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The First “Cell-Free” CRISPR Tech Is Here To Personalize Cancer Treatment
Cancer

The First “Cell-Free” CRISPR Tech Is Here To Personalize Cancer Treatment

A new CRISPR tool does what CRISPR-Cas9 can't.

SpaceX Just Launched NASA’s Exoplanet-Hunting Telescope (Gee I Wonder What They’ll Find)
Exoplanets

SpaceX Just Launched NASA’s Exoplanet-Hunting Telescope (Gee I Wonder What They’ll Find)

TESS will focus on nearby planets worthy of further study.

California Is Investigating Tesla For Workplace Safety
Tesla

California Is Investigating Tesla For Workplace Safety

This will be the company's 21st investigation in the past five years.

Earlier Cancer Detection Could Be Just an Artificial Mole Away
Cancer

Earlier Cancer Detection Could Be Just an Artificial Mole Away

This fake mole isn't a fashion statement. It's a potentially life-saving medical innovation.

Five Productivity Tips from CEO (and Factory Floor Sleeper) Elon Musk
Elon Musk

Five Productivity Tips from CEO (and Factory Floor Sleeper) Elon Musk

It's easy to walk out of meetings if you're the CEO.

IKEA Furniture Tests Your Relationship, Also Robots
Robotics

IKEA Furniture Tests Your Relationship, Also Robots

Why put your relationship at risk when a robot could build the dang chair for you?

The Digital Afterlife is Open for Business. But It Needs Rules.
Future Society

The Digital Afterlife is Open for Business. But It Needs Rules.

Ethicists argue that our cyber selves should get the same postmortem dignity as our corpses.

The World’s Biggest Porn Company Now Accepts a Cryptocurrency
Cryptocurrency

The World’s Biggest Porn Company Now Accepts a Cryptocurrency

So far, users aren't too turned on to the idea.

Tesla May Have Broken The Law In Underreporting Worker Injuries
Tesla

Tesla May Have Broken The Law In Underreporting Worker Injuries

And what would the consequences be if it did?

New York’s Attorney General Begins Inquiry Into Cryptocurrency Practices
Bitcoin

New York’s Attorney General Begins Inquiry Into Cryptocurrency Practices

The initiative is intended to increase the platforms' transparency and accountability.

Lights Out: DARKNESS Camera Filters Starlight to Spot Planets
Exobiology

Lights Out: DARKNESS Camera Filters Starlight to Spot Planets

Hello DARKNESS my old friend...

Even Clinical Trials Can Be Fake Now — Here’s How to Spot One
Health & Medicine

Even Clinical Trials Can Be Fake Now — Here’s How to Spot One

The FDA is investigating a researcher who gave herpes vaccine injections without proper approval.

Actually, Social Media Isn’t An Echo Chamber
Future Society

Actually, Social Media Isn’t An Echo Chamber

It's time to stop pretending it is — and that which side we take is driven by logic in the first place.

Dark Future: Here’s When We’ll Have the Black Mirror Tech That Lets Us Read Memories
Neuroscience and Brain

Dark Future: Here’s When We’ll Have the Black Mirror Tech That Lets Us Read Memories

The worst thing you've ever done? Yeah, they can see that.

stem cells
Health & Medicine

This Company Wants to Store Your Stem Cells to Treat Future Diseases

It appears that we can use our stem cells from when we're young for future medical treatments.

Tomorrow’s Airplane Cabins Could Be More Luxurious Than Your Apartment
Future Society

Tomorrow’s Airplane Cabins Could Be More Luxurious Than Your Apartment

These designs make today's First Class look boring.

UK Police Identified A Drug Dealer By His Fingerprints In A WhatsApp Photo
Future Society

UK Police Identified A Drug Dealer By His Fingerprints In A WhatsApp Photo

It's probably a good reminder: those cameras always in our pockets are extremely powerful.

Startup’s Crazy High-Res Satellite Can See You Pick Your Nose In Traffic
Off-World

Startup’s Crazy High-Res Satellite Can See You Pick Your Nose In Traffic

Yeah, it's THAT good.

The Next Revolution of Sports Cheating: Rewriting Athletes’ Genetic Codes
Prosthetics and Devices

The Next Revolution of Sports Cheating: Rewriting Athletes’ Genetic Codes

How do we stop cheating if we can't detect it?

Apps Are Illegally Stealing Children’s Privacy Data
Data Privacy

Apps Are Illegally Stealing Children’s Privacy Data

A new tool could help crack down on them.