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One Way to Sate South Africa’s Thirst: Bring in an Iceberg
Science & Energy

One Way to Sate South Africa’s Thirst: Bring in an Iceberg

It's a cartoonish scheme, but Cape Town may soon be desperate for water.

This Week in Tech: Sept 15-21
Future Society

This Week in Tech: Sept 15-21

Flying cars, hydrogen-powered trains, SpaceX updates, and more tech stuff.

The World’s First Practical Quantum Computer May Be Just Five Years Away
Quantum Computing

The World’s First Practical Quantum Computer May Be Just Five Years Away

A practical quantum computer would leave your desktop in the dust.

Ten Crypto Exchanges Told Us How They Work. Looks Like They’re at Least as Sketchy as We Thought.
Cryptocurrency

Ten Crypto Exchanges Told Us How They Work. Looks Like They’re at Least as Sketchy as We Thought.

If this is what they want us to know, what are they hiding?

CDC officials have traced an outbreak of the antibiotic-resistant bacteria Campylobacter jejuni to pet-store puppies unnecessarily prescribed antibiotics.
Bacteria

Pet Store Puppies Are Spreading Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria

Another good reason not to let random dogs lick your mouth.

Japan's space agency just deployed two asteroid-exploring robots from its Hayabusa2 spacecraft, and they could teach us about the solar system's past.
Off-World

A Pair of Japanese Robots (Hopefully) Just Landed on an Asteroid

The bots will take photos and temperature readings while bouncing around the asteroid.

Facebook Makes Dating Service “Facebook Official”
Future Society

Facebook Makes Dating Service “Facebook Official”

Facebook: where your dad can "like" your status while you browse potential flings.

This Week in Science: Sept 15-21
Genetics

This Week in Science: Sept 15-21

Mutant frogs, planet hunters, space debris catchers, and more.

Traveling To Mars Will Blast Astronauts With Deadly Cosmic Radiation, New Data Shows
Mars

Traveling To Mars Will Blast Astronauts With Deadly Cosmic Radiation, New Data Shows

A round-trip to Mars delivers the equivalent of 600 chest x-rays.

Researchers have created a synthetic skin that could give people with prosthetics the ability to sense touch with super-human sensitivity.
Prosthetics and Devices

“Synthetic Skin” Could Give Prosthesis Users a Superhuman Sense of Touch

This skin could feel a breeze so gentle the average person wouldn't even notice it.

MIT data scientists say a new approach that uses deep learning to detect credit card fraud could cut false positives in half.
Artificial Intelligence

New AI Could Stop Your Bank From Freezing Your Card When You Buy Something Weird

It could be the difference between getting stranded in the airport of a foreign city, and being on your merry way.

Here’s Why Google Built an AI-Powered Lion Statue That Spits out Poems
Google

Here’s Why Google Built an AI-Powered Lion Statue That Spits out Poems

Google's instructions: "please feed the lions."

Researchers have created the first lab-grown esophagus using pluripotent stem cells, and it could help identify new treatments for digestive disorders.
Health & Medicine

Why Scientists Grew a Tiny Human Esophagus in a Lab

There's now another body part we can grow in the lab.

The Justice Department Is Investigating Tesla For Fraud
Tesla

The Justice Department Is Investigating Tesla For Fraud

Tesla stock immediately plummeted.

UK researchers are now testing RemoveDEBRIS, a satellite designed to trap space debris in a net so it can be removed before it damages spacecraft.
Off-World

UK Researchers Just Deployed a Massive Net to Catch Space Debris

It could help us catch orbiting junk so it doesn't damage spacecraft or satellites.

People Are Zapping Their Brains to Boost Creativity. Experts Have Concerns.
Brain

People Are Zapping Their Brains to Boost Creativity. Experts Have Concerns.

Gadgets deliver a literal spark of creativity, proponents say.

Researchers from the University of Tokyo have created the strongest-ever controllable magnetic field, and it could help make nuclear fusion a reality.
Nuclear Fusion

This Super Powerful Magnetic Field Puts Us One Step Closer to Nuclear Fusion

Researchers just shattered the record for strongest controllable magnetic field.

Yale researchers have created a robotic skin that they can wrap around inanimate objects to give them the ability to move.
Robotics

This “Robotic Skin” Can Turn Pretty Much Anything Into a Robot

And it could eventually make its way into space.

A consortium of prominent energy and financial institutions say they'll soon start trading commodities on a new blockchain platform called Komgo.
Blockchain

All Our Stuff Is Gonna Be Traded on the Blockchain, Finance Companies Say

It takes a lot of paperwork to trade commodities like grains and metal. Maybe a blockchain could help.

Clearing Faulty Cells Out Of The Brain May Stave Off Cognitive Decline
Brain

Clearing Faulty Cells Out Of The Brain May Stave Off Cognitive Decline

The fewer inert cells in a mouse’s brain, the better memory the mouse retained.