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Chipotle Once Delivered Burritos to Hungry College Students…Via Drone
Drones

Chipotle Once Delivered Burritos to Hungry College Students…Via Drone

It's a bird! It's a plane! No! It's a burrito!

Ungrateful Google Plebes Somehow Not Excited to Work on Military Industrial Complex Death Machines
Google

Ungrateful Google Plebes Somehow Not Excited to Work on Military Industrial Complex Death Machines

Google employees are unknowingly building death machines, and they're not happy about it.

To Understand The Atmospheres Of Distant Exoplanets, Look To Your Car Engine
Science & Energy

To Understand The Atmospheres Of Distant Exoplanets, Look To Your Car Engine

Your car can't transport you to other worlds, but it could help us understand them.

What’s More Dangerous Than a Human Driving a Car? A Bored Human Not Driving an AV.
Advanced Transport

What’s More Dangerous Than a Human Driving a Car? A Bored Human Not Driving an AV.

Operating an AV is like being forced to watch the most boring road trip movie ever made on repeat.

This Crazy Gadget Helps You “Talk” To Your Computer Without Words
Internet Of Things

This Crazy Gadget Helps You “Talk” To Your Computer Without Words

It's like if Siri was stuck to your face.

USDA Announces Super-Chill Stance on Gene-Edited Crops
Future Society

USDA Announces Super-Chill Stance on Gene-Edited Crops

Gluten-free wheat, bigger tomatoes, non-browning mushrooms, sliding into your grocery store shelves.

“Prosthetic Memory Systems,” Delivered Via Electrode, Could Be Dope, If You’re Willing To Wait A While
Prosthetics and Devices

“Prosthetic Memory Systems,” Delivered Via Electrode, Could Be Dope, If You’re Willing To Wait A While

Patients' short-term memory improved by 35 percent.

With GDPR Decision, Zuckerberg Proves Yet Again He Has Learned Absolutely Nothing From the Cambridge Analytica Scandal
Meta

With GDPR Decision, Zuckerberg Proves Yet Again He Has Learned Absolutely Nothing From the Cambridge Analytica Scandal

Zuck deciding whether to give all users more data privacy: Mm, no thanks.

Instagram is Trying to Make Users Feel Better Without Scaring Them Off
Future Society

Instagram is Trying to Make Users Feel Better Without Scaring Them Off

Reports of body image problems and feelings of inadequacy have Instagram scrambling to change without taking what users crave.

Four Notable Things About the Most Distant Star Scientists Have Ever Glimpsed
Off-World

Four Notable Things About the Most Distant Star Scientists Have Ever Glimpsed

Looking at the distant star is literally looking back in time.

Four Patients Test Retinal Implant That Could Stop Age-Related Blindness
Health & Medicine

Four Patients Test Retinal Implant That Could Stop Age-Related Blindness

What good's a senior discount on movie tickets if you can't see the screen?

Tim Cook Says Apple Would Never Have a Scandal Like Cambridge Analytica
Future Society

Tim Cook Says Apple Would Never Have a Scandal Like Cambridge Analytica

For one thing, Apple monetizes products, not users.

Elon Musk’s April Fools’ Prank Totally Backfired
Elon Musk

Elon Musk’s April Fools’ Prank Totally Backfired

"Not funny" — Tesla shareholders, probably.

Death Count from Hurricane Maria Was Way Off. That Might Slow Puerto Rico’s Recovery.
Future Society

Death Count from Hurricane Maria Was Way Off. That Might Slow Puerto Rico’s Recovery.

"Statistics are the only real voice Puerto Ricans have."

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Mars

New NASA Plan for Mars Is Moderately-Terrifying-Sounding, Also, Completely-Awesome: Robotic. Bees.

A great way to explore the Red Planet, or a way we all die at the hands of SkyNet?

An Experimental Space Junk Collector Is On Its Way to the ISS
Off-World

An Experimental Space Junk Collector Is On Its Way to the ISS

RemoveDEBRIS could show that it's not too expensive to clean up space.

Tesla Model X in Autopilot Killed a Driver. Officials Aren’t Pleased With How Tesla Handled It.
Tesla

Tesla Model X in Autopilot Killed a Driver. Officials Aren’t Pleased With How Tesla Handled It.

The crash happened just four days after Uber's self-driving car killed a pedestrian.

Diet to Reduce Blood Pressure May Help Combat Depression
Health & Medicine

Diet to Reduce Blood Pressure May Help Combat Depression

“I think we need to view food as medicine.”

Estonia To Offer Free Genetic Testing, And Other Nations May Follow
Health & Medicine

Estonia To Offer Free Genetic Testing, And Other Nations May Follow

100,000 Estonians are participating in the first run of the new system.

A Journal Retracted A Controversial Paper About CRISPR. The Damage Might Already Be Done.
Prosthetics and Devices

A Journal Retracted A Controversial Paper About CRISPR. The Damage Might Already Be Done.

If people were convinced CRISPR is dangerous, that article was (inaccurate, now-retracted) "proof."