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Washington State may be set to become the first state to allow human composting
Future Society

Washington May Become the First State to Legalize Human Composting

What would you like to happen to your body when you die?

combustion engine
Advanced Transport

Demand for Combustion Engine Cars May Have Peaked in 2018

The transportation sector has turned a corner, predict experts.

Ball and chain.
Prosthetics and Devices

Scientist Who Gene Edited Babies Is Being Held By Mysterious Guards

"He was extremely irresponsible to the employees, partners and investors."

Scientists set off a massive explosion in the Nevada desert to test special earthquake-detecting balloons that could one day be deployed over Venus.
NASA

NASA Wants to Send Earthquake-Detecting Balloons to Venus

Scientists just set off a massive explosion in the desert to test them out.

Sierra Nevada Corporation’s Dream Chaser cargo spacecraft has been cleared by NASA for full-scale production
NASA

NASA Clears “Dream Chaser” Space Cargo Plane For Full-Scale Production

There's a new player in the commercial space operations game.

Nerve cells could be rerouted to help prevent phantom limb pain
Future Society

Rerouting Nerves During Amputation May Reduce Phantom Limb Pain

Soon amputees may not have to fear a haunting phantom limb.

Burgers full of beef and bacon are facing a new threat from cancer causing chemicals.
Cancer

Experts: Stop Adding Cancer-Causing Chemicals to our Meats

Just let us have our bacon!

Google won a key Illinois lawsuit that has long been a barrier to big tech companies' use of facial recognition software.
Future Society

Google Wins Lawsuit Over Facial Recognition Technology

Tech companies may now be more free to use facial recognition technology without your consent.

Holograms Are Resurrecting Dead Musicians, Raising Legal Questions
Future Society

Holograms Are Resurrecting Dead Musicians, Raising Legal Questions

Is it right to use technology to bring a dead person back on stage?

On Friday, Elon Musk speculated that a sophisticated artificial intelligence might touch down on the Red Planet before the first human Mars settler.
Mars

Elon Musk Thinks the First Mars Settler Could Be an AI

An AI settler could lay the groundwork for human colonists.

Leaked documents showing how Facebook controls speech online raise deep questions about the future of the company's role in international discourse.
Meta

Leaked Documents Show How Facebook Controls Speech Across the Globe

"No one entity, especially not a for-profit venture like Facebook, should have that kind of power."

The ongoing government shutdown means that 95 percent of NASA's workforce is home on furlough during New Horizons' historic flyby.
NASA

Gov Shutdown Means 95 Percent of NASA Employees Aren’t At Work

"Most view this as an act of ineptitude."

A new cancer treatment that uses the body's own immune system to fight cancer is scheduled to start human trials in 2019.
Cancer

Scientists to Test New Cancer Treatment on Human Patients in 2019

The new treatment uses immune cells to fight tumors.

A mind-bending new theory claims to make sense not just of the expanding universe and extra dimensions, but string theory and dark energy as well.
Energy

New Theory: The Universe is a Bubble, Inflated by Dark Energy

And it's covered with strings that make up its matter.

The majority of U.S. adults would support gene editing embryos to protect babies against disease, according to a new poll.
Gene Editing

Poll: Two Thirds of Americans Support Human Gene Editing to Cure Disease

But not for tinkering with intelligence or eye color.

PNC Bank is conducting a pilot project of credit cards with constantly changing CVVs, which it believes might prevent fraud during online transactions.
Future Society

Credit Cards With Constantly Changing CVVs Could Prevent Fraud

They're designed to prevent fraud during "card-not-present" transactions.

A mining corporation says an autonomous rail system it's been developing in Australia is fully operational, making it the "world's largest robot."
Self-Driving Vehicles

Australian Autonomous Train Is The “World’s Largest Robot”

Here comes the choo-choo!

gene-editing
Prosthetics and Devices

Chinese Scientists Reportedly Lost Track of Gene-Edited Patients

They didn't bother to keep in touch after the trial ended.

Robotics manufacturers are scrambling for more than a half billion dollars in Pentagon contracts for battlefield robots that will defuse bombs scout ahead.
Robotics

The Pentagon Wants to Buy Thousands of Battlefield Robots

"My personal estimate is that robots will play a significant role in combat."

Bandersnatch
Future Society

Netflix’s Bandersnatch Teases the Future of Entertainment

The choose-your-own-adventure format is no longer just for kids.