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New Brain Implant Could Translate Paralyzed People’s Thoughts Into Speech
Brain

New Brain Implant Could Translate Paralyzed People’s Thoughts Into Speech

Or at least it will get the important stuff across.

By Dan Robitzski

According to a new report, cybersecurity is the area of technology healthcare executives believe will have the biggest industry impact in 2019.
Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity Is a Top Concern for Healthcare Executives

They're worried that staff members aren't prepared for cyberattacks.

By Kristin Houser

Russian hacker groups are using old tricks with a new twist to retrieve sensitive government data. But security firms are on to them.
Data Privacy

Russian Hackers Have New Techniques to Steal Data

And they are getting harder to catch.

By Victor Tangermann

To Bolster Cybersecurity, France Gives Google the Guillotine
Cybersecurity

To Bolster Cybersecurity, France Gives Google the Guillotine

France, it would seem, has had enough of American surveillance.

By Dan Robitzski

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is tasked with defending U.S. infrastructure from both cyber and physical attacks.
Cybersecurity

The US Finally Has a Defense Agency Devoted to Cybersecurity

Here's everything you need to know about CISA.

By Kristin Houser

A team of physicists created a 360 video that takes people on a tour of a realistic simulation of the black hole in the middle of the Milky Way.
Black Holes

360-Degree Video Shows What It’s Like to Fall Into a Black Hole

The simulation takes viewers into the black hole at the center of our galaxy.

By Dan Robitzski

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station can now use the Refabricator to transform plastic waste into needed tools.
Off-World

A New Gadget Turns Plastic Waste Into Tools Astronauts Need

The Refabricator could help extend our reach into space.

By Kristin Houser

Elon Musk tweeted that the BFR will now be called "Starship." It's already the fourth name change for the ambitious project to get people to Mars.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Just Changed the BFR’s Name for a Fourth Time

The BFR is dead. Long live the "Starship."

By Victor Tangermann

The Arecibo Observatory has unveiled the details of its New Arecibo Message global challenge, a contest to craft a new message to aliens.
Exobiology

Here’s How You Can Help Scientists Craft a Message to Aliens

It won't be as easy as emailing a suggestion, though.

By Kristin Houser

Up to 20 percents of the cells in our lab-grown mini kidneys are actually brain and muscle cells, according to new research.
Brain

Lab-Grown Mini Kidneys Keep Spawning Rogue Brain Cells

Thankfully, we may have found a way to stop them.

By Kristin Houser

DARPA spent $68 million over two years on deepfake-spotting AI. It's making progress, but the government might be fighting a losing battle.
DARPA

DARPA Spent $68 Million on Technology to Spot Deepfakes

New military algorithms can tell whether a video was doctored, but DARPA think it’s losing the fight.

By Dan Robitzski

Noted science educator Bill Nye thinks people would need to be on drugs to believe we could turn Mars into a place where humans could live.
Mars

Bill Nye on Terraforming Mars: “Are You Guys High?”

When it comes to colonizing Mars, he's seriously skeptical.

By Kristin Houser

As more AI research is shared with the public, more hobbyists are picking it up and building algorithms to help them with everyday life
Artificial Intelligence

How a Neural Network Runs a Family-Owned Japanese Dry Cleaner

The street finds new uses for corporate technology.

By Dan Robitzski

An activist group called Bail Bloc collects cryptocurrency mined from volunteers' computers. It's using it to free people from ICE custody.
Cryptocurrency

How Crypto Mining is Getting People Out of ICE Custody

Bail Bloc volunteers mine Monero to pay immigration bonds.

By Dan Robitzski

It's two miles long, 30 feet in diameter, and connects the Boring Company's HQ to a local suburb in LA. The tunnel is set to open in December.
Advanced Transport

Watch the Boring Company’s Digging Machine Finish Its First Tunnel

It's a respectable two miles long.

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers studying a tiny microbe discover that it warrants the creation of an entirely new branch on the Charles Darwin-created Tree of Life.
Evolution

New Research Adds Another Branch to the Evolutionary Tree of Life

A tiny microbe has found its true home.

By Kristin Houser

During an all-hands meeting last week in Seattle, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos predicted that the company would one day go bankrupt.
Jeff Bezos

Jeff Bezos: “One Day, Amazon Will Fail”

The Amazon CEO turned his attention to the future — and warned that no empire lasts forever.

By Jon Christian

Australian scientists created a new kind of video game where you swallow a high-tech pill and win by changing your gut chemistry.
Prosthetics and Devices

An Edible Controller Moves Gaming From the Screen to Your Gut

Instead of using joysticks and buttons, you win the game by altering your gut chemistry.

By Dan Robitzski

Researchers are looking to the resin spurge, a plant with a super-hot active ingredient, as the potential future of pain relief.
Health & Medicine

A Super-Spicy Plant Could Help End the Opioid Crisis

It's 10,000 times hotter than the world's hottest pepper.

By Kristin Houser

Using a new AI system, researchers within the infant scientific discipline asteroseismology can learn more about the subsurface activity of distant stars.
Off-World

New AI Is Peering Into the Nuclear Cores of Distant Stars

Now scientists can understand far-off stars better than ever before.

By Dan Robitzski