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Just two percent of adults would have to upload their DNA to genealogy sites before you could use a DNA sample to find a relative of virtually anyone.
Health & Medicine

Creeps Will Soon Be Able to Find Almost Anyone on Genealogy Sites

Welcome to the genetic panopticon.

This Week in Science: Oct 6 – Oct 12
Climate Change

This Week in Science: Oct 6 – Oct 12

Climate catastrophes, saving the bees, germ banks, and more

This Week in Tech: Oct 6 – Oct 12
Space

This Week in Tech: Oct 6 – Oct 12

Autonomous vehicles, crypto scams, space capsule builders, and more

Virtual Reality Is “Reuniting” Immigrants With Their Families
Virtual Reality

Virtual Reality Is “Reuniting” Immigrants With Their Families

It's the next best thing to actually visiting home.

In a newly released video, you can watch Boston Dynamics's humanoid robot Atlas parkour its way across a makeshift obstacle course.
Boston Dynamics

The Boston Dynamics Robot Atlas Is Now a Parkour Master

It leaps over logs and scales wooden platforms.

Report: It’s Easy to Hack an Entire Generation of Military Weapons
Military

Report: It’s Easy to Hack an Entire Generation of Military Weapons

We're really hoping the nuclear codes are more sophisticated than “password123.”

A robot named Pepper will appear in front of the UK Parliament next week. Nobody, including the lawmakers who arranged the interview, seem to know why.
Robotics

A Robot Is Scheduled to Testify in Front of the UK Parliament

But it's kinda unclear why.

A pair of new cryptocurrency reports asserts that the asset class is still very risky for investors, but not much of a threat to the world economy.
Cryptocurrency

Reports: Crypto Is a Threat to Your Savings Account, But Not World Markets

Experts: Invest at your own risk.

Glimpse: Man’s Best Friend, Forever? We May Love Robot Dogs As Much As the Real Thing
Robot Dogs

Glimpse: Man’s Best Friend, Forever? We May Love Robot Dogs As Much As the Real Thing

Sit, rollover, calculate Pi to the 90th digit.

Chinese researchers have found a way to create healthy mice pups using only genetic material from two moms — no dads required.
Science & Energy

These Healthy Mice Pups Have Two Moms and No Dads

We can now breed healthy mice from pairs of same-sex parents.

Op-Ed: Lego-Like Customization Will Give Us Autonomous Vehicles We Never Imagined
Self-Driving Vehicles

Op-Ed: Lego-Like Customization Will Give Us Autonomous Vehicles We Never Imagined

The energy and imagination of the DIY community, but for AVs.

Amazon Built an AI to Evaluate Job Applicants. One Problem: It Seemed Sexist.
Artificial Intelligence

Amazon Built an AI to Evaluate Job Applicants. One Problem: It Seemed Sexist.

If we're not careful, data from our biased world results in biased AIs.

A team of European researchers is exploring how internet usage affects mental health, marking the first international effort to do so.
Mental Health

We’ll Soon Know Exactly How Terrible the Internet Is for Our Mental Health

We're about to explore the web's dark side.

Lockheed Martin engineers are using Microsoft's HoloLens to speed up construction of NASA's next space capsule by showing technicians the next step.
NASA

Lockheed Engineers Are Using HoloLens to Build NASA’s New Space Capsule

The same tech could eventually make spacecraft repairs easier for astronauts.

SpaceShipTwo
Off-World

Virgin Galactic Just Successfully Tested One of Their Spaceplanes

The company is one step closer to taking private passengers into space.

Tesla bragged about getting the highest safety ratings in the history of cars. Now the government says that's not exactly how it works.
Tesla

Government to Tesla: We Never Said the Model 3 Was the “Safest Car Ever”

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration doesn’t give extra credit.

Fitness Trackers Say This Coffee Cup Has a Pulse. Wait, What?
Health & Medicine

Fitness Trackers Say This Coffee Cup Has a Pulse. Wait, What?

A fitness tracker glitch is showing a pulse on inanimate objects.

This Wireless Implant Heals Damaged Nerves and Then Self-Destructs
Health & Medicine

This Wireless Implant Heals Damaged Nerves and Then Self-Destructs

It could be used to heal nerve injuries caused by repetitive or traumatic injuries.

Scientists Assert That Ultra-Heavy Blankets Actually Reduce Stress and Anxiety
Health & Medicine

Scientists Assert That Ultra-Heavy Blankets Actually Reduce Stress and Anxiety

And it's custom tailored to each individual.

SpaceX’s First Tourist Isn’t Worried About Training for His Trip to the Moon
Moon

SpaceX’s First Tourist Isn’t Worried About Training for His Trip to the Moon

"Elon Musk has said it shouldn't be too hard."