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NASA announced Tuesday that the Kepler Space Telescope, which has been orbiting Earth and looking for exoplanets since 2009, ran out of fuel. RIP.
NASA

NASA: Kepler Space Telescope is Out of Fuel

So ends the telescope’s planet-seeking mission.

By Dan Robitzski

A new type of battery might give small planes enough of a boost to take off and complete short-range flights without using any fossil fuels.
Advanced Transport

New Battery Tech Could Power a Flight from San Francisco to Los Angeles

Electric passenger planes could finally be practical.

By Dan Robitzski

NASA's Parker Solar Probe just broke the world records for closest approach to the Sun and fastest speed relative to the Sun.
Solar Power

NASA’s Solar Probe Just Broke Two World Records

78 days after launch, it's already making the record books.

By Kristin Houser

Google just announced a $25 million contest that asks people to develop AI systems that actually benefit society for a change.
Google

Google Wants You to Build AI That Benefits Society

The “AI for Social Good” contest has a prize pool of $25 million.

By Dan Robitzski

Bitcoin mining alone has the potential to push us past the global warming limits set by the Paris Agreement, according to a new report.
Bitcoin

Bitcoin Mining Will Only Cause a Climate Catastrophe if We Let It

Our climate problem is bigger than one source of CO2.

By Kristin Houser

You can use a tablet screen to give instructions to this idiot-proof helicopter, which uses LIDAR and cameras to take off, land and avoid obstacles.
DARPA

You Can Fly DARPA’s Idiot-Proof Helicopter With 45 Mins of Training

You literally give it flight instructions on a tablet.

By Jon Christian

There's a lot of space junk orbiting the planet. The Air Force just put out a call for high-tech ways to keep track of it all.
Off-World

The Air Force Wants Your Help Guarding Satellites From Space Junk

The military put $100,000 in prize money on the line.

By Dan Robitzski

artificial moon
Moon

There’s No Way China’s Artificial Moon Will Work, Says Expert

One aerospace engineer sees major flaws in the plan.

By Kristin Houser

Scientists want to craft an updated version of the Arecibo Message, a radio communication that marked humanity's first attempt to talk to aliens.
Exobiology

Scientists Want Your Help Crafting a Message to Aliens

They want to update humanity's most famous message to ET.

By Kristin Houser

We need to do something to address the problem of air pollution, according to the Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO).
Pollution

WHO Director: Air Pollution Is the “New Tobacco”

“The world has turned the corner on tobacco. Now it must do the same for the 'new tobacco.'" 

By Kristin Houser

A retroactive look at a two year old study suggests that a type of photosynthetic bacteria interacted with individual photons at the quantum scale.
Physics

Scientists May Have Put Microbes in a State of Quantum Entanglement

This could be the first time we've observed a living organism in the quantum realm.

By Dan Robitzski

Walmart-owned retail store chain Sam's Club announced it will open a cashier-less store in Dallas, Texas. But it will still employ human staff.
Future Society

Walmart Is Opening a Store With Zero Cashiers

But it's no Amazon Go experience.

By Victor Tangermann

A Spanish company has figured out how to turn raw sewage into clean energy in the form of a coal-like fuel that burns without giving off carbon dioxide.
Energy

Clean Coal Startup Turns Human Waste Into Earth-Friendly Fuel

We're wiping our way to a cleaner future.

By Dan Robitzski

autonomous vehicles
Self-Driving Vehicles

Ford’s Self-Driving Cars Are About to Chauffeur Your Senator

Ford will be the first automaker to test AVs in the nation's capital.

By Kristin Houser

Spain is rolling out an AI lie detector called VeriPol at many of its police stations, which uses machine learning to flag false police reports.
Artificial Intelligence

This AI Lie Detector Flags Falsified Police Reports

Do you want cops inside your head?

By Jon Christian

A Toronto startup figured out how to get bacteria to turn food waste into biodegradable plastics. If it scales, it could prevent loads of methane emissions.
Environment

These Bacteria Digest Food Waste Into Biodegradable Plastic

Genecis says its plastics biodegrade in about a year.

By Dan Robitzski

Hoversurf's $150,000 Hover One hoverbike is now available for preorder with deliveries expected to occur in the third quarter of 2019.
Advanced Transport

You Can Now Preorder a $150,000 Hoverbike

You could be hovering around your backyard in as little as two months.

By Kristin Houser

Tesla criminal probe
Tesla

FBI’s Tesla Criminal Probe Reportedly Centers on Model 3 Production

The FBI wants former employees to testify against the company.

By Kristin Houser

healthy foods
Food

We Aren’t Growing Enough Healthy Foods to Feed Everyone on Earth

But we have no shortage of fats and sugars.

By Kristin Houser

A Stem Cell Transplant Let a Wheelchair-Bound Man Dance Again
Health & Medicine

A Stem Cell Transplant Let a Wheelchair-Bound Man Dance Again

The experimental therapy started working within two days.

By Kristin Houser