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Artificial Intelligence

How a Neural Network Runs a Family-Owned Japanese Dry Cleaner

The street finds new uses for corporate technology.

Evolution

New Research Adds Another Branch to the Evolutionary Tree of Life

A tiny microbe has found its true home.

Jeff Bezos

Jeff Bezos: “One Day, Amazon Will Fail”

The Amazon CEO turned his attention to the future — and warned that no empire lasts forever.

Prosthetics and Devices

An Edible Controller Moves Gaming From the Screen to Your Gut

Instead of using joysticks and buttons, you win the game by altering your gut chemistry.

Health & Medicine

A Super-Spicy Plant Could Help End the Opioid Crisis

It's 10,000 times hotter than the world's hottest pepper.

Off-World

New AI Is Peering Into the Nuclear Cores of Distant Stars

Now scientists can understand far-off stars better than ever before.

Cryptocurrency

This $799 Home Crypto Mining Machine is a Terrible Investment

At today's rates, it would take 45 years to pay for itself.

Off-World

Startup Unveils Plan for Autonomous Bots to Build Products in Space

And it thinks they'll be ready for launch by the mid-2020s.

Blockchain

Blockchain Is Helping Abuse Survivors Gain Financial Independence

Crypto is helping address holes in social safety nets.

Future Society

Pop Band “The KLF” to Build a Pyramid out of 35,000 Cremated Fans

If you’re not willing to turn your remains into a brick, are you even a real fan?

Future Society

DARPA’s Balloons Could Hover at the Edge of Space Indefinitely

The agency is using lasers to keep its balloons in one place.

SpaceX

The FCC Just Approved SpaceX’s Plan to Launch 7,518 Internet Satellites

But the clock is ticking, under the terms of the approval.

Elon Musk

Elon Musk’s Boring Co. Didn’t Ask Homeowners Before Tunneling Under Them

Only those in wealthy neighborhoods had the resources to stave off Elon’s tunnel.

Health & Medicine

New Test Predicts How Smart Babies Will Be Before They’re Born

The same technology that screens for genetic disease can check IQ.

Artificial Intelligence

See the Translation Tech Lawmakers Say “Threatens Democracy” in Action

It could make it easy for anyone to create deepfakes.

Blockchain

This Blockchain Startup Wants to Pay You for Your DNA Data

But don't expect to be paid in U.S. dollars.

Artificial Intelligence

Harvard Is Launching an “AI Bootcamp” For Tech-Phobic Lawmakers

Harvard scientists will teach elected officials the basics of AI this February.

Health & Medicine

L’Oreal and Apple Built a Wearable to Measure UV Radiation

The $60, thumbnail-sized clip will tell you when it’s sunny.

Health & Medicine

Scientists Invent an Eye Patch Covered in Drug-Delivering Needles

And you'd place it in your eye yourself.

Science & Energy

Scientists Just Discovered the Second-Closest Exoplanet to Earth

Its existence has been questioned since the 1960s.