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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.

By Victor Tangermann

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.”

By Kristin Houser

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.

By Claudia Geib

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."

By Kristin Houser

With the Most Reused Parts Ever, SpaceX’s Mission Successfully Sent Its Cargo to the ISS
SpaceX

With the Most Reused Parts Ever, SpaceX’s Mission Successfully Sent Its Cargo to the ISS

It's the first time a reused booster and already-used spacecraft have been used in a single mission.

By Alexandra Ossola

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Bitcoin

Exclusive: The Truth Behind the Bitcoin “Cult” Trying to Buy a Church in Brooklyn

Flyers protesting the church were sprinkled around the subway.

By Foster Kamer

The Chinese Space Station Has Crashed in the Pacific. Why Was It So Hard to Track?
Off-World

The Chinese Space Station Has Crashed in the Pacific. Why Was It So Hard to Track?

This might be a much more frequent occurrence in the next few decades.

By Claudia Geib

Another Thing That Climate Change Takes From Us: Our Beaches
Climate Change

Another Thing That Climate Change Takes From Us: Our Beaches

If beaches survive rising seas, we might not be allowed to visit them.

By Claudia Geib

Hold Up: What Actually Happened in Sierra Leone’s “Blockchain” Election?
Blockchain

Hold Up: What Actually Happened in Sierra Leone’s “Blockchain” Election?

"There was some miscommunication on our behalf..."

By Kristin Houser

Here’s Why A California Court Requires Cancer Risk Warnings on Coffee
Cancer

Here’s Why A California Court Requires Cancer Risk Warnings on Coffee

Don't pour out that cup of joe just yet.

By Claudia Geib

Super-Local Broadband May Be The Best Way to Preserve Net Neutrality
Future Society

Super-Local Broadband May Be The Best Way to Preserve Net Neutrality

Access to the internet could become a public service.

By Lou Del Bello

Mind-Controlled Mice Navigate Mazes, No Longer Crave Food
Food

Mind-Controlled Mice Navigate Mazes, No Longer Crave Food

Living organisms controlled remotely could actually be useful.

By Victor Tangermann

Cape Town Is Running Out of Water. Can We Prevent A Global Crisis?
Climate Change

Cape Town Is Running Out of Water. Can We Prevent A Global Crisis?

"It wasn't until we lost the climate lottery that we realized how much work we had to do."

By Claudia Geib

Donald Trump Is Still Going in on Jeff Bezos and Amazon, Still Getting Basic Facts Laughably Incorrect
Jeff Bezos

Donald Trump Is Still Going in on Jeff Bezos and Amazon, Still Getting Basic Facts Laughably Incorrect

Trump rage, code red.

By Alexandra Ossola

SpaceX Launched Another Falcon9, But Failed to Recover Its Nose Cone
Falcon

SpaceX Launched Another Falcon9, But Failed to Recover Its Nose Cone

Until next time.

By Lou Del Bello

If You Jaywalk in China, Facial Recognition Means You’ll Walk Away With A Fine
Future Society

If You Jaywalk in China, Facial Recognition Means You’ll Walk Away With A Fine

Facial recognition in the city of Shenzhen is just one part of a growing national surveillance system.

By Claudia Geib

Pruitt’s EPA Will Give Automakers What They Want: Fewer Emissions Rules
Science & Energy

Pruitt’s EPA Will Give Automakers What They Want: Fewer Emissions Rules

Trump's one step closer to keeping his promise to automakers.

By Kristin Houser

Mailchimp is Shutting Down ICO and Blockchain-related Emails, and People Are Freaking Out
Blockchain

Mailchimp is Shutting Down ICO and Blockchain-related Emails, and People Are Freaking Out

Mailchimp? More like...Mail...clamp...down.

By Foster Kamer

An Amphibian Plague Recovery Could Spell Good News for Animal Disease
Science & Energy

An Amphibian Plague Recovery Could Spell Good News for Animal Disease

Fungal diseases are becoming more common worldwide, but some animals may be able to develop resistance.

By Claudia Geib

Prince Rupert’s Drop (One of the Coolest Things You’ve Never Heard of)
From Quarks to Quasars

Prince Rupert’s Drop (One of the Coolest Things You’ve Never Heard of)

By Jaime Trosper