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A new service called Loop delivers brand-name goods in reusable packaging, and then picks up the packaging to refill or recycle it.
Pollution

New Service Delivers Name-Brand Goods Then Returns for the Packaging

The milk man is making a comeback.

A catastrophic impact with a "Mars-sized planet" may have left behind the chemical building blocks that led to life on Earth.
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.

A new Chinese app tells you if any "deadbeat debtors" are within 500 meters — like Grindr, essentially, but for insolvent borrowers.
Future Society

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

It sounds like dystopian fiction.

Autonomous Drones Are Dropping Rat Poison Bombs on This Island
Drones

Autonomous Drones Are Dropping Rat Poison Bombs on This Island

The project could revolutionize conservation efforts around the globe.

The Fremont Police Department announced that it will add a 2014 Tesla Model S to its fleet of patrol vehicles — the same city where Teslas are built.
Tesla

This Police Department’s New Cop Car is a Tesla

Do you know how fast you were going?

Board certified genetic counselor Rachelle Chambers says that 23andMe's new test for colon cancer could do some good, but professionals would do better.
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."

According to CDP, an organization that grades corporations on their environmental impact, Apple expects to become more valuable as climate change worsens.
Climate Change

Apple Expects to Benefit From Climate Change

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

New research shines a light on the importance of soil moisture in plants' ability to trap CO2 — and extreme weather events could hinder that ability.
Climate Change

Extreme Weather Is Preventing Plants From Processing Carbon

We could be on the brink of a climate tipping point.

New research suggests that supermassive black holes formed in halos of dark matter that serve as "gravitational glue" for galaxies.
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.

The human mutation rate has slowed down significantly over the past million years or so, according to new research, raising new questions.
Evolution

Human Mutation Is Slowing Down

Humans are mutating more slowly than our closest relatives.

Amazon announced it will roll out its own network of "Scout" delivery robots. An initial run will start things off in a county north of Seattle.
Advanced Transport

Amazon is Unleashing Its Own Army of Delivery Robots

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

Researchers in the UK are developing a centaur-like robot to navigate settings too dangerous for humans, such as the site of a nuclear disaster.
Robotics

See the Centaur-Like Robot Designed to Handle Nuclear Disasters

It can safely go where humans can't.

The Lyons family were the victims of a cruel prank by hackers, who gained access to their smart home and used it to terrorize the family
Nuclear Fusion

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

The future of online mischief is dark.

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

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

A once-massive red giant is on its deathbed.

New research lends concrete evidence to something that many suspected was true: climate change is increasing global conflict and migration.
Climate Change

New Research: Climate Change Causes Migration and Conflict

Maybe it's obvious, but now we have confirmation.

Boeing just announced it successfully completed the first ever test flight of a prototype of its autonomous passenger air vehicle (PAV).
Advanced Transport

Boeing’s Flying Car Just Completed Its First Test Flight

Flying cars are almost here.

In a short clip, Xiamoi co-founder Lin Bin showed off the company's latest creation: a foldable smartphone that folds on both sides like an envelope.
Robots and Machines

Xiaomi Teases Flexible Smartphone That Folds Like a Birthday Card

Will 2019 be the year of the foldable smartphone?

The results of a new global warming survey reveal Americans increased belief in the phenomenon — as well as their concerns about its impact.
Global Warming

More Americans Believe in Global Warming Than Ever Before

And they're increasingly worried about it.

Powerful wind gusts have caused damage to SpaceX's Starship rocket that CEO Elon Musk believes will take "weeks to repair."
Starship

Hurricane-Force Gusts Knocked Over SpaceX’s Starship Last Night

Here's a photo of the crumpled mess.

U.S. President Donald Trump offered NASA unlimited funding if it meant the agency could send a crewed mission to Mars by the end of his first term.
Mars

Trump Offered NASA an Unlimited Budget if It Sent Humans to Mars

There was only one catch: NASA had to do it during Trump's first term.