that’s neither day nor night.”

Elon Musk

Elon Musk: Regulators Approved Tesla “Remote Control” Feature

"You’ll be able to drive it from your phone remotely like a big RC car."

Off-World

New Theory: Life on Earth Came From Impact With Another Planet

The same collision that broke the Moon off the Earth might have also caused living organisms.

Future Society

Grindr-Like Chinese App Tells You If “Deadbeat Debtors” Are Nearby

It sounds like dystopian fiction.

Drones

Autonomous Drones Are Dropping Rat Poison Bombs on This Island

The project could revolutionize conservation efforts around the globe.

Tesla

This Police Department’s New Cop Car is a Tesla

Do you know how fast you were going?

Cancer

We Asked a Genetic Counselor About 23andMe’s New Cancer Test

"There's that element of anxiety and stress and not necessarily having an educational resource to turn to."

Climate Change

Apple Expects to Benefit From Climate Change

The company says that severe weather will increase "customer loyalty or brand value."

Physics

New Theory: Vast, Ancient Black Holes Formed Because of Dark Matter

A mind-bending new paper found that dark matter could be responsible for the universe's oldest, biggest black holes.

Evolution

Human Mutation Is Slowing Down

Humans are mutating more slowly than our closest relatives.

Advanced Transport

Amazon is Unleashing Its Own Army of Delivery Robots

With Amazon on board, delivery robots are now a big deal.

Robotics

See the Centaur-Like Robot Designed to Handle Nuclear Disasters

It can safely go where humans can't.

Nuclear Fusion

Hackers Hijacked a Family’s Smart Home, Spammed Nuclear Missile Alerts

The future of online mischief is dark.

Off-World

See What Astronomers Are Calling “The Last Breath of a Dying Star”

A once-massive red giant is on its deathbed.