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During a Senate hearing, U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) argued that a Space Force is necessary to ward off space pirates and protect exploration efforts.
Off-World

This US Congressman Is Seriously Worried About Space Pirates

"Pirates threaten the open seas, and the same is possible in space."

Famed biohacker Josiah Zayner has been accused of practicing medicine without a license — despite only ever experimenting on himself.
Prosthetics and Devices

This DIY Biohacker Is Under Investigation

"I knew this day would come."

Cambridge biologists recreated a bacterial genome from scratch, breeding E. coli with the artificial genetic code instead of natural DNA.
DNA

Scientists Created This Organism’s DNA From Scratch

In a first-ever accomplishment, scientists have created synthetic life — paving the way for replicant organisms.

Radioactive waste may be leaking from a concrete-covered "coffin" in the Marshall Islands and into the Pacific Ocean, warns the UN's secretary general.
Science & Energy

UN: A “Radioactive Coffin” May Be Leaking Into the Ocean

Horrifying radioactive sludge from U.S. weapons tests may be coming back to haunt the Marshall Islands.

An engineer built a robot that tries to punch him in real life while he fights a digital robot in a virtual reality video game.
Robotics

This Robot Bludgeons You With Boxing Gloves While You Play Games

Finally, a truly immersive virtual reality experience.

Canada-based startup Dessa has unveiled a new AI that replicates the voice of Joe Rogan, and it's perhaps the best audio deepfake yet.
Artificial Intelligence

This AI That Sounds Just Like Joe Rogan Should Terrify Us All

"[It’s] one of the coolest, but scariest, things I’ve seen yet in artificial intelligence."

The 1998 trip-hop album Mezzanine by Massive Attack got an artificial intelligence makeover at an art exhibit in London.
Artificial Intelligence

An AI Remixed Massive Attack’s Classic Album “Mezzanine”

It sounds like the vocalist "3D" is "talking in an alien language."

A Model 3 that crashed into the side of a tractor-trailer in Florida, killing the driver of the Tesla, had Autopilot engaged at the time of impact.
Tesla

Report: Tesla Had Autopilot Engaged During Fatal Florida Crash

The driver didn't have his hands on the wheel just prior to impact.

We could mourn Grumpy Cat. Or we could embrace the latest in genetic technology and clone her, like Barbra Streisand's dogs.
Health & Medicine

Grumpy Cat Is Dead. We Have the Technology to Clone Her.

Should we stamp out clones of Grumpy Cat, or let her rest in peace?

The House Appropriations Committee slapped down the White Houses's request for additional funds for a 2024 Moon Mission by NASA.
Moon

Congress Denies NASA Request for More Moon Mission Money

Will NASA still be able to land humans on the Moon by 2024?

"Minecraft Earth," announced today, will allow users to collect items, blocks, and creatures while roaming around in the real world with friends.
Future Society

New “Minecraft” Game Will Let You Build Stuff in the Real World

Can persistent "Minecraft" structures in the real world recreate the success of "Pokémon Go"?

Google is working on a speech translation system that retains the original speaker's voice and cadence in the outputted audio.
Google

Amazing Google AI Speaks Another Language In Your Voice

It's designed to retain your voice and cadence in translated audio.

The College Board has announced plans to give each SAT taker an "adversity score" designed to reflect their socio-economic background.
Future Society

Students Taking the SAT Will Now Get a Secret “Adversity Score”

"We can’t sit on our hands and ignore the disparities of wealth reflected in the SAT."

If any humans are alive in 5 billion years, they'll see the dying Sun engulf the Earth. Space Engineer Matteo Ceriotti suggests some possible escape plans.
Off-World

Space Engineer: We Could Move Earth’s Orbit to Escape a Dying Sun

Someday, the Sun will die. The Earth should be ready.

In a response to reports of its cars catching fire, Tesla has released a cautionary software update to ensure that batteries stay safe.
Tesla

Tesla Releases Software Update to Stop Cars From Catching Fire

The update is meant to improve battery safety and longevity.

German startup Lilium has developed an air taxi capable of seating five people — and after two years of development, the craft finally took flight.
Advanced Transport

Watch a Five-Seater Air Taxi’s Maiden Flight

The all-electric craft is designed to fly 186 miles in just one hour.

Small, densely-packed exoplanets are most likely to survive when their stars die. The findings give astronomers new places to look for new planets.
Off-World

These Are the Planets That Survive the Deaths of Their Stars

When a star dies, it's the small, dense planets that tend to survive.

NYPD detectives uploaded a photo of Woody Harrelson to their facial recognition system to find a suspect that they thought resembled the actor.
Facial recognition

Police Catch Woody Harrelson Look-Alike Using Facial Recognition

The NYPD knew their suspect resembled Harrelson, so they uploaded the actor's photo to identify him.

The U.S. Military Is Buying a $130 Million Laser Weapon
Military

The U.S. Military Is Buying a $130 Million Laser Weapon

This truck-mounted, 100-kilowatt laser could defend against drones and cruise missiles.

Optimistic scientists want to begin testing so-called "artificial wombs" that could house a developing fetus and embryo through birth.
Health & Medicine

Scientists: We’ll Grow Babies in Artificial Wombs “In a Decade”

Clinical trials could begin in a few years.