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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

This $799 Home Crypto Mining Machine is a Terrible Investment
Cryptocurrency

This $799 Home Crypto Mining Machine is a Terrible Investment

At today's rates, it would take 45 years to pay for itself.

By Victor Tangermann

Startup Space Tango has unveiled an autonomous orbital facility powered by robots that could be the future of space manufacturing.
Off-World

Startup Unveils Plan for Autonomous Bots to Build Products in Space

And it thinks they'll be ready for launch by the mid-2020s.

By Kristin Houser

Abuse survivors are using cryptocurrency for crowdfunding so they can raise needed funds without potentially exposing their identities.
Blockchain

Blockchain Is Helping Abuse Survivors Gain Financial Independence

Crypto is helping address holes in social safety nets.

By Kristin Houser

The recently reunited band The KLF wants 35,000 fans to stuff their cremated remains into a brick to be built into a giant pyramid. Seems reasonable.
Future Society

Pop Band “The KLF” to Build a Pyramid out of 35,000 Cremated Fans

If you’re not willing to turn your remains into a brick, are you even a real fan?

By Dan Robitzski

DARPA is testing a sensor that would allow stratospheric balloons to remain in one place, possibly leading to a new military surveillance platform.
Future Society

DARPA’s Balloons Could Hover at the Edge of Space Indefinitely

The agency is using lasers to keep its balloons in one place.

By Kristin Houser

The FCC approved a SpaceX request to launch more than 7,000 internet-broadcasting satellites. The only catch: they need to do it fast.
SpaceX

The FCC Just Approved SpaceX’s Plan to Launch 7,518 Internet Satellites

But the clock is ticking, under the terms of the approval.

By Jon Christian

Privacy experts are concerned that governments could use Amazon's patented accent-detection technology to violate civil rights.
Artificial Intelligence

Experts Warn of Amazon’s Accent-Detecting Technology

This patented tech raises all sorts of red flags.

By Kristin Houser