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Climate Change

Report: Unless We Make Dramatic Changes, We’re Headed for Climate Catastrophe

There's no way to spin this.

Self-Driving Vehicles

The US Government Wants to Allow Fully Autonomous Vehicles on US Roads

It even wants to allow cars without steering wheels.

Elon Musk

Fake Elon Musks Clutter Twitter with Crypto Scams

The scammers stay one step ahead of the platform, which isn't great news for the midterms.

Health & Medicine

Microbiologists Are Suddenly Really, Really Worried About Synthetic Smallpox

Should you publish a paper describing how to bring back smallpox in a lab?

Wind

Wind Farms Might Heat up the Planet, After All

But renewable energy is still worth it.

Cancer

Australia’s Success Shows That the US Could Eliminate Cervical Cancer If It Really Wanted To

It just takes political will.

Health & Medicine

This Startup Says Its App Can Detect Signs of Depression and Anxiety. Experts Aren’t Sure.

The makers of the Mindstrong app claim it can find signs of mental health problems. Skeptics aren't sure an app can tell you much.

Renewable Energy

A Plane Powered by Recycled Waste Just Flew Across the Atlantic

Carbon emissions could power our planes instead of polluting our skies.

Artificial Intelligence

An AI Took a Road Trip and Wrote a Terrible Novel About It

If “that guy in your MFA” were a robot.

Elon Musk

The Five Funniest Things about the SEC’s Lawsuit against Elon Musk

Musk's probably not laughing though.

Robotics

This Humanoid Robot Can (Slowly) Install Drywall All by Itself

Coming soon to a construction site near you...

Moon

Lockheed Martin’s Giant Moon Lander Is an Absolute Unit

In awe of the size of this lad.

Brain

A Neural Network, Connected to a Human Brain, Could Mean More Advanced Prosthetics

The AI system was better at understanding what the brain wanted to do.

Prosthetics and Devices

You Can Now Pick Your Baby’s Eye Color Before You’re Even Pregnant

This fertility clinic lets parents screen embryos for eye color.

Hyperloop

The First Full-Scale Hyperloop Passenger Capsule Has Arrived

It'll be ready for passengers in 2019.

Solar Power

Researchers Think They’ve Discovered the First Moon Outside Our Solar System

It’s 4,000 light years away, and answers a lingering question about our universe.

Future Society

Don’t Want to Receive That Presidential Text Alert Today? Here’s How to Avoid It

We’ve found three technology “hacks” to keep your phone from buzzing along with everyone else’s at 2:18.

Science & Energy

We Just Learned Something New About “One of the Weirdest Objects in the Milky Way”

An exotic microquasar just got a bit more special.

Robotics

The Military Wants Robots That Can Explore Tunnels Barely Large Enough to Fit a Human

Good thing robots can’t be claustrophobic.

Moon

A Nonprofit Plans to Store Human Knowledge in DNA and Store It on the Moon

Then it wants to deposit similar caches all over the solar system.