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Israeli startup Aleph Farms has unveiled what appears to be the world's first lab-grown steak, a cut of meat produced from cells taken from a live animal.
Future Society

For the First Time, a Startup Grew a Steak in a Lab

It reportedly smells and tastes like a regular steak.

At a May 2018 concert, pop start Taylor Swift used facial recognition technology to scan the crowd for any signs of her many known stalkers.
Facial recognition

Even Taylor Swift Is Using Facial Recognition Tech Now

She used the tech to hunt for stalkers at a May concert.

British self-driving-car software startup Wayve has figured out a way to teach an AV how to drive exclusively using a simulation — not real world streets.
Self-Driving Vehicles

An Autonomous Car Learned How to Drive IRL Inside a Simulation

That's a lot safer than testing it on real world streets.

Virgin Galactic's suborbital spaceplane VSS Unity just reached an altitude of 82.7 km. But can we really call that space?
Space

Did Virgin Galactic’s Spaceplane Reach Space? Depends Who You Ask

There's no one line where space begins.

Elon Musk
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Wanders Tesla Factory, Firing Workers in Wild Mood Swings

"Everyone in Tesla is in an abusive relationship with Elon."

Bluetooth Smart Pill Pairs With Your Phone From Inside Your Stomach
Health & Medicine

Bluetooth Smart Pill Pairs With Your Phone From Inside Your Stomach

It can release drugs and even monitor body temperature.

Russian TV Tried to Pass a Man in a Suit off as A High Tech Robot
Robotics

Russian TV Tried to Pass a Man in a Suit off as A High Tech Robot

“I know mathematics well but I also want to learn to draw,” it said in an oddly human tone.

Researchers release 20 images of the protoplanetary disks surrounding young stars, providing a glimpse into the process of planet formation.
Science & Energy

Beautiful New Images Show Clouds of Dust Forming Into Planets

These protoplanetary disks are wallpaper-worthy.

New research describes how optogenetics, which involves activating nerve cells with pulses of light, could vastly improve paralysis treatment.
Neuroscience and Brain

Stimulating Muscles With Light Could Soon Treat Paralysis

Using optogenetics, researchers could precisely steer a mouse's leg muscles.

A Chinese lander destined for the side of the Moon — the side that always faces away from the Earth — has now entered lunar orbit.
Moon

China’s Moon Lander Just Entered Lunar Orbit

It's expected to land in early 2019.

Bionic Bees With Electronic Backpacks Could Replace Farm Drones
Drones

Bionic Bees With Electronic Backpacks Could Replace Farm Drones

These bees can collect data for 7 hours at a time.

CAPTCHAs Are Dead, And Neural Networks Killed Them
Robots and Machines

CAPTCHAs Are Dead, And Neural Networks Killed Them

Long live reCAPTCHAs.

The United States Has One Last Chance to Restore Net Neutrality
Future Society

The United States Has One Last Chance to Restore Net Neutrality

Lobbyist money apparently supersedes party lines.

Virgin Galactic is planning to send its second SpaceShipTwo spaceplane called VSS Unity to "space for the first time." But what does that mean exactly?
Off-World

Virgin Galactic Is Going to Space. Depending on Your Definition of Space.

Where does Earth's atmosphere end and outer space begin?

This Ancient Galaxy Was Loaded With Dark Matter
Science & Energy

This Ancient Galaxy Was Loaded With Dark Matter

This galaxy had dark matter before it was cool.

Tuesday's ISS spacewalk was a success, with the cosmonauts able to see and collect samples from the mysterious hole in the side of the Soyuz capsule.
International Space Station

Cosmonauts Hacked Away at the ISS in Search of Sabotage Evidence

It took hours before they could finally see the hole at the center of the controversy.

India’s Government Blames Facebook’s WhatsApp for Mob Violence
Future Society

India’s Government Blames Facebook’s WhatsApp for Mob Violence

Fearmongering rumors spread across the app, and Facebook did little to step in.

Tesla's lawsuit against former employee and alleged saboteur Martin Tripp is for $167 million in damages, according to new reports.
Tesla

Tesla Is Suing Alleged Saboteur for $167 Million

His lawyers call the damage claims "absurd."

Building telescopes and other things in space, rather than on Earth, would vastly improve our ability to watch and explore the cosmos.
Exobiology

The Search for Aliens May Depend on In-Space Assembly

Building everything on Earth will vastly limit how much we can explore.

New researcher cracked the unholy code of generating full-body deepfakes. Now with just a short sample video, an AI system can simulate brand new movements.
Artificial Intelligence

These Full-Body Deepfakes are Like Nothing We’ve Ever Seen

The simulations are still clearly fake, but better versions are on the way.