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Service Robots Could Fix Up Orbiting Satellites Like Mechanics in Space
Off-World

Service Robots Could Fix Up Orbiting Satellites Like Mechanics in Space

But there's a risk they could be used as weapons to damage valuable satellites, too.

By Kristin Houser

Lab-Grown Bladders Can Save People From a Lifetime of Dialysis
Prosthetics and Devices

Lab-Grown Bladders Can Save People From a Lifetime of Dialysis

Using a recipient's own cells prevents rejection.

By Kristin Houser

A U.S. judge ruled that cryptocurrencies fall under SEC securities law. Here's how crypto investors and lawyers are taking the news.
Bitcoin

Here’s What One Judge’s Decision Means for the Future of Cryptocurrencies

A judge decided a case should stay in court. Experts think this could give regulators an in to regulating crypto.

By Dan Robitzski

BMW's self-driving motorcycle can start, stop, and navigate all by itself, but the company says creating a fully autonomous vehicle wasn't its intention.
Self-Driving Vehicles

BMW’s Self-Driving Motorcycle Could Help Keep Bikers Safe

The bike can start, stop, and navigate a track all on its own.

By Kristin Houser

If e-cigarette manufacturers can't prove they're fighting marketing and sales to teens, the FDA has threatened to ban vape flavors like mango and cucumber.
Health & Medicine

The FDA Just Threatened to Crack Down on E-Cig Companies Like JUUL

The FDA could make your mango and cucumber vapes a lot harder to find.

By Jon Christian

AI Just Detected 72 Radio Bursts That Could Come From Aliens
Exobiology

AI Just Detected 72 Radio Bursts That Could Come From Aliens

AI can sift through hours of radio noise for signals that may indicate intelligent alien life.

By Kristin Houser

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) say they've created a neural network that can explain the steps it took to solve a problem.
Advanced Transport

This Advanced Neural Network Can Explain Its Thought Process (Finally)

Neural networks are great at solving problems, but bad at showing their work.

By Jon Christian

A Man Is Suing A Cryonics Company For Cutting Off His Dad’s Head
Future Society

A Man Is Suing A Cryonics Company For Cutting Off His Dad’s Head

Here's another thing we have to add to our wills in the future.

By Victor Tangermann

Video Game Addiction Is Real And Professionals Aren’t Prepared To Help
Virtual Reality

Video Game Addiction Is Real And Professionals Aren’t Prepared To Help

Putting down the joystick isn't enough, there's a deeper issue.

By Victor Tangermann

Check Out This Stunning Image of a Far-off Galaxy
Science & Energy

Check Out This Stunning Image of a Far-off Galaxy

This "cosmic gem" doesn't look like something 65 million light years away.

By Kristin Houser

The Military’s “Molar Mic” Is Straight out of Mission Impossible
Military

The Military’s “Molar Mic” Is Straight out of Mission Impossible

It sends audio through a person's teeth and bones.

By Kristin Houser

NASA is considering finding corporate sponsors to name rockets or spacecraft to help the company raise funds and maintain cultural relevance.
NASA

Corporate Sponsors Could Help NASA Keep Pace with Private Space Companies

This launch brought to you by Coca-Cola.

By Kristin Houser

A federal judge argued today that digital currencies should be regulated like securities, paving the way for tighter regulation of cyprocurrency.
Blockchain

Crypto-pocalypse Soon-ish? Judge Rules ICOs Are a Security

The judge declined to dismiss the case. That might create a legal precedent for regulators to get involved.

By Jon Christian

The Ocean Cleanup is finally ready to put its plastic-wrangling boom to the test cleaning up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
Pollution

A Huge Trap Is Ready to Start Gobbling Up Ocean Plastic “Like A Giant Pac-Man”

It could finally put a dent in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Or, critics say, it could further harm marine wildlife.

By Kristin Houser

Global demand for fossil fuels could peak a decade before experts had previously predicted, which could spell trouble for the economy.
Fossil Fuels

Experts Warn That Demand for Fossil Fuels Could Peak a Decade Earlier Than Predicted

The good news is that the global energy system is tipping toward solar and wind power. The bad news is that it could tank the economy.

By Jon Christian

A New Map of Antarctica Is Detailed Enough to See a Car Parked on An Ice Shelf
Climate Change

A New Map of Antarctica Is Detailed Enough to See a Car Parked on An Ice Shelf

Antarctica is now the best-mapped continent on Earth.

By Kristin Houser

A Researcher Is Offering a Prize to Anyone Who Can Prove a Germ Causes Alzheimer’s
Neuroscience and Brain

A Researcher Is Offering a Prize to Anyone Who Can Prove a Germ Causes Alzheimer’s

Could Alzheimer's be a transmittable disease?

By Kristin Houser

If Artificial Intelligence Only Benefits a Select Few, Everyone Loses
Artificial Intelligence

If Artificial Intelligence Only Benefits a Select Few, Everyone Loses

Workers aren't going to be excited about technology that replaces them, so our economies need to shift.

By Dan Robitzski

The UK’s First Flying Taxi Wants to Take You Farther Than Just Across Town
Advanced Transport

The UK’s First Flying Taxi Wants to Take You Farther Than Just Across Town

This car flies like a drone, and it might someday be the way you travel between cities.

By Kristin Houser

We’re Drinking so Much Water That We’re Actually Making the Ocean Saltier
Science & Energy

We’re Drinking so Much Water That We’re Actually Making the Ocean Saltier

As we make saltwater drinkable, we could endanger delicate ocean ecosystems.

By Kristin Houser