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

USDA Announces Super-Chill Stance on Gene-Edited Crops

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

For one thing, Apple monetizes products, not users.

Elon Musk’s April Fools’ Prank Totally Backfired
Elon Musk

Elon Musk’s April Fools’ Prank Totally Backfired

"Not funny" — Tesla shareholders, probably.

Death Count from Hurricane Maria Was Way Off. That Might Slow Puerto Rico’s Recovery.
Future Society

Death Count from Hurricane Maria Was Way Off. That Might Slow Puerto Rico’s Recovery.

"Statistics are the only real voice Puerto Ricans have."

Mars

New NASA Plan for Mars Is Moderately-Terrifying-Sounding, Also, Completely-Awesome: Robotic. Bees.

A great way to explore the Red Planet, or a way we all die at the hands of SkyNet?

An Experimental Space Junk Collector Is On Its Way to the ISS
Off-World

An Experimental Space Junk Collector Is On Its Way to the ISS

RemoveDEBRIS could show that it's not too expensive to clean up space.

Tesla Model X in Autopilot Killed a Driver. Officials Aren’t Pleased With How Tesla Handled It.
Tesla

Tesla Model X in Autopilot Killed a Driver. Officials Aren’t Pleased With How Tesla Handled It.

The crash happened just four days after Uber's self-driving car killed a pedestrian.

Diet to Reduce Blood Pressure May Help Combat Depression
Health & Medicine

Diet to Reduce Blood Pressure May Help Combat Depression

“I think we need to view food as medicine.”

Estonia To Offer Free Genetic Testing, And Other Nations May Follow
Health & Medicine

Estonia To Offer Free Genetic Testing, And Other Nations May Follow

100,000 Estonians are participating in the first run of the new system.

A Journal Retracted A Controversial Paper About CRISPR. The Damage Might Already Be Done.
Prosthetics and Devices

A Journal Retracted A Controversial Paper About CRISPR. The Damage Might Already Be Done.

If people were convinced CRISPR is dangerous, that article was (inaccurate, now-retracted) "proof."

With the Most Reused Parts Ever, SpaceX’s Mission Successfully Sent Its Cargo to the ISS
SpaceX

With the Most Reused Parts Ever, SpaceX’s Mission Successfully Sent Its Cargo to the ISS

It's the first time a reused booster and already-used spacecraft have been used in a single mission.

Bitcoin

Exclusive: The Truth Behind the Bitcoin “Cult” Trying to Buy a Church in Brooklyn

Flyers protesting the church were sprinkled around the subway.

The Chinese Space Station Has Crashed in the Pacific. Why Was It So Hard to Track?
Off-World

The Chinese Space Station Has Crashed in the Pacific. Why Was It So Hard to Track?

This might be a much more frequent occurrence in the next few decades.

Another Thing That Climate Change Takes From Us: Our Beaches
Climate Change

Another Thing That Climate Change Takes From Us: Our Beaches

If beaches survive rising seas, we might not be allowed to visit them.

Hold Up: What Actually Happened in Sierra Leone’s “Blockchain” Election?
Blockchain

Hold Up: What Actually Happened in Sierra Leone’s “Blockchain” Election?

"There was some miscommunication on our behalf..."