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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

You Can Now Pick Your Baby’s Eye Color Before You’re Even Pregnant

This fertility clinic lets parents screen embryos for eye color.

By Kristin Houser

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

This Futuristic Aircraft Could Take You From New York to Boston in 36 Minutes

A conventional jet would require closer to three hours.

By Jon Christian

The First Full-Scale Hyperloop Passenger Capsule Has Arrived
Hyperloop

The First Full-Scale Hyperloop Passenger Capsule Has Arrived

It'll be ready for passengers in 2019.

By Kristin Houser

Researchers Think They’ve Discovered the First Moon Outside Our Solar System
Solar Power

Researchers Think They’ve Discovered the First Moon Outside Our Solar System

It’s 4,000 light years away, and answers a lingering question about our universe.

By Kristin Houser

Don’t Want to Receive That Presidential Text Alert Today? Here’s How to Avoid It
Future Society

Don’t Want to Receive That Presidential Text Alert Today? Here’s How to Avoid It

We’ve found three technology “hacks” to keep your phone from buzzing along with everyone else’s at 2:18.

By Dan Robitzski

For the first time, researchers discover gamma rays emanating from the microquasar SS 433, and they aren't coming from the usual source.
Science & Energy

We Just Learned Something New About “One of the Weirdest Objects in the Milky Way”

An exotic microquasar just got a bit more special.

By Kristin Houser

Tesla Seems to Be Producing Plenty of Cars. They Just Aren’t Ending up on the Road.
Tesla

Tesla Seems to Be Producing Plenty of Cars. They Just Aren’t Ending up on the Road.

Why are so many Teslas parked in lots across the US?

By Kristin Houser

The FDA Just Raided the Headquarters of E-Cigarette Maker JUUL
Future Society

The FDA Just Raided the Headquarters of E-Cigarette Maker JUUL

Is Juul still marketing vapes to teens?

By Victor Tangermann

Thought it's Subterranean Challenge, DARPA is asking teams of roboticists to create autonomous robots that can navigate underground environments.
Robotics

The Military Wants Robots That Can Explore Tunnels Barely Large Enough to Fit a Human

Good thing robots can’t be claustrophobic.

By Kristin Houser

The Arch Foundation plans to encode important books and crowdsourced images into synthetic DNA molecules and store them on the Moon.
Moon

A Nonprofit Plans to Store Human Knowledge in DNA and Store It on the Moon

Then it wants to deposit similar caches all over the solar system.

By Jon Christian

The Stuff in IKEA’s Biodegradable Packaging Will Now Make Tasty Lab-Grown Meats
Science & Energy

The Stuff in IKEA’s Biodegradable Packaging Will Now Make Tasty Lab-Grown Meats

Fill your innards with IKEA packaging! Well, sort of.

By Jon Christian

To study the effects of deep space radiation exposure on astronaut health, researchers exposed mice to comparable levels of radiation. It hurt their guts.
Mars

Traveling to Mars Could Cause Life-Threatening Damage to Astronauts’ Guts, Says Study

Spend months in space, and you could develop cancer.

By Kristin Houser

Google DeepMind built the largest-scale generative adversarial network to date. The algorithm can make photorealistic pictures of burgers and dogs.
Google

Google Used Its Most Sophisticated AI yet to Create Pictures of Burgers

The singularity will be hot and juicy.

By Dan Robitzski

The UK Government Is Planning to Regulate Hate Speech Online
Future Society

The UK Government Is Planning to Regulate Hate Speech Online

But it might be setting itself up for failure.

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists Used CRISPR to Domesticate This Delicate Fruit
Environment

Scientists Used CRISPR to Domesticate This Delicate Fruit

Domesticating a plant no longer takes a millennium.

By Dan Robitzski

Actually, Elon Staying at Tesla Is the Best Case Scenario
Tesla

Actually, Elon Staying at Tesla Is the Best Case Scenario

It grants Tesla all the benefits of Musk's leadership, with fewer liabilities.

By Victor Tangermann

The FBI forced a child abuse suspect to unlock his iPhone X using Face ID. But should law enforcement have the right to do that?
Devices

The FBI Forced A Suspect To Unlock His iPhone With His Face

But should investigators have the right to do that?

By Victor Tangermann

Here’s What It’s like to Drive with Tesla’s New “Mad Max” Autopilot Mode
Tesla

Here’s What It’s like to Drive with Tesla’s New “Mad Max” Autopilot Mode

The setting isn't just for Semis.

By Kristin Houser

Scientists Want to Use a Plasma Beam to Push Space Junk Out of Orbit
Off-World

Scientists Want to Use a Plasma Beam to Push Space Junk Out of Orbit

It's a high-tech solution to our space debris problem.

By Kristin Houser

Automation Could Destroy Poor Economies, Says Historian
Future Society

Automation Could Destroy Poor Economies, Says Historian

How will poor governments afford basic income?

By Jon Christian