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Sadness is associated with a particular neural circuit connecting the amygdala with the hippocampus, which helps store memories.
Brain

Researchers Found What Sadness Looks Like in the Brain

Sadness is linked with the circuit between memory and emotion.

A new charge-storing system looks like a fabric that can be stitched into whatever you're wearing that day, helping discretely power biosensors.
Science & Energy

A New Battery Can Be Stitched Into Clothes to Power Wearables

Instead of a bulky battery pack, it looks like any other embroidered logo.

The headmaster of a Chinese high school lost his job after he was discovered mining crypto using the school's electricity.
Cryptocurrency

Headmaster Fired for Stealing School’s Electricity to Mine Crypto

He racked up a $2,120 energy bill over the course of a year.

New 3D maps of the Earth's crust hidden beneath Antarctic ice reveal new fragments of ancient continents, perhaps broken off when Pangaea split.
Space

A Satellite Found Remnants of Lost Continents Under Antarctica

Beneath Antarctic ice lie swaths of rocky crust left from since-destroyed landmasses.

Walmart plans to create an Intelligent Retail Lab (IRL) in its Levittown location to explore how AI could improve the shopping experience.
Artificial Intelligence

Walmart Wants to Use AI to Track Everything Happening in Its Stores

The retailer wants to harness the power of tech.

According to recent FCC filings, SpaceX is planning on orbiting more than 1,500 Starlink satellites at almost half the altitude to keep them safe.
SpaceX

SpaceX Found a Way To Keep Its Satellites From Cluttering Up Space

And it's a win-win for everybody.

According to new research, poachers have caused such a strain on elephant populations that they're forcing the hand of evolution.
Science & Energy

Poaching Is Forcing Elephants to Evolve Away From Having Tusks

Poaching is swaying the hand of evolution.

Global fertility rates are declining, meaning we could be headed toward a society with more grandparents than grandchildren, according to a new report.
Future Society

Fertility Rates Are Now Falling in Half the World’s Countries

Humanity could soon include more grandparents than grandchildren.

Next week, the General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) is set to meet and redefine the kilogram. It's a bizarre step forward for science.
Physics

The Metric System Is About To Get a Long-Anticipated Upgrade

Long-proposed changes to the kilogram and other units are about to take effect.

NASA Certifies SpaceX’s Falcon 9 to Launch Its Top Missions
Falcon

NASA Certifies SpaceX’s Falcon 9 to Launch Its Top Missions

The rocket now boasts NASA's top reliability rating.

These Lonely Planets Drift Through Space Without Orbiting Stars
Off-World

These Lonely Planets Drift Through Space Without Orbiting Stars

There may be more of these lone wanderers than stars in the galaxy.

Phubbing: How Phones Pull You Away From Your Loved Ones
Future Society

Phubbing: How Phones Pull You Away From Your Loved Ones

Partners and close friends top the list of who we ignore while checking our feeds.

In the future, sex workers in urban areas could operate out of autonomous vehicles, according to a new report by UK academics.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Joy Ride: Experts Say Future Sex Work Could Happen in Autonomous Cars

Who needs a motel when you have a self-driving car?

The Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT) has selected 31 students to participate in a four-year-long program focused on developing AI weapons.
Artificial Intelligence

China Recruits “Patriotic” Children to Develop Its AI Weapons

It looked for students with a "willingness to fight."

We need to do more to protect the data privacy of today's young people, who are being "datafied" from the moment they're born.
Future Society

1,300 Photos of Your Kids Will Be Online Before They’re Teens

Today's children are being "datafied" from the moment they're born.

Startup Precise Bio is nearing human trials of its bioprinted corneas, according to a newly published report in IEEE Spectrum.
Health & Medicine

Bioprinted Corneas Are Nearly Ready for Human Trials, Says Startup

3D printing could close the gap between organ supply and demand.

Tesla selects Robyn Denholm, CFO and Head of Strategy at Telstra, to replace Elon Musk as the chair of its board of directors.
Elon Musk

Tesla Announces Elon Musk’s Replacement as Chair of the Board

The company meets another stipulation of its SEC settlement.

Dubai Police have officially started training its officers how to operate Hoversurf's hoverbikes. But will they actually be useful?
Artificial Intelligence

Dubai Police Are Training Officers to Fly Hoverbikes

Bad guys beware.

Swiss company Energy Vault came up with an elegant solution to storing energy: hoisting giant bricks over 300 feet in the air.
Energy

Giant Hanging Bricks Could Store Energy Better Than Batteries

And the environmental impact is minimal.

New Self-Repairing Material Could Let You Key Your Car Just for Fun
Science & Energy

New Self-Repairing Material Could Let You Key Your Car Just for Fun

A new material regrows itself with air and sunlight by hijacking a plant's photosynthetic abilities.