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In a new essay, a law professor grappled with the specter of sex robots designed to look like children — and more about the complicated future of sexbots.
Robotics

This Researcher Is Worried About Child Sex Robots

The rise of sexbots is raising uncomfortable questions.

By Jon Christian

An anthropologist is making the case that long space missions, like a crewed trip to Mars, would require crew members with senses of humor.
Mars

NASA Is Studying Whether a Mars Crew Would Need a Class Clown

Knock knock.

By Jon Christian

The Australian government is gearing up to plant a billion new trees, as part of a vast campaign aimed to meet the climate targets.
Climate Change

Australia Is Planting a Billion Trees to Fight Climate Change

Could a worldwide tree-planting spree save the planet?

By Jon Christian

NASA's Opportunity Mars rover's last words weren't literally that "my battery is low line," the reporter behind the viral tweet clarified.
Mars

The Dead Mars Rover Didn’t Actually Say That “My Battery” Thing

Obviously.

By Jon Christian

An ambitious new analysis found that there's space to plant 1.2 trillion new trees — a number that would absorb more carbon than human emissions.
Climate Change

Research: Planting Trillions of Trees Could Cancel Out CO2 Emissions

Scientist: Trees are "our most powerful weapon in the fight against climate change."

By Jon Christian

A NASA director warned that Elon Musk's proposed Starship design was going to be "orders of magnitude" more difficult than any NASA project in history.
Starship

NASA Chief: SpaceX’s Starship Tougher Than Any NASA Project, Ever

Elon Musk's Mars plan is "orders of magnitude" harder than any NASA project in history, a NASA leader warned.

By Jon Christian

This self-sustaining livable yacht has everything you'd need to live off the grid if climate change rendered the land uninhabitable.
Climate Change

Ride out Climate Change in This $5.5 Million Self-Sustaining Yacht

It's solar-powered, hurricane-proof, and incredibly expensive.

By Kristin Houser

CEO Elon Musk confirmed in a tweet that a "Party and Camping Mode" would roll out in "probably a month or two."
Tesla

Teslas Are Getting a “Party and Camping Mode”

Elon Musk wants to keep the party going.

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists Call for a Ban on AI-Controlled Killer Robots
Robotics

Scientists Call for a Ban on AI-Controlled Killer Robots

Should an AI make the final decision to take a life?

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists developed a piece of machine learning software that can predict the prognosis of ovarian cancer and at a higher accuracy.
Cancer

This AI Can Predict Survival of Ovarian Cancer Patients

It's up to four times more accurate than standard methods.

By Victor Tangermann

A team of engineers at the University of Surrey launched a 4.9 foot harpoon from a satellite at a piece of space debris to catch it out of the sky.
Off-World

Watch a Harpoon Attached to a Satellite Spear a Piece of Space Debris

The satellite still has one more trick up its sleeve.

By Victor Tangermann

Surveys of all the matter in the universe missed about a third of what was predicted by calculations. Scientists may have finally found the missing stash.
Off-World

Scientists May Have Finally Found the Universe’s Missing Matter

Calculations for how much matter exists in the universe never matched actual measurements.

By Dan Robitzski

Dubai International Airport faced a 30-minute shutdown after a drone was spotted nearby, It's the third major airport to face recent drone-related delays.
Drones

Drones Just Shut Down Another Huge Airport

A Dubai official blamed the shutdown on "a guy in the desert."

By Dan Robitzski

Hung-Chun Chang, the scientist who created five monkey clones of a gene-edited animal, defends his research in an interview with New Scientist.
Science & Energy

Scientist Defends Controversial Cloning of Gene-Edited Monkeys

"With completely identical monkeys, we can use fewer of them."

By Kristin Houser

A philosopher wanted to unify the various field-specific definitions physicists have for black holes. He decided that the variety was good for science.
Black Holes

A Philosopher Is Trying to Figure out What Black Holes Really Are

Physicists can't agree.

By Dan Robitzski

Tesla’s Anti-ICEing System Just Got an Upgrade
Tesla

Tesla’s Anti-ICEing System Just Got an Upgrade

Don't drive a Tesla? Good luck parking in front of a Supercharger.

By Kristin Houser

Researchers in Seattle, Washington developed a new technique to artificially create antibodies by editing the DNA of so-called B cells.
Health & Medicine

CRISPR Could Make You Immune to the Flu

Thousands of "hospital visits, disabilities, and deaths could be prevented each year."

By Victor Tangermann

A new anti-aging drug combination just completed its first trial in humans, and the volunteers showed signs of improved well being.
Health & Medicine

Anti-Aging Drug That Kills Old Cells Passes First Human Trial

The researchers already have two more trials in the works.

By Kristin Houser

Chinese scientists recently announced plans to build and launch a solar power plant that would float in outer space and beam electricity down.
Off-World

China Is Building a Solar Power Station in Space

This would take solar power to a whole new level.

By Dan Robitzski

The Gateway Foundation showed off its latest vision of the future: the Von Braun Rotating Space Station.
Off-World

Watch This Epic “Trailer” for the Commercial Lunar Space Station

It could house both space agencies and a Hilton space hotel.

By Victor Tangermann