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3D Printing

We Can Now Easily 3D Print With Metal

A mechanic could 3D print the part needed to fix your car while you wait at the shop.

Artificial Intelligence

A New AI “Journalist” Is Rewriting the News to Remove Bias

Spin-free news is now at our fingertips. But will we click on it?

Artificial Intelligence

Amazon Wants to Mine Data From the (Literal) Stars

The tools developed for this project could benefit non-astronomers, too.

Advanced Transport

This Is the Weirdest Aircraft You’ve Ever Seen, and It Just Broke an Important Record

And it did so without any help from an engine.

Robots and Machines

Those Mysterious Attacks In Cuba Probably Involved Weaponized Microwaves

Here's what they are and how they work.

Drones

Shoot This Military Drone With a Laser, and It’ll Stay in the Air Indefinitely

The U.S. Army thinks it's found a way to power drones mid-flight.

Off-World

Someone Drilled a Hole in the ISS. Was It A Mistake Or Sabotage?

The director of the Russian space authority noted there was evidence of "several attempts at drilling" with a "wavering hand."

Science & Energy

There’s Water in Jupiter’s Atmosphere

Turns out Jupiter might be a strong contender for hosting life elsewhere in our solar system.

Health & Medicine

There’s A New Antibiotic In Town, And We Can Create It In The Lab

It's a fungus, and it could be a critical tool to help us address a global crisis.

Artificial Intelligence

New Artificial Intelligence Does Something Extraordinary — It Remembers

A new AI system can recognize a cactus in a desert and a cactus in an office. That's actually a really big deal.

Drones

This Autonomous Drone Is Ready to Defend the Great Barrier Reef From Predators

Rangerbot is the new hero of the reef.

Health & Medicine

Are Pig Organs Safe to Transplant Into Humans? Now We Have A Way To Find Out.

We can now test pig organs for 30 infectious agents.

Prosthetics and Devices

This Experimental Bionic Eye Could Help The Blind See

It could also improve the vision of people who can see.

Climate Change

Greenhouse Gases Are Bubbling Up From Arctic Lakes That Were Recently Frozen

The lakes are thawing the arctic way faster than we expected.

Future Society

How Women-Startup Founders Are Building Better Cities [Sponsored]

Yes, the future is female.

Health & Medicine

We Now Have Evidence That a Marijuana Compound Can Help People With Psychosis

It helps "normalize" their brain activity.

Google

Google’s AI Can Help Predict Where Earthquake Aftershocks Are Most Likely

Its predictions are far more accurate than the best available model.

Artificial Intelligence

Should Evil AI Research Be Published? Five Experts Weigh In.

Upside: you created artificial general intelligence! Downside: it's evil.

Moon

NASA Wants Its Deep Space Gateway Habitat To Orbit The Moon By 2024

It's a very ambitious timeline. Here's how NASA plans to make it happen.

Artificial Intelligence

If We Ever Want Artificial General Intelligence, Governments Need To Invest In It

Startups with super-narrow algorithms aren't ever going to make AGI happen.