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On the week of the 15th anniversary of NASA's Opportunity rover's touchdown, officials are acknowledging that it could be permanently out of commission.
NASA

NASA’s Opportunity Rover Feared Dead: “An Honorable Death”

"Under the assumption that this is the end, it feels good. I mean that."

By Jon Christian

For the first time, researchers have used a controversial "three-parent baby" therapy in a clinical trial to help an infertile couple conceive.
Prosthetics and Devices

An Infertile Couple Is Now Pregnant With a “Three-Parent Baby”

The pregnancy could give new hope to infertile couples everywhere.

By Kristin Houser

A team from MIT found a way to use a laser to transmit audio across a room — without anyone between the person and source of the laser hearing it.
Science & Energy

MIT Used a Laser to Transmit Audio Directly Into a Person’s Ear

Only the targeted person could hear the message.

By Kristin Houser

According to a massive analysis by MIT Technology Review, the AI research community may soon move away from deep learning toward something new.
Artificial Intelligence

Analysis: “The Era of Deep Learning Is Coming to an End”

Nothing lasts forever.

By Dan Robitzski

Alphabet's DeepMind AI dominated at the game of StarCraft II beating two of the world's best (human) players 5-0 in a best-of-five.
Artificial Intelligence

StarCraft Champion Trounced by AI: “Very Human Style of Gameplay”

"In a way, beating humans at games has gotten boring."

By Victor Tangermann

Amazon's facial recognition software, Rekognition, struggles to identify the gender of women with darker skin, suggesting ongoing algorithmic bias.
Facial recognition

Amazon’s Facial Recognition Struggles With Darker Skin

The company denied the findings, saying it's since updated Rekognition.

By Dan Robitzski

A team of scientists successfully drilled a hole, more than a mile in length, that went all the way through Antarctica's ice.
Climate Change

Scientists Just Drilled All the Way Through Antarctica’s Ice

The record-setting hole is more than a mile deep.

By Jon Christian

A team of Chinese scientists just unveiled five cloned monkeys produced from the cells of a monkey whose genes they edited with CRISPR-Cas9.
Science & Energy

Chinese Scientists Cloned Gene-Edited Monkeys With Horrifying Results

The monkeys are clearly not well.

By Kristin Houser

A new algorithm allows simple digital cameras to reconstruct objects out of their line of sight based on their shadows.
Artificial Intelligence

Spooky Algorithm Sees Around Corners by Analyzing Shadows

Surveillance cameras can now use walls as if they're mirrors.

By Dan Robitzski

A new Apple patent depicts a sensor that would give iPhone and iWatches the ability to detect poisonous gases, such as carbon monoxide.
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.

By Kristin Houser

Apple just laid off more than 200 employees from its secretive self-driving car project Project Titan, according to CNBC.
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.

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX just completed the first test fire of the Falcon 9 rocket that will hopefully carry the groundbreaking Crew Dragon spacecraft into space.
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.

By Victor Tangermann

The startup Mapillary uses photos sourced from the crowd to create the highly detailed, up-to-date maps self-driving cars need.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Self-Driving Cars Could Rely on Crowdsourced Maps

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

By Kristin Houser

The Doomsday Clock is still set to 11:58, signifying that humanity is no less likely to cause an apocalyptic event than it was last year.
Future Society

Doomsday Clock Is Staying at Two Minutes to Midnight This Year

A scary "new abnormal" is taking hold.

By Kristin Houser

Under Armour is Making Spacesuits for Virgin Galactic
Off-World

Under Armour is Making Spacesuits for Virgin Galactic

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

By Dan Robitzski

Today's lighting affects our circadian rhythms, causing a host of health problems, but a new type of light has the potential to address the issue.
Space

Space Station Designer: Indoor Lighting Is Making Us Sick

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

By Kristin Houser

Elon Musk: Regulators Approved Tesla “Remote Control” Feature
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."

By Victor Tangermann

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.

By Kristin Houser

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.

By Jon Christian

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.

By Jon Christian