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Oil Will Be Used Less for Fuel, More for Plastics and Fertilizers
Energy

Oil Will Be Used Less for Fuel, More for Plastics and Fertilizers

Renewables may be cutting into fossil fuels, but the planet still loves plastic.

Scientists are arguing about whether you be allowed to publish a paper that could be used to bring back a virus that could cause a deadly pandemic.
Health & Medicine

Microbiologists Are Suddenly Really, Really Worried About Synthetic Smallpox

Should you publish a paper describing how to bring back smallpox in a lab?

Wind Farms Might Heat up the Planet, After All
Wind

Wind Farms Might Heat up the Planet, After All

But renewable energy is still worth it.

Australia is on track to all but eliminate cervical cancer within its borders by 2066, and the U.S. could follow in its footsteps.
Cancer

Australia’s Success Shows That the US Could Eliminate Cervical Cancer If It Really Wanted To

It just takes political will.

This Week in Science: Sept 29 – Oct 5
Science & Energy

This Week in Science: Sept 29 – Oct 5

CRISPR Fruit, DNA on the moon, lab-grown mushroom burgers, and more.

Mindstrong says its app can analyze your typing and scrolling to find signs of depression and anxiety. But it hasn't shared much data to support that.
Health & Medicine

This Startup Says Its App Can Detect Signs of Depression and Anxiety. Experts Aren’t Sure.

The makers of the Mindstrong app claim it can find signs of mental health problems. Skeptics aren't sure an app can tell you much.

A Virgin Atlantic flight powered in part by sustainable jet fuel completed a trek from Orlando to London on Thursday morning.
Renewable Energy

A Plane Powered by Recycled Waste Just Flew Across the Atlantic

Carbon emissions could power our planes instead of polluting our skies.

A series of neural nets wrote a novel based on what it saw and heard while being driven around the country. It's, uh, interesting.
Artificial Intelligence

An AI Took a Road Trip and Wrote a Terrible Novel About It

If “that guy in your MFA” were a robot.

Investigators have charged California resident Anthony Aiello with the murder of his stepdaughter — based on her Fitbit data.
Data Privacy

Fitbit Data Helped California Police Track Down a Murder Suspect

Investigators charged a California man with murder — based on the victim's Fitbit data.

The Five Funniest Things about the SEC’s Lawsuit against Elon Musk
Elon Musk

The Five Funniest Things about the SEC’s Lawsuit against Elon Musk

Musk's probably not laughing though.

This Humanoid Robot Can (Slowly) Install Drywall All by Itself
Robotics

This Humanoid Robot Can (Slowly) Install Drywall All by Itself

Coming soon to a construction site near you...

Glimpse: Why Are Tech Companies Pouring Money Into Instant Translators?
Artificial Intelligence

Glimpse: Why Are Tech Companies Pouring Money Into Instant Translators?

Do we *really* need to speak every language on earth? Tech companies seem to think we do.

Lockheed Martin is proposing to send a four-crew lunar lander from the Lunar Gateway to the surface of the moon. And it weighs a ton.
Moon

Lockheed Martin’s Giant Moon Lander Is an Absolute Unit

In awe of the size of this lad.

Training a neural net to decode a person's brain signals and send them to a robotic limb led to better, precise control over prosthetics.
Brain

A Neural Network, Connected to a Human Brain, Could Mean More Advanced Prosthetics

The AI system was better at understanding what the brain wanted to do.

A fertility clinic in California gives would-be parents the option of scanning embryos for eye color, putting us one step closer to "designer babies."
Prosthetics and Devices

You Can Now Pick Your Baby’s Eye Color Before You’re Even Pregnant

This fertility clinic lets parents screen embryos for eye color.

Transcend Air says its prototype aircraft could whisk a half-dozen passengers at a time between Boston and New York in less than 40 minutes.
Advanced Transport

This Futuristic Aircraft Could Take You From New York to Boston in 36 Minutes

A conventional jet would require closer to three hours.

The First Full-Scale Hyperloop Passenger Capsule Has Arrived
Hyperloop

The First Full-Scale Hyperloop Passenger Capsule Has Arrived

It'll be ready for passengers in 2019.

Researchers Think They’ve Discovered the First Moon Outside Our Solar System
Solar Power

Researchers Think They’ve Discovered the First Moon Outside Our Solar System

It’s 4,000 light years away, and answers a lingering question about our universe.

Don’t Want to Receive That Presidential Text Alert Today? Here’s How to Avoid It
Future Society

Don’t Want to Receive That Presidential Text Alert Today? Here’s How to Avoid It

We’ve found three technology “hacks” to keep your phone from buzzing along with everyone else’s at 2:18.

For the first time, researchers discover gamma rays emanating from the microquasar SS 433, and they aren't coming from the usual source.
Science & Energy

We Just Learned Something New About “One of the Weirdest Objects in the Milky Way”

An exotic microquasar just got a bit more special.