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A new dark matter detection study, COSINE-100, may debunk another experiment that claimed to have spotted dark matter. But the two had some key differences.
Dark Matter

Two Nearly-Identical Dark Matter Studies Have Conflicting Results

New research is a "nail in the coffin" for controversial findings.

A New Spray Gel Helps Kill Tumors Left Over From Cancer Surgery
Cancer

A New Spray Gel Helps Kill Tumors Left Over From Cancer Surgery

The gel reactivated the immune systems of mice who had tumors left in their bodies.

A SpaceX Dragon capsule just brought the ISS Christmas dinner, a feast consisting of turkey and all the fixings, plus cookies to decorate.
SpaceX

How a SpaceX Dragon Capsule Delivered Christmas Dinner to the ISS

The astronauts will enjoy a turkey dinner with all the fixings.

California Is Installing Chargers for a Type of Electric Car That Doesn’t Exist Yet
Advanced Transport

California Is Installing Chargers for a Type of Electric Car That Doesn’t Exist Yet

The first vehicles that will use them are still two years out.

If governments don't take swift action against climate change, the global economy could be headed for a crisis, according to investors.
Climate Change

Climate Change May Trigger an Economic Crisis. We Could Prevent It.

Today's "zombie-like" response could lead to financial catastrophe.

NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft found evidence of "hydrated minerals" on the surface of Bennu, an asteroid millions of miles away.
NASA

A NASA Probe Just Found Evidence of Water on a Distant Asteroid

"This is a great surprise."

Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg’s “Epic Rap Battle,” Explained
Elon Musk

Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg’s “Epic Rap Battle,” Explained

Who won? Who's next?

A landmark research study at the National Institute of Health is finding that too much screen time is changing the way children's brains are developing.
Brain

New Research: Screen Time Is Literally Changing Children’s Brains

But we don't know if that's a bad thing yet.

Voyager 2 Just Entered Interstellar Space
Science & Energy

Voyager 2 Just Entered Interstellar Space

It's now 11 billion miles from Earth.

The island nation of Mauritius is now generating 14 percent of its electricity by burning sugarcane byproducts. Here's why it matters.
Energy

This Island Nation is Getting Power From Sugarcane Instead of Oil

They're using waste carbon to make soft drinks.

Elon Musk: “I Do Not Respect the SEC”
Elon Musk

Elon Musk: “I Do Not Respect the SEC”

Musk has had enough.

People Are Refusing to Use Self-Checkout Because It’ll “Kill Jobs”
Future Society

People Are Refusing to Use Self-Checkout Because It’ll “Kill Jobs”

"Machines don't pay taxes, they don't pay into the pension plan."

Researchers from Caltech, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and Honda say they've developed a new battery with extraordinary powers.
Science & Energy

A New Battery Could Store Ten Times the Power as Lithium-Ion

Caltech, NASA, and Honda teamed up to develop an extraordinary new battery.

Mission control was forced to abort a spy satellite launch aboard a Delta IV Heavy just seconds before the rocket achieved liftoff.
Off-World

Watch a US Spy Satellite Launch Fail Seconds Before Liftoff

Crisis averted.

3d printed glucose monitors could make health monitoring simpler
3D Printing

3D-Printed Glucose Sensors Could Cut Costs for People With Diabetes

Finally, no more finger pricking.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said this week that it was a "life or death" moment for the electric car company when it ran into trouble manufacturing the Model 3.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk on Tesla’s Manufacturing Woes: “It Was Life or Death”

Musk said he doesn't care if Tesla folds — as long as the electric car succeeds.

Researchers found a treasure trove of forming planets
Off-World

Researchers Found a Treasure Trove of Planets Hiding in Dust

The young planets could teach us a lot about our solar system.

South American wasp venom could be used in new antibiotic
Health & Medicine

Repurposed Wasp Venom Could Lead to New Antibiotic Drugs

Wasps could aid us in fighting new strains of bacteria.

Waymo self-driving taxis services have begun rolling out to the public in Arizona
Self-Driving Vehicles

Waymo’s Self-Driving Taxi Service Signals Rough Roads Ahead for AVs

Fully autonomous cars are still slow out of the gate.

NASA's team at JPL just recorded the first sounds from the Martian surface ever to be heard back on Earth.
Mars

A World First: Listen to the Sounds of Mars

It's windy up there.