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The Tesla referral program granting new buyers six months of free Supercharging will end on February 1, according to Elon Musk.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk: Tesla Is Dropping Its Customer Referral Program

"It’s adding too much cost to the cars, especially Model 3."

By Kristin Houser

Collecting parts to build a functioning quantum computer is so difficult, and expensive, it might slow down development of the technology as a whole.
Computers

Sourcing Parts for Quantum Computers is Near-Impossible Right Now

Amazon doesn't stock this stuff.

By Victor Tangermann

Ambrosia, the controversial startup clinic offering transfusions of young people's blood, has officially opened up shop in five U.S. cities.
Health & Medicine

New Chain of Clinics Will “Fill Your Veins” With Blood of Youths

Brings new meaning to "blood bank."

By Dan Robitzski

California Governor Gavin Newsom wants to expand the state's tax refund for low-income families and start paying it on a monthly basis.
Future Society

California Could Soon Give Low-Income Residents a Monthly Check

But it's not basic income, an expert says.

By Dan Robitzski

Astronomers spotted an unusual black hole floating through the galaxy. Roughly the size of Jupiter, it's in between the two types of typical black holes.
Black Holes

A Jupiter-Sized Black Hole is Floating Around The Milky Way

The medium-sized black hole is one of just three spotted in our galaxy.

By Dan Robitzski

Georgia Tech researchers have created a microneedle birth control patch that women could administer themselves just once a month.
Health & Medicine

New Microneedle Patch Delivers a Month’s Worth of Birth Control

A person could administer it themselves in just five seconds.

By Kristin Houser

Elon Musk Just Offered to Drill a Hole Through An Australian Mountain
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Just Offered to Drill a Hole Through An Australian Mountain

The tunnel would connect downtown Sydney to the West.

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers at ETH Zurich in Switzerland taught its four-legged robot dog how to get up after being kicked using AI — a valuable life skill.
Robot Dogs

This Robot Dog Can Recover From a Vicious Kick Using AI

Please don't kick innocent robot dogs!

By Victor Tangermann

Collaborative robots, or cobots, are the future, according to NVIDIA. And an Ikea kitchen could speed up their development,
Artificial Intelligence

A Robot Is Learning to Cook and Clean in an Ikea Kitchen

"We want to develop robots that can naturally perform tasks alongside people."

By Kristin Houser

A small, levitating glass bead the size of a virus might be the long-awaited key to directly observing dark matter, if new research is to be believed.
Physics

A Floating, Virus-Sized Bead Could Help Find Dark Matter

An ingenious tabletop instrument might be able to spot dark matter.

By Dan Robitzski

Researchers say they can give anyone a lifespan score that reveals their likelihood of living longer than average — just by looking at their DNA.
DNA

Scientists Claim They Can Predict Your Lifespan From Your DNA

As soon as you're born, they can predict when you're likely to die.

By Kristin Houser

The U.S. navy is planning to add medium, and large unmanned surface combatants — military for warships — to accompany their manned ships.
Robotics

The U.S. Navy Wants to Roll out Autonomous Killer Robot Ships

A larger number of smaller drone ships could overwhelm the enemy at sea.

By Victor Tangermann

China's space agency renewed its promises to launch future Mars exploration missions — including a mission to Mars as early as next year.
Mars

China Plans to Launch Its First Mars Lander Mission Next Year

By the end of the decade, it wants to bring the first-ever samples back from the Red Planet.

By Victor Tangermann

Watch The Most Distant Object Ever Observed Tumble Through Space
Off-World

Watch The Most Distant Object Ever Observed Tumble Through Space

Now there's footage of the most distant object ever observed.

By Dan Robitzski

Business Insider has obtained a document listing the positions of the people who will lose their jobs as a result of the recently announced SpaceX layoffs.
SpaceX

The SpaceX Layoffs Will Hurt Workers With These Job Titles

More than 30 percent of the laid-off employees are technicians.

By Kristin Houser

Science journalists were obsessed with a seedling sprouted by China's Moon lander. The only problem: the Moon plant is already dead.
Moon

Bad News: That Moon Plant Everybody Was Talking About Is Dead

RIP.

By Jon Christian

Officials have approved a plan for the development of the Greater Bay Area, a region in China they hope will become the next Silicon Valley.
Future Society

Beijing Greenlights Plan to Create Chinese Silicon Valley

China has a new plan for a sprawling economic powerhouse.

By Kristin Houser

Researchers from the University of Basel have found a way to transform cancer cells into fat using two FDA-approved drugs.
Cancer

New Therapy Forces Breast Cancer Cells to Turn Into Harmless Fat

Researchers used one of cancer's natural processes against it.

By Kristin Houser

3D Printed Implants and Stem Cells Helped Paralyzed Rats Walk Again
3D Printing

3D Printed Implants and Stem Cells Helped Paralyzed Rats Walk Again

Implanted spinal "scaffolds" allowed stem cells to repair spinal cord injuries.

By Dan Robitzski

China announced Monday that the country's space program plans to launch three more lunar missions, with the eventual goal of an international Moon base.
Moon

China Announces Plans for Moon Base

China's space program is revving up.

By Jon Christian