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Biology

Robo-Bees Can Infiltrate and Influence Insect Societies To Stop Them From Going Extinct

The Spies Who Stung Me.

Blockchain

FedEx Wants To Track Packages On The Blockchain, So You’ll Know Exactly Who Dropped Your Stuff

According to CEO Fred Smith, it's a case of adapt or go extinct.

Artificial Intelligence

Robot U: The First American A.I. Undergrad Program is Here, and Already Incredibly Elite

Roko's Basilisk? More like Roko's Pony Keg. All hail.

Robotics

Don’t Be Shy. This AI Robot Just Wants to Help You Get Dressed.

It can only put one human arm into a hospital dressing gown, but, hey, it's a start.

Moon

Here’s What We Know About The Robots That Might Build Our First Homes on the Moon

If humans do someday live on the Moon, they're going to need some place to live.

Neuroscience and Brain

Scientists Transferred Memories From One Snail to Another. Someday, They Could Do The Same in Humans.

It also might help scientists finally agree where we store memories.

Exobiology

A Beautiful, 20-Year Old “New” Discovery: Jupiter Moon’s Massive Liquid Plumes

And they could hold secrets of alien life there, too.

Climate Change

Study: Oil Companies Are Avoiding Taking Responsibility for Climate Change

When they talk about how exactly they'll combat climate change, oil companies stay *real* light on specifics.

Health & Medicine

A Patient With Diabetes No Longer Needs Insulin After Receiving A Bioengineered “Pancreas”

A pancreas-mimicking mini-organ may bring an end to diabetes.

Mars

NASA Just Unveiled This Awesome, Tiny Helicopter That Will Cruise Over Mars

The softball-sized drone will begin its first mission in early 2021.

Boston Dynamics

You’ll Be Able to Buy a Boston Dynamics SpotMini Soon, Please Don’t Teach It To Kill

Has no one watched Black Mirror?

Cryptocurrency

The Next Blockchain Revolution? Crypto-Powered Beer Vending Machines

We'll take a cold one...on the blockchain?

Advanced Transport

Uber Gave Architects the Chance to Design Their Sci-Fi Flying Taxi ‘Skyports,’ and They Came Back With This

It's starting to sound like we may have to get in line to catch a flying Uber.

Artificial Intelligence

The White House Just Started An AI Task Force

Make...AI...great? Again?

Solar Power

How California’s Incredible New Solar Panel Law Is Historic for Green Energy

The new, groundbreaking law is a game-changer for green energy.

Artificial Intelligence

The LAPD’s Terrifying Palantir-Powered Policing Algorithm Was Just Uncovered and Yes It’s Basically ‘Minority Report’

...Minority Report, with racism!

Off-World

Drunk Astronauts: This Beer Is the Beginning of Zero-Gravity Drinking

One small drink for man, one giant party for mankind.

Electric Vehicles

Bring the Noise: Why Electric Vehicles Need to Make More Sound, Right Now

Facing the music of an unsexy problem, with a sound solution.

Health & Medicine

De-Aging Doggo: Harvard Startup Wants to Give Goodest Dogs Longer Lives

All dogs are good dogs. But, at least for now, not all dogs are young dogs.

Future Society

Predators That Used To Be Threatened Are Expanding Back Into Their Old Habitats

That's good news. But it doesn’t mean we should stop protecting them.