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NASA’s InSight Mars Rover Runs Into Trouble Digging a Hole
Mars

NASA’s InSight Mars Rover Runs Into Trouble Digging a Hole

It's a startling reminder of the incredible challenges of operating a robotic mission on a distant world.

By Victor Tangermann

This Jet-Powered Flying Motorcycle Is a Cyberpunk Dream Come True
Advanced Transport

This Jet-Powered Flying Motorcycle Is a Cyberpunk Dream Come True

And you can buy one — for $380,000.

By Kristin Houser

U.S. defense contractor Raytheon just signed a $63.3 million contract with DARPA to develop a "tactical boost glide" (TBG) hypersonic weapons program.
Military

US Military to Develop Hypersonic “Tactical Boost Glide” Weapon

The awe-inspiring missile would deliver deadly payloads at five times the speed of sound.

By Victor Tangermann

The Food and Drug Administration has approved a prescription treatment for depression that's based on ketamine, marking a new use for an old anesthetic.
NASA

FDA Approves Ketamine-Based Nasal Spray to Treat Depression

"Thank goodness we now have something with a different mechanism of action than previous antidepressants."

By Jon Christian

A third patient appears HIV-free following the same time of bone marrow transplant used to treat two others reportedly cured of the virus.
Health & Medicine

A Third Patient Is Now Reportedly Cured of HIV

And a fourth and fifth might be following soon behind.

By Kristin Houser

The Las Vegas tourism board announced today that it is recommending that the Boring Company builds an underground tunnel system for its convention hall.
Elon Musk

Las Vegas Wants Elon Musk’s Boring Co to Dig a Massive Tunnel

"I think it will be an attraction in and of itself, frankly."

By Victor Tangermann

Amid a wave of controversy, the Army is now attempting to convince the public that its ATLAS program won't lead to the creation of autonomous killer robots.
Military

US Military: Our “Lethality Automated System” Definitely Isn’t a Killer Robot

Nothing to see here, folks!

By Kristin Houser

A study of more than 600,000 children confirms what the medical community has been asserting for years: vaccines don't cause autism.
Health & Medicine

Massive Study Confirms That Vaccines Don’t Cause Autism

But experts worry that studies alone can't change skeptics' minds.

By Kristin Houser

Israel’s Moon Lander Just Got Photobombed by the Earth
Moon

Israel’s Moon Lander Just Got Photobombed by the Earth

Hey, get out of the picture!

By Victor Tangermann

New research shows that dosages of the drug DMT that are too low to cause hallucinations could indeed reduce symptoms of depression and anxiety.
Health & Medicine

New Study: Microdosing DMT Reduces Depression and Anxiety

But you might not want to start microdosing just yet.

By Jon Christian

According to a new poll, more than a third of young people agree that couples should consider climate change before deciding to have children.
Future Society

Climate Change Has Young People Questioning Having Kids

AOC was right. Young people are questioning whether it's "okay to still have children."

By Kristin Houser

Italian carmaker Pininfarina just revealed the Battista at this year's Geneva Motor Show: a road legal 1900 horsepower hypercar.
Artificial Intelligence

This Road-Legal Electric “Hypercar” Is as Fast as a Bullet Train

It has twice the horsepower of a Formula 1 racer.

By Victor Tangermann

It's a strange, cyberpunk depiction of a robot goddess with exposed aluminum actuators and electronics and an androgynous human-like face.
Robotics

People in Japan Are Worshiping a Cyberpunk-Looking Robot Goddess

It's a strange depiction of a robot deity, with exposed aluminum actuators and electronics.

By Jon Christian

The AI models that allow self-driving cars to detect objects are less accurate when tested on images of pedestrians with darker skin tones.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Self-Driving Cars May Hit People With Darker Skin More Often

AI’s racial bias extends to autonomous cars — and it could be deadly.

By Kristin Houser

China has announced the "imminent launch" of the first mission to build its new orbital space station, according to state and local media.
Off-World

China Announces “Imminent Launch” of New Space Station

"It will be the country's space lab in long-term stable in-orbit operation."

By Jon Christian

Goodyear unveiled a concept tire that rotates to give lift to a flying car at the 2019 Geneva International Motor Show on Tuesday.
Advanced Transport

Goodyear’s New Concept Tire Doubles as a Flying Car Propeller

The tires rotate and point downwards, like the ones on the flying cars in "Back to the Future Part II."

By Kristin Houser

Researchers from Lousiana State University (LSU) have developed biodegradable Mardi Gras beads produced from algae that could reduce festival waste.
Science & Energy

Scientists Invent Biodegradable Mardi Gras Beads

The naked truth about plastic beads.

By Jacob Banas

JAXA releases a video of its Hayabusa2 spacecraft successfully landing on tiny asteroid Ryugu and shooting it with a bullet.
Off-World

New Video Shows Japanese Probe Shooting Asteroid With Bullet

Watch the spacecraft "achieve a perfect somersault" over a tiny asteroid.

By Victor Tangermann

European scientists say that a bone marrow transplant has permanently cured a patient's infection with HIV, which is the virus that causes AIDS.
Health & Medicine

Doctors Say They’ve Permanently Cured a Patient’s HIV

"These new findings reaffirm our belief that there exists a proof of concept that H.I.V. is curable."

By Jon Christian

A startup is claiming its electric car can charge almost as quickly as it would take to gas up a vehicle with a combustion engine. 
Advanced Transport

Startup Says Its Electric Car Charges to 80 Percent in 5 Minutes

"The special type of cell hardly heats up during charging or discharging phases."

By Jon Christian