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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.

Elon Musk: A “360 Degree Dash Cam” Will Soon Keep Your Tesla Safe
Elon Musk

Elon Musk: A “360 Degree Dash Cam” Will Soon Keep Your Tesla Safe

Elon Musk promised a "Sentry Mode" yesterday.

UK researchers are ready to launch a study in which they'll vibrate people's limbs in an attempt to prevent a decrease in bone density.
Health & Medicine

Vibrating Astronauts’ Legs Could Keep Their Bones Strong

Researchers are "nanokicking" stem cells into growing new bone.

Computer simulations can help spot new planets that were previously obscured by the death throes of old stars.
Off-World

This Scientist Is Hunting for Planets That Orbit Dead Stars

Is the universe filled with lonely planets orbiting dead stars?

By erasing memories linked to cocaine use, researchers stopped rats from seeking out the drug — and the therapy could potentially work in humans.
Health & Medicine

Scientists Kept Rats Sober by Deleting Memories of Cocaine

Researchers used light to make rats forget their drug triggers.

Waymo received approval from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) to build a Level 4 autonomous vehicle factory in the state.
Advanced Transport

Waymo Gets Approval to Open Driverless Car Factory in Michigan

It's the first factory in the world dedicated to self-driving cars.

A new study reveals a way to reverse memory loss in animal models of Alzheimer's disease, and it could one day work in people, too.
Health & Medicine

New Research Could Reverse Memory Loss in Alzheimer’s Patients

The treatment restored three kinds of memory in animal models.

According to a Stanford doctor who knows He Jiankui personally, the woman carrying the second gene-edited fetus should be 12-14 weeks pregnant by now.
Health & Medicine

Next Gene-Edited Baby Due in Six Months, Scientist Says

Pandora's Box is about to open all over again.

A stylized picture of a 3D-printed heart like one NASA wants to print in space.
3D Printing

Here’s Why NASA Wants to 3D Print Human Hearts in Space

The future of 3D-printed organs could be in orbit.

Elon Musk explains the decision to use stainless steel to create the new SpaceX Starship rocket in an interview with Popular Mechanics.
Starship

SpaceX Starship Will “Bleed Water” From Tiny Holes, Says Elon Musk

Musk: "To the best of my knowledge this has never been proposed before."

Blue Origin showed off a new animation of its New Gleen orbital rocket system, including a booster landing that's reminiscent of SpaceX's Falcon 9.
Blue Origin

New Animation Shows Off Blue Origin’s Redesigned Heavy Load Rocket

Who's winning the space race — SpaceX or Blue Origin?

The ESA says it's studying the prospects of a 2025 mission to the Moon that would use robotic mining equipment to extract water and fuel.
Off-World

Europe Wants to Extract Rocket Fuel From Lunar Surface in 2025

A lunar fuel station could power missions to Mars and beyond.

Coral Vita is working to build a coral farm on land, which it claims allows it to grow coral at up to 50 times the rate of underwater farms.
Climate Change

This Startup Is Growing Coral on Land and Transplanting It Into Damaged Reefs

It says it can accelerate the growth rate of some corals by up to 50 times. 

A new global survey presented to the World Economic Forum reveals a pervasive, worldwide optimism in the face of automation.
Future Society

Globally, Most Workers Think Robots Couldn’t Handle Their Jobs

Do you think a robot could replace you?

A NASA scientist just made animations showing how slow the speed of light is compared to the scale of the cosmos to explain why we haven't traveled far.
NASA

New NASA Animations Show How Slowly Light Travels Through Space

On a galactic scale, light speed is a barely-discernible crawl.

Astrophysicists just uncovered why some dying stars' supernovae appear to lack high-energy gamma ray bursts. A protective cocoon has been blocking them.
Off-World

Protective “Cocoons” Could Block Deadly Stellar Gamma-Ray Bursts

A gamma-ray burst could cause an extinction event if it hit Earth.

A government official in China said on Monday that the country was planning new punishments for local officials who don't meet air pollution goals. Chinese pollution
Pollution

China Plans “Punishment” for Officials Who Miss Pollution Goals

"We have to win the war against air pollution, no matter what happens."