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Harvard astronomers found evidence that 'Oumuamua isn't the only interstellar visitor we've had in recent years. Others may have crashed into the Earth.
Off-World

An Interstellar Rock Like ‘Oumuamua May Have Hit Earth In 2014

The Harvard professor who says 'Oumuamua might have been an alien ship says something like it hit Earth a few years ago.

By Dan Robitzski

Cornell scientists developed a new type of gene-hacking technology that acts like a DNA "shredder." It could be used to cure diseases like herpes.
Health & Medicine

New CRISPR Tech Could Cure Herpes

CRISPR-Cas3 can target and erase viruses in human cells — including, potentially, herpes.

By Dan Robitzski

Watch a Pack of Boston Dynamics’ Creepy Robot Dogs Pull a Truck
Boston Dynamics

Watch a Pack of Boston Dynamics’ Creepy Robot Dogs Pull a Truck

Spotmini isn't just nimble, it's super powerful, too.

By Victor Tangermann

Siberian scientists conducted an autopsy of a 42,000-year-old foal of an extinct horse, and found that it's so well-preserved they may be able to clone it.
Biology

Scientists Plan to Clone Extinct Horse Using 42,000-Year-Old Blood

An ancient foal may have been so well-preserved that viable cells from it can be cloned.

By Dan Robitzski

A mysterious group of individuals hid the keys to $1 million worth of bitcoin in a twisted game with no rules, CoinDesk reports.
Bitcoin

Someone Hid $1 Million In Bitcoin and Left Clues to Find It

Psst... want a million dollars in bitcoin?

By Victor Tangermann

Recently, venture capital firms have invested heavily in astrology apps and companies that are benefitting from cultural popularity.
Future Society

Venture Capital Firms Are Pouring Money Into Astrology

Astrology apps are a hot commodity in the venture capital world.

By Dan Robitzski

Stockton, California, is in the early stages of its experimental trial of a universal basic income trial. A small group of people is getting $500 per month.
Universal Basic Income

A California City Just Launched a Basic Income Trial

Stockton, California will pay 130 residents for 18 months.

By Dan Robitzski

After an outpouring of anger about the project on social media, PepsiCo no longer says it plans to launch a space billboard.
Off-World

After Backlash, Pepsi Says It Never Planned a Space Billboard

PepsiCo keeps changing its story about its plans for a space billboard.

By Jon Christian

NASA is paying a team of scientists to build an inflatable robot that can move and grasp things by selectively inflating chambers that act like muscles.
Robotics

NASA is Building Inflatable Robot Astronauts

King Louie's air chambers can rapidly inflate to act like muscles.

By Dan Robitzski

An AI Invented a Weird Sport Called “Speedgate”
Artificial Intelligence

An AI Invented a Weird Sport Called “Speedgate”

"Face the ball to be the ball to be above the ball."

By Victor Tangermann

The fast-food chain Del Taco just announced a new partnership with Beyond Meats to start selling plant-based meat alternatives starting April 25.
Future Society

Taco Bell Competitor Embraces Plant-Based “Meat” in its Tacos

Del Taco is cashing in on the fake meat craze.

By Dan Robitzski

In an interview with MIT researchers Lex Fridman, Tesla CEO and visionary Elon Musk reiterated his belief that we're all living inside a simulation.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk’s Question for Super-Smart AI: What’s Outside the Simulation?

Elon Musk chooses the red pill.

By Victor Tangermann

A new study took the first steps toward figuring out which part of the brain is responsible for giving people nightmares and negative emotions during sleep.
Neuroscience and Brain

Scientists Might Have Just Figured Out Where Nightmares Come From

A certain part of the brain is associated with feeling angry while asleep.

By Dan Robitzski

The collective attention span of humanity is getting shorter as the internet and technology bring us a near-constant supply of new information.
Future Society

Scientists: Tech Is Giving Humanity a Shorter Attention Span

We're constantly on the hunt for something new.

By Kristin Houser

By analyzing data from Cassini spacecraft's last flyby in 2017, scientists found that Saturn's largest moon Titan has an entire lake district.
Moon

Saturn’s Moon Titan is Covered in Earth-Like Lakes

They're not made out of the fresh water we're used to back on Earth, though.

By Victor Tangermann

In a rare find, scientists found what they think are fragments of a comet sealed away deep inside of a meteorite that struck Antarctica.
Off-World

Scientists Found a Chunk of a Comet Inside a Meteorite

It's a rare opportunity to study the origins of the solar system.

By Dan Robitzski

Chinese scientists want to achieve fusion power generation by the year 2040, according to Reuters.
Energy

Chinese Scientists Aim to Generate Fusion Power by 2040

But it still takes a lot more energy to kickstart the reactors than we actually generate from them.

By Victor Tangermann

A dairy farm has outfitted 50 cows with 5G-connected smart collars that allow the animals to be milked whenever they want.
Future Society

5G Collars Let Cows Choose When They Want to Be Milked

The cow just approaches a robotic milking system, and the collar tells it what to do.

By Kristin Houser

New NASA research shows that meteoroid strikes are digging up and vaporizing the Moon's already-scarce stores of surface water.
Moon

Meteoroid Strikes Smash Water out of the Moon’s Surface

The Moon's thin layer of water is getting vaporized and kicked out into space.

By Dan Robitzski

The Stratolaunch, the world's biggest airplane, just completed its first test flight, putting us one step closer to cheaper launches into space.
Advanced Transport

See the World’s Biggest Airplane Nail Its First Test Flight

Its wingspan is greater than the length of a football field.

By Kristin Houser