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Biology

New Encryption Is Based on the Random Movement of Living Cells

Living cells could provide the encryption to fight quantum hackers.

Mars

NASA’s Mars Lander Places Instrument to Listen for “Marsquakes”

InSight's seismometer will listen for clues about Mars' core — and whether there's water under the surface.

Science & Energy

A Houseplant With Rabbit DNA Could Purify the Air in Your Home

A gene from a rabbit helped a common ivy break down air toxins.

Robot Dogs

Guide Dogs Respond Better Than Some Humans to Autonomous Robots

The dogs weren't bothered when they saw bots on the streets.

SpaceX

SpaceX’s Reusable Dragon 2 Crew Capsule Is Covered in Solar Panels

Even the side fins appear to be lined with a mosaic of small panels.

Environment

Scientists Planted Clones of Ancient Super-Tall Redwoods

The 75 saplings are all genetically identical to ancient redwood stumps.

Robotics

Bio-Inspired Swarm Robots Can Form Structures Without a Blueprint

Each individual robot is as replaceable and programmable as a biological cell.

Hacking

Hackers Accessed NASA Servers Containing Employee Information

NASA still isn't sure how many staff members were affected.

Advanced Transport

The Boring Company Just Showed Off Its First Completed Tunnel

The company's big reveal was pretty... boring.

NASA

Former NASA Astronaut: Virgin Galactic’s Space Flights Are “Dangerous”

"As a technology to get humans out into space, it's a go-nowhere, dead-end technology."

Drones

A Child Was Immunized By the World’s First Drone-Delivered Vaccine

The drone had to fly more than 24 miles of mountainous terrain.

Artificial Intelligence

Report Finds Huge Gender Gap in Artificial Intelligence Workforce

Only 22 percent of professionals with AI skills are female.

Self-Driving Vehicles

U.S. Grocer Kroger Has Begun Making Autonomous Deliveries

No safety driver required.

Treatments

Treatment to Reverse Alzheimer’s Symptoms Moving to Human Trials

Australia is spending $10 million to test the drug-free therapy.

Physics

A New Model Debunks a Popular Argument Against Time Travel

A time machine wouldn't need to have negative mass, as many physicists believe.

Pollution

Ocean Cleanup Barrier Isn’t Catching Plastic, but Could Be Soon

The project's 24-year-old founder is still hopeful.

Off-World

Trump Signs Order to Create a U.S. Space Command

The first U.S. Space Command was founded in 1985 and disbanded in 2002.

SpaceX

SpaceX Delays Launch of First Private Lunar Lander Without Explanation

It has pushed the launch by two months.

Gene Editing

Mutated Animals Show Why Gene Editing Isn’t Ready for Human Trials

CRISPR isn't ready for humans when it's giving animals enlarged tongues and extra vertebrae.

Elon Musk

This Site Keeps Track of Elon Musk’s Predictions About The Future

Musk makes a lot of predictions. This site is keeping track.