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Health & Medicine

Creeps Will Soon Be Able to Find Almost Anyone on Genealogy Sites

Welcome to the genetic panopticon.

Boston Dynamics

The Boston Dynamics Robot Atlas Is Now a Parkour Master

It leaps over logs and scales wooden platforms.

Military

Report: It’s Easy to Hack an Entire Generation of Military Weapons

We're really hoping the nuclear codes are more sophisticated than “password123.”

Robot Dogs

Glimpse: Man’s Best Friend, Forever? We May Love Robot Dogs As Much As the Real Thing

Sit, rollover, calculate Pi to the 90th digit.

Self-Driving Vehicles

Op-Ed: Lego-Like Customization Will Give Us Autonomous Vehicles We Never Imagined

The energy and imagination of the DIY community, but for AVs.

Mental Health

We’ll Soon Know Exactly How Terrible the Internet Is for Our Mental Health

We're about to explore the web's dark side.

NASA

Lockheed Engineers Are Using HoloLens to Build NASA’s New Space Capsule

The same tech could eventually make spacecraft repairs easier for astronauts.

Off-World

Virgin Galactic Just Successfully Tested One of Their Spaceplanes

The company is one step closer to taking private passengers into space.

Health & Medicine

Fitness Trackers Say This Coffee Cup Has a Pulse. Wait, What?

A fitness tracker glitch is showing a pulse on inanimate objects.

Health & Medicine

This Wireless Implant Heals Damaged Nerves and Then Self-Destructs

It could be used to heal nerve injuries caused by repetitive or traumatic injuries.

Health & Medicine

Scientists Assert That Ultra-Heavy Blankets Actually Reduce Stress and Anxiety

And it's custom tailored to each individual.

Google

Google Didn’t Report Its Data Leak Till Months Later. Now It’ll Face the Consequences.

Is this Google's Cambridge Analytica?

Facial recognition

Farmers Are Using Facial Recognition to Keep Farmed Fish Healthy

"We can build a medical record for each individual fish."

Future Society

Lab-Grown Collagen Is Vegan and Eco-Friendly — and Identical to the Real Stuff

We could use it in everything from food to cosmetics.

Moon

Researchers Identify the “Missing Link” in the Chemistry of Saturn’s Largest Moon

One of the weirdest moons in our solar system is now a little less weird.

Robotics

A Startup’s Bold Plan to Open Robot Farms Near U.S. Cities

If all goes well, robot-grown produce could end up at your supermarket.

Artificial Intelligence

Expert: To Understand an Algorithm, Treat It Like an Animal

"We have a new kind of agent in the world. It’s not an animal or a human; it’s a machine."

Health & Medicine

Edible Tech Is Finally Useful, Is Here to Help You Poop

A little buzzer combats constipation and doubles bowel movements.

Science & Energy

A “Vaccine” Created from Mushrooms Could Help Save the Bees

It could be a new way to fight colony collapse disorder.

Climate Change

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

There's no way to spin this.