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A smart dress that detects every time its wearer is touched shines a spotlight on sexual harassment in Ogilvy's "Dress for Respect" video.
Future Society

Its wearers couldn't go five minutes without being touched.

Elon Musk admitted he tried to get a license to Mario Kart for every Tesla car. But Nintendo didn't play ball.
Elon Musk

And Nintendo shot him down.

Pest control may soon take the form of a system of satellites, working with computer models, to forewarn farmers of potential pest problems.
Future Society

The agricultural revolution keeps on evolving.

A new report finds that almost half of the coal plants in the world are losing money. In the coming years, that number will only grow.
Climate Change

No more excuses — it's time to go solar.

Virgin Galactic Will Send People to Space By Christmas. Maybe.
Off-World

The company's founder is feeling optimistic about 2018.

Researchers have created a needle-covered patch that delivers stem cells directly to damaged hearts, helping the organs heal.
Health & Medicine

The patch helps prevent cell death and repair damaged tissue.

American life expectancy is on the decline due to an increase in overdoses and suicides, according to a new report from the CDC.
Health & Medicine

Overdoses and suicides are on the rise.

Scientists figured out the ideal brain region to target with deep brain stimulation in order to alleviate depression symptoms.
Brain

A new target for Deep Brain Stimulation improved the moods of 25 participants.

On Tuesday, NASA announced the nine companies it has contracted to help transport astronauts and cargo to the Moon within the next 12 years.
Moon

The contracts have been signed, and NASA's ready to go.

A new robotic limb picks up on the signals that an amputee's brain sends to their perceived phantom limbs. Without any practice, the new arm responds.
Prosthetics and Devices

The two amputees in the study barely had to practice moving the robotic arm.

Microsoft just won a $480 million contract with the U.S. government. It's planning on providing the Army with 100,000 HoloLens AR goggles.
Prosthetics and Devices

The U.S. Army is buying 100,000 HoloLens goggles.

Report: Global Temps Could Rise 9 Degrees Fahrenheit by 2100
Climate Change

Record temperatures are just one sign that climate change is persisting.

After a lot of trouble with backup gyroscopes on board, NASA's Hubble space telescope is back in action. And its newest snapshot is amazing.
Off-World

After weeks of tinkering, experts got Hubble back on its feet.

China Forces Tesla and Other EV Makers to Turn Over Driver Data
Tesla

Every vehicle in the nation shares 61 data points — including its real-time location.

Those CRISPR Baby Experiments Were Just Banned By The Chinese Government
Health & Medicine

Enough is enough.

Researchers looking at Gaia satellite data have discovered a new galaxy orbiting the Milky Way, and not only is it massive, it's also "ghostly."
Science & Energy

It's both massive and extremely diffuse.

How Killer Robots Will Know They’ve Been Blasted With a Shotgun
Robotics

A smart foam uses machine learning to tell when it's deformed.

Earth is about 200 million years away from forming a new supercontinent — and researchers have a few ideas of what it might look like.
Science & Energy

Pangea was the last supercontinent. Novopangea could be the next one.

Amazon continues to invest in healthcare and has begun selling software which analyzes patient medical records for hospitals and their physicians.
Medical

Amazon wants in on medtech.

Today, the Facebook-owned Instagram announced that it will use AI to automatically identify the content of images for visually impaired users.
Artificial Intelligence

Lots of people who are visually impaired use Instagram.