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Facebook Sought Medical Data. Yes, This Should Raise Red Flags.
Medical

Medical data + Facebook profiles. What could go wrong?

We Can Grow Vegetables in Antarctica. Next Stop: Mars
Mars

One Mars grown salad, please.

New “Iron Man” Special Forces Exoskeleton Stops Bullets With Liquid Armor
Prosthetics and Devices

We're talking Iron Man-like suits with liquid body armor, and a new high-efficiency engine.

The NYPD Wants Everyone’s Licenses for Facial Recognition. How Concerned Should You Be?
Future Society

Police could use the photos of innocent drivers as well as criminal mugshots.

Flash Freezing Your Brain To Become Immortal Is Not Only Super Unrealistic, It’s Unethical, Too
Brain

It's time to put the idea on ice.

Surprise! Quitting Facebook Could Be Bad for You.
Meta

Maybe don't *break up* with Facebook. Just take a break.

Shocker: Efforts to Make Oceans Cleaner Are Working (When You Aren’t Sabotaging Them)
Pollution

Phasing out plastic bags is finally starting to work.

Russia Debuts Postal Drone, Which Immediately Crashes Into Wall
Future Society

The future is full of shitty drones.

Chipotle Once Delivered Burritos to Hungry College Students…Via Drone
Drones

It's a bird! It's a plane! No! It's a burrito!

Ungrateful Google Plebes Somehow Not Excited to Work on Military Industrial Complex Death Machines
Google

Google employees are unknowingly building death machines, and they're not happy about it.

To Understand The Atmospheres Of Distant Exoplanets, Look To Your Car Engine
Science & Energy

Your car can't transport you to other worlds, but it could help us understand them.

What’s More Dangerous Than a Human Driving a Car? A Bored Human Not Driving an AV.
Advanced Transport

Operating an AV is like being forced to watch the most boring road trip movie ever made on repeat.

This Crazy Gadget Helps You “Talk” To Your Computer Without Words
Internet Of Things

It's like if Siri was stuck to your face.

USDA Announces Super-Chill Stance on Gene-Edited Crops
Future Society

Gluten-free wheat, bigger tomatoes, non-browning mushrooms, sliding into your grocery store shelves.

“Prosthetic Memory Systems,” Delivered Via Electrode, Could Be Dope, If You’re Willing To Wait A While
Prosthetics and Devices

Patients' short-term memory improved by 35 percent.

With GDPR Decision, Zuckerberg Proves Yet Again He Has Learned Absolutely Nothing From the Cambridge Analytica Scandal
Meta

Zuck deciding whether to give all users more data privacy: Mm, no thanks.

Instagram is Trying to Make Users Feel Better Without Scaring Them Off
Future Society

Reports of body image problems and feelings of inadequacy have Instagram scrambling to change without taking what users crave.

Four Notable Things About the Most Distant Star Scientists Have Ever Glimpsed
Off-World

Looking at the distant star is literally looking back in time.

Four Patients Test Retinal Implant That Could Stop Age-Related Blindness
Health & Medicine

What good's a senior discount on movie tickets if you can't see the screen?

Tim Cook Says Apple Would Never Have a Scandal Like Cambridge Analytica
Future Society

For one thing, Apple monetizes products, not users.