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This Brain-Analyzing AI Could Kill Your Dream of Being a Professional Athlete
Brain

Your brain activity could limit your career options.

Pour One out for MASCOT, the Asteroid-Exploring Lander
Off-World

Live fast, die on an asteroid 180 million miles away from Earth.

The US Government Wants to Allow Fully Autonomous Vehicles on US Roads
Self-Driving Vehicles

It even wants to allow cars without steering wheels.

Fake Elon Musks Clutter Twitter with Crypto Scams
Elon Musk

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

Oil Will Be Used Less for Fuel, More for Plastics and Fertilizers
Energy

Renewables may be cutting into fossil fuels, but the planet still loves plastic.

Scientists are arguing about whether you be allowed to publish a paper that could be used to bring back a virus that could cause a deadly pandemic.
Health & Medicine

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

Wind Farms Might Heat up the Planet, After All
Wind

But renewable energy is still worth it.

Australia is on track to all but eliminate cervical cancer within its borders by 2066, and the U.S. could follow in its footsteps.
Cancer

It just takes political will.

This Week in Science: Sept 29 – Oct 5
Science & Energy

CRISPR Fruit, DNA on the moon, lab-grown mushroom burgers, and more.

Mindstrong says its app can analyze your typing and scrolling to find signs of depression and anxiety. But it hasn't shared much data to support that.
Health & Medicine

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.

A Virgin Atlantic flight powered in part by sustainable jet fuel completed a trek from Orlando to London on Thursday morning.
Renewable Energy

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

A series of neural nets wrote a novel based on what it saw and heard while being driven around the country. It's, uh, interesting.
Artificial Intelligence

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

Investigators have charged California resident Anthony Aiello with the murder of his stepdaughter — based on her Fitbit data.
Data Privacy

Investigators charged a California man with murder — based on the victim's Fitbit data.

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

Musk's probably not laughing though.

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

Coming soon to a construction site near you...

Glimpse: Why Are Tech Companies Pouring Money Into Instant Translators?
Artificial Intelligence

Do we *really* need to speak every language on earth? Tech companies seem to think we do.

Lockheed Martin is proposing to send a four-crew lunar lander from the Lunar Gateway to the surface of the moon. And it weighs a ton.
Moon

In awe of the size of this lad.

Training a neural net to decode a person's brain signals and send them to a robotic limb led to better, precise control over prosthetics.
Brain

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

A fertility clinic in California gives would-be parents the option of scanning embryos for eye color, putting us one step closer to "designer babies."
Prosthetics and Devices

This fertility clinic lets parents screen embryos for eye color.

Transcend Air says its prototype aircraft could whisk a half-dozen passengers at a time between Boston and New York in less than 40 minutes.
Advanced Transport

A conventional jet would require closer to three hours.