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Experts say that ethical concerns over growing brain-like neural organoids or implanting human brain cells into animals are unfounded, at least for now.
Neuroscience and Brain

Scientists: Don’t Worry, Adding Human Brain Cells to Animal Brains Is Fine

The NIH is imposing clear ethical guidelines over controversial neuroscience studies.

By Dan Robitzski

A YouTuber decided to trespass on SpaceX's Starship facilities near Boca Chica, Texas, last month — and film himself doing it.
Starship

Man Films Himself Trespassing at SpaceX Starship Facility

An apology video may not be enough.

By Victor Tangermann

The French army's foremost military school has shown off pictures of the latest addition to its team of combatants: a four-legged robotic dog called Spot.
Boston Dynamics

Boston Dynamics Robot Runs Out of Battery During Military Combat Drill, Needs to Be Carried

Low battery warning.

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk revealed today that Neuralink's first product will allow someone with paralysis to "use a smartphone [...] faster than someone using thumbs."
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Says Neuralink’s First Product Will Control Smartphone With Brain Implant

Who needs a touchscreen when you've got your mind?

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk's Neuralink has shown off an impressive new feat: a nine year old macaque called Pager playing a game of pong only using the signals in its brain.
Prosthetics and Devices

Neuralink Releases Video of Monkey Playing Pong With Its Mind

"It's not magic."

By Victor Tangermann

The University of Chicago and two national labs are launching the first quantum tech startup-focused accelerator in the country.
Quantum Physics

The First-Ever Startup Accelerator for Quantum Tech Just Launched

The Duality accelerator lends a heaping dose of credibility to the nascent field.

By Dan Robitzski

An international team of researchers have come up with a fusion-based spacecraft thruster that uses a hydrogen isotope called deuterium as a fuel source.
Off-World

Scientists: “Direct Fusion Drive” Could Get Us to the Edge of the Solar System in 10 Years

To Neptune and beyond.

By Victor Tangermann

New research shows that major depressive disorder might actually make people's bodies start to age faster than they should be at a cellular level.
Health & Medicine

Yet Another Reason To Treat Depression: It Could Literally Age You

"This should fundamentally alter the way we approach depression and how we think about it — as a part of overall health."

By Dan Robitzski

Despite widespread availability of COVID-19 vaccines, people in the US are still trying to track down drugs that weren't designed to treat COVID symptoms.
Viruses

Good God, Please Do Not Take Ivermectin to Treat COVID-19

People are so desperate, they're taking animal formulations of the drug.

By Victor Tangermann

When a robot messes up, people are way more likely to find it infuriating if it looks like a person. But we're also more likely to accept its apology.
Robotics

Study: Humanoid Robots Are More Annoying When They F*ck Up

God save the Roomba.

By Dan Robitzski

Theoretical physicist and science communicator Michio Kaku had some words of advice for those who find themselves kidnapped by aliens.
Science & Energy

Michio Kaku Has Advice for Next Time You Get Abducted by Aliens

Also, what to do if you ever find yourself kidnapped inside a UFO.

By Victor Tangermann

Lakes and rivers on Mars likely dried up and reappeared several times over the course of history before they went away for good.
Science & Energy

The Lakes of Mars Likely Dried Up Multiple Times Before Totally Vanishing

Mars seems to have a much more complex relationship with water than we thought.

By Dan Robitzski

Researchers are worried over the rise of "ghost forests" along the coast of North Carolina, caused by climate change.
Space

Desiccated “Ghost Forests,” Killed by Rising Ocean, Can Be Seen From Space

It's a worrying trend.

By Victor Tangermann

an Australian startup built a laser that could blast orbital debris orbiting the Earth out of the way without needing to launch any new spacecraft.
Space

Startup Says Its Super Powerful Laser Can Blast Space Junk From Down on the Earth’s Surface

It's like playing a high-stakes game of Missile Command.

By Dan Robitzski

Oceanic life is fleeing the increasingly-hot equator for more hospitable water, and a mass extinction event is likely to follow.
Climate Change

Scientists: Mass Extinction Is Coming as Organisms Flee the Equator

"When the same thing happened 252 million years ago, 90 percent of all marine species died."

By Dan Robitzski

NASA's Perseverance rover just snapped its next incredible selfie — and this time around, it's not just of itself.
Mars

NASA’s New Mars Rover Takes Selfie With Helicopter in Background

One last group selfie before Ingenuity's maiden voyage.

By Victor Tangermann

Venture capitalist Peter Thiel suggested during a virtual seminar that China may use its centralized digital currency as a weapon against the US dollar.
Bitcoin

China Could Use Bitcoin as a Weapon Against the US, Billionaire Warns

According to this investor, China wants to weaken the US dollar with its digital currency.

By Victor Tangermann

A man from Missouri was just sentenced to 12 years in prison after he repeatedly tried to buy chemical weapons with Bitcoin.
Science & Energy

Man Sentenced for Buying Chemical Weapons With Bitcoin

He repeatedly tried to buy chemical weapons over the dark web.

By Dan Robitzski

In a reversal, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has decided that vaccines are a good thing after all. Better late than never.
Developments

Elon Musk, Who Refused to Take a COVID Vaccine, Now Says Vaccines Are Good

Say it ain't so.

By Victor Tangermann

There's a growing body of evidence that the chemical TCE, banned in several countries but common in the US, is causing a huge wave of Parkinson's Disease.
Developments

A Common Chemical Is Causing a Huge Wave of Parkinson’s Disease, Doctor Warns

This chemical is banned in Europe — but common in the US.

By Dan Robitzski