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Sleep

A New Class of Drugs Could Make Safer Sleeping Pills

Sleep when you want it, consciousness when the house is on fire.

Bacteria

New Technique Makes Electricity-Producing Bacteria More Useful Than Ever

These tiny power producers could charge our future with clean energy.

Biology

Researchers Found the Blueprint for Plant Immune Systems

A glimpse of the wild world of plants.

Exobiology

Harvard Astronomer Predicts What First Alien Contact Will Be Like

"I can't tell you what this moment will look like. But it will be shocking."

Black Holes

A Black Hole Inhaled a Star. Then It Started to Shrink

Honey, I shrunk the black holes.

Science & Energy

Denmark Is Building Nine Gigantic Artificial Islands

The scale of the project is mind-boggling.

Bacteria

An Ancient Antibacterial Technique Might Hold the Key to Future Wound Treatment

Researchers found a clay can take down tough bacteria.

Artificial Intelligence

Scientists Are Building a Quantum Computer That “Acts Like a Brain”

Get ready for the quantum neural network.

Climate Change

Scientists: Warming Oceans Will Lead to “Catastrophic” Future

The dying oceans will lead to chaos on land, experts warn.

Brain

DARPA Wants to Build Conscious Robots Using Insect Brains

The Pentagon thinks bugs could hold the secrets to conscious experience.

SpaceX

Surprise Announcement: SpaceX to Lay off 10 Percent of Workforce

No word yet from CEO Elon Musk.

Exoplanets

One of the Closest Exoplanets to Earth Could Support Alien Life

Life could be hiding in our galactic backyard.

Google

Google Brain Built a Translator so AI Can Explain Itself

Hopefully it opens up the "black box" of neural networks.

Universal Basic Income

Universal Internet Access Is at Least 30 Years Away, Say Experts

The World Wide Web might not be truly worldwide for decades.

Black Holes

Astronomers May Have Just Spotted the Birth of a Black Hole

If so, it's the first birth of a black hole observed in human history.

Space

Former Senator Wants Congress to Listen to UFO Reports

“We have hundreds and hundreds of people that have seen the same thing.”

Off-World

See the Steam-Powered Probe That Could Explore Space Forever

It could hop from asteroid to asteroid indefinitely.

Artificial Intelligence

IBM’s New AI System Can Compose Logical Arguments

Next thing we know, it'll be arguing in the comment section.

Starship

Elon Musk Shares Photo of SpaceX’s First Starship

See the rocket designed to take us to Mars.

Moon

Here’s a 360 Degree Lunar Panorama Taken by China’s Moon Lander

There's even a video of the landing.