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ESA researchers have found evidence that Mars was once home to a planet-wide groundwater system — providing a new clue in the hunt for Martian life.
Mars

First Evidence of “Planet-Wide Groundwater System” on Mars Found

And it contains signs of minerals connected to the emergence of life on Earth.

By Kristin Houser

Security researchers have found that data streams between Amazon-Owned Ring doorbells and their accompanying app to be easily compromised.
Future Society

Hackers Can Spy on and Hijack Amazon Doorbell’s Video Feed

"Letting the babysitter in while kids are at home could be a potentially life threatening mistake."

By Victor Tangermann

A self-assembling network of silver nanowires responds to electrical signals in a similar way to how the brain stores memories.
Artificial Intelligence

Chemists Grew A “Synthetic Brain” That Stores Memories in Silver

One of its creators thinks it could usher in "the post-human revolution."

By Dan Robitzski

A new study suggests that THC, the cannabis compound associated with feeling "high," has more therapeutic benefits than previously believed.
Health & Medicine

Study: THC Has More Therapeutic Benefits Than We Thought

The cannabis compound is good for more than getting people high.

By Kristin Houser

A new study finds a link between the amount of green space surrounding a person's childhood home and their mental health as an adult.
Mental Health

Study: Growing up Around Green Space Halves Mental Health Risk

Having more parks nearby as a kid could mean fewer trips to the psychiatrist an adult.

By Kristin Houser

A team of researchers at UC Berkeley figured out a way to manufacture THC and CBD from specially engineered yeast.
Health & Medicine

Scientists Gene-Hacked Yeast to Make THC Instead of Booze

All you have to do is feed it some sugar.

By Victor Tangermann

The Army proposed shipping small nuclear reactors around the world to power military outposts. Experts suggest that may not be the wisest strategy.
Military

Experts Are Horrified by the Military’s Portable Nuclear Reactor

Flying a nuclear reactor to a military base — what could go wrong?

By Dan Robitzski

By pumping unfiltered coal dust into the atmosphere, a processing plant in the Russian town of Kiselyovsk has caused black snow to fall on the region.
Pollution

Horrifying “Black Snow” Blankets Russian Towns

"You are killing yourself... and you are also killing everything around you."

By Kristin Houser

The FTC has settled with company selling weight-loss supplements after evidence showed it has bought fake Amazon reviews to improve its rating.
Future Society

For the First Time, FTC Fines Company for Fake Amazon Reviews

"When a company buys fake reviews to inflate its Amazon ratings, it hurts both shoppers and companies that play by the rules."

By Kristin Houser

The U.S. Army just put out a call for experts to help it develop autonomous targeting systems for ground combat vehicles like tanks.
Military

The Military Wants to Build Deadly AI-Controlled Tanks

Project ATLAS would lead to the first autonomous ground combat vehicles.

By Dan Robitzski

An internal email obtained by The Verge reveals Faraday Future is still desperately looking for funding while extending the furlough.
Advanced Transport

Electric Car Startup Faraday Future Is Circling the Drain

Faraday's co-founder called the company "effectively insolvent."

By Victor Tangermann

New research suggests that the brain can learn while asleep after all, but only during a particular point in a particular kind of brain wave.
Science & Energy

It Turns Out You Can Learn Things While You’re Asleep

But it only works under the right neural conditions.

By Dan Robitzski

Boeing just announced that its autonomous fighter jet, the Boeing Airpower Teaming System, will first take flight sometime next year.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Death From Above: Boeing Unveils Autonomous Fighter Jet

Aerial combat will never be the same.

By Dan Robitzski

NASA’s InSight Mars Lander Tries to Start Digging, But Hits Snag
Mars

NASA’s InSight Mars Lander Tries to Start Digging, But Hits Snag

NASA is about to dig the deepest hole on Mars, ever.

By Victor Tangermann

Chinese company INNFOS recently demoed the abilities of its humanoid robot XR-1, which can complete a slew of tasks with remarkable dexterity.
Robotics

Amazing Video: Nimble Humanoid Robot Threads Needle, Pours Drink

This bot's motions are more fluid and lifelike than anything we've seen before.

By Kristin Houser

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak concerned that the company has yet to release a foldable iPhone, but there's a chance one is on the horizon.
Robots and Machines

Apple Co-Founder: Where’s My Foldable iPhone?

Steve Wozniak is worried that Apple is falling behind.

By Kristin Houser

Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HTT) has unveiled a full-scale hyperloop test track — an important milestone on the path to a functioning hyperloop.
Hyperloop

See a Startup’s Newly Unveiled Hyperloop Test Track

This 1,049-foot-long track could usher in the future of transportation.

By Kristin Houser

The Pentagon is currently testing a system that would let smartphones lock out users if it doesn't recognize their gait or grip.
Artificial Intelligence

New Pentagon Tech Unlocks Smartphone Based on Your Gait

The DoD will finish testing the system in two months.

By Dan Robitzski

Documents list several Chinese government agencies as the funding sources for the CRISPR babies experiments conducted by He Jiankui.
Prosthetics and Devices

China May Have Helped Fund Gene-Hacked Babies Experiment

"It’s unlikely that He acted alone."

By Kristin Houser

For the first time outside of China, a clinic is using CRISPR gene editing techniques to treat someone in a clinical trial.
Health & Medicine

Western Biotech Firm Treats First Patient With CRISPR

CRISPR Therapeutics used the technique to treat someone with a serious blood disease.

By Dan Robitzski