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This Week in Science: Sept 15-21
Genetics

This Week in Science: Sept 15-21

Mutant frogs, planet hunters, space debris catchers, and more.

By Victor Tangermann

Traveling To Mars Will Blast Astronauts With Deadly Cosmic Radiation, New Data Shows
Mars

Traveling To Mars Will Blast Astronauts With Deadly Cosmic Radiation, New Data Shows

A round-trip to Mars delivers the equivalent of 600 chest x-rays.

By Kristin Houser

Researchers have created a synthetic skin that could give people with prosthetics the ability to sense touch with super-human sensitivity.
Prosthetics and Devices

“Synthetic Skin” Could Give Prosthesis Users a Superhuman Sense of Touch

This skin could feel a breeze so gentle the average person wouldn't even notice it.

By Kristin Houser

MIT data scientists say a new approach that uses deep learning to detect credit card fraud could cut false positives in half.
Artificial Intelligence

New AI Could Stop Your Bank From Freezing Your Card When You Buy Something Weird

It could be the difference between getting stranded in the airport of a foreign city, and being on your merry way.

By Jon Christian

Here’s Why Google Built an AI-Powered Lion Statue That Spits out Poems
Google

Here’s Why Google Built an AI-Powered Lion Statue That Spits out Poems

Google's instructions: "please feed the lions."

By Jon Christian

Researchers have created the first lab-grown esophagus using pluripotent stem cells, and it could help identify new treatments for digestive disorders.
Health & Medicine

Why Scientists Grew a Tiny Human Esophagus in a Lab

There's now another body part we can grow in the lab.

By Kristin Houser

The Justice Department Is Investigating Tesla For Fraud
Tesla

The Justice Department Is Investigating Tesla For Fraud

Tesla stock immediately plummeted.

By Dan Robitzski

UK researchers are now testing RemoveDEBRIS, a satellite designed to trap space debris in a net so it can be removed before it damages spacecraft.
Off-World

UK Researchers Just Deployed a Massive Net to Catch Space Debris

It could help us catch orbiting junk so it doesn't damage spacecraft or satellites.

By Kristin Houser

People Are Zapping Their Brains to Boost Creativity. Experts Have Concerns.
Brain

People Are Zapping Their Brains to Boost Creativity. Experts Have Concerns.

Gadgets deliver a literal spark of creativity, proponents say.

By Jon Christian

Researchers from the University of Tokyo have created the strongest-ever controllable magnetic field, and it could help make nuclear fusion a reality.
Nuclear Fusion

This Super Powerful Magnetic Field Puts Us One Step Closer to Nuclear Fusion

Researchers just shattered the record for strongest controllable magnetic field.

By Kristin Houser

Yale researchers have created a robotic skin that they can wrap around inanimate objects to give them the ability to move.
Robotics

This “Robotic Skin” Can Turn Pretty Much Anything Into a Robot

And it could eventually make its way into space.

By Kristin Houser

A consortium of prominent energy and financial institutions say they'll soon start trading commodities on a new blockchain platform called Komgo.
Blockchain

All Our Stuff Is Gonna Be Traded on the Blockchain, Finance Companies Say

It takes a lot of paperwork to trade commodities like grains and metal. Maybe a blockchain could help.

By Jon Christian

Clearing Faulty Cells Out Of The Brain May Stave Off Cognitive Decline
Brain

Clearing Faulty Cells Out Of The Brain May Stave Off Cognitive Decline

The fewer inert cells in a mouse’s brain, the better memory the mouse retained.

By Dan Robitzski

DARPA just unveiled a research project that lets people control multiple jet planes at once with just their thoughts. For now, it requires invasive surgery.
Military

Military Pilots Can Control Three Jets at Once via a Neural Implant

It's like controlling a drone, but your brain is the joystick.

By Dan Robitzski

This System Converts Our Trash Into Fuel and Reduces Greenhouse Gases
Science & Energy

This System Converts Our Trash Into Fuel and Reduces Greenhouse Gases

Synova found a surprisingly simple solution to a rapidly complex problem.

By Rachelle Dragani

Glimpse: How Electronic Tattoos Will Change The World — And Ourselves
Medical

Glimpse: How Electronic Tattoos Will Change The World — And Ourselves

Biological 3D printers could repair spinal cord injuries and usher us into the post-computer era.

By Luke Kingma

NASA just shared the first image produces by Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), a satellite designed to help in the hunt for exoplanets.
Science & Energy

See the First Image Produced by NASA’s Newest Planet Hunter

The satellite's first image makes good on its promise.

By Kristin Houser

Mild-Mannered Botnet Hunts Down Malware so It Can Fix It
Artificial Intelligence

Mild-Mannered Botnet Hunts Down Malware so It Can Fix It

It's like a fairy godmother, except that instead of taking you to the ball, it fixes up your computer before it disappears.

By Jon Christian

Alphabet AI Is Helping Release Sterile Mosquitoes in Singapore
Artificial Intelligence

Alphabet AI Is Helping Release Sterile Mosquitoes in Singapore

There's no need to release the genetically modified mosquitoes quite yet.

By Kristin Houser

This AI Dreams Up Brain Tumor Scans to Train Other AIs
Artificial Intelligence

This AI Dreams Up Brain Tumor Scans to Train Other AIs

Machine learning, for all the great things it can do for us, has a pretty big flaw: it's data-hungry.

By Kristin Houser