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SpaceX

SpaceX Just Delayed Its Next Cargo Launch Because of Mold

Somebody forgot to check the expiry date.

NASA

Retired Astronaut: NASA Left Earth Defenseless Against Asteroids

Unfortunately, funding the Near-Earth Object Camera is low on the agency's list of priorities.

Prosthetics and Devices

The Scientist Who Gene-Edited Babies Is Missing

Is He being detained in China?

Self-Driving Vehicles

This Self-Driving Car Uses a Fold-Out Robot Arm to Deliver Parcels

It does more than just handle transportation.

Artificial Intelligence

Walmart Is About to Deploy Hundreds of Robot Janitors

The bots will scrub floors without human supervision.

Artificial Intelligence

Watch the ISS’s New AI Robot Companion Act Like Kind of a Brat

Like a testy teen, it just wants to listen to music.

SpaceX

Elysium and SpaceX to Launch Cremated Remains of 100 People Into Orbit

A small cubesat will carry capsules of ash through the heavens.

Science & Energy

NASA’s First-Ever Asteroid Return Mission Just Reached Its Target

Next up: actually snatching samples from Bennu.

Artificial Intelligence

New AI Dreams Up Trippy Video Games Based on Real Life Video

All it took was a graphics card, a game engine, a software engineer, and AI.

Mars

NASA’s InSight Mars Lander Landed in a “Large Sandbox” at a Slight Angle

But that's not necessarily a bad thing.

Robots and Machines

MIT Researchers Built a Cyborg Houseplant

The augmented plant rolls around on two wheels.

SpaceX

Russian Space Agency Roscosmos Blames SpaceX For Its Woes

Russia's space program is rattled by SpaceX's promise of cheap spaceflight.

Moon

China to Land First-Ever Rover on Dark Side of the Moon

It'll also set up a lunar container of seeds and silkworm larvae.

Advanced Transport

The Highest Performance Next-Gen Porsche 911 Could Be a Hybrid

Electric power has advantages.

Future Society

A New Amazon Camera Patent Is Straight Out of “1984”

An idea for a smart doorbell has privacy advocates up in arms.

Science & Energy

An Australian Ban Kept Billions of Plastic Bags From Polluting

"I think there’s going to be a lot more pressure on all of us."

Energy

Researchers Just Overcame a Key Barrier to Fusion Power

"We're here to commercialize fusion power."

Tesla

It Took Seven Minutes to Pull Over a Drunk and “Unresponsive” Tesla Driver

The driver failed a sobriety test and was arrested immediately.

Future Society

You Can Sketch on This E Ink Blackboard With Almost No Lag

No more fingernails on a chalkboard.

Health & Medicine

Five US Sites Are Now Enrolling Patients for MDMA Clinical Trials

And nine more sites are on the way.