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Elon Musk just compared his secretive brain-computer interface startup Neuralink to the dystopian science fiction show "Black Mirror."
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Compares Neuralink to “a ‘Black Mirror’ Episode”

"You could basically store your memories as a backup, and restore the memories, and ultimately you could potentially download them into a new body or a robot body."

New research suggests that GEODEs, or imitation black holes full of dark energy, could be driving the universe's ongoing expansion.
Science & Energy

Physicists: Fake Black Holes Could Be Pulling the Universe Apart

They'd look like black holes — but they're actually spinning blobs of dark energy that are remaking the cosmos.

Tesla competitor Lucid Motors claims to have beaten a Tesla Model S in a quarter mile race, covering the distance in a blistering 9.9 seconds.
Tesla

Lucid Motors Claims to Have Beaten Tesla Model S on Drag Strip

The competition is really starting to heat up.

A team of physicists speculate that a bizarre form of extraterrestrial life might be able to survive and rapidly evolve inside stars.
Space

Scientists Say Life Could Survive Inside Stars

Like genetic mutations, each generation would develop new traits, perhaps to the point of developing intelligence.

Astronomers have spotted what they claim to be the most massive collision of two black holes ever, creating a black hole of about 150 solar masses.
Black Holes

Astronomers Claim to Have Spotted the Most Massive Black Hole Merger Ever

"Everything about this discovery is mindboggling."

According to Anthony Fauci, top infectious disease expert, there could be a safe way to start giving out a coronavirus vaccine earlier than expected.
Developments

Fauci: We Could Cut Trials Short and Give Out COVID Vaccine “Right Now”

"I'm not concerned about political pressure."

Scientists Invent Artificial Skin That Can Feel Pain
Robots and Machines

Scientists Invent Artificial Skin That Can Feel Pain

This goal is to improve on prosthetics — or even skin grafts that can actually feel.

The bodybuilding supplement AKG keeps mouse alive and healthy for longer, so scientists want to see if it does the same for humans.
RX and Medicine

This Drug Makes Mice Live Longer and Healthier Lives

A common bodybuilding supplement kept lab mice healthier for longer.

New optical tweezers can pick up objects as small as ten nanometers, potentially improving the way biologists investigate molecules.
Biology

Engineers Build Tweezers So Tiny They Can Pick Up Individual Molecules

"The ability to trap and manipulate such small objects gives us the ability to understand the way our DNA and other biological molecules behave in great detail."

Engineers have built a true hologram, not unlike the ones seen in "Star Wars": a short loop of the Earth spinning on its axis.
Virtual Reality

Scientists Create True, “Star Wars”-Style Hologram

I guess they couldn't get the rights to Carrie Fisher's likeness.

The Trump Administration's de facto ban on Chinese-made drones has prevented the Interior Department from starting controlled burns to limit forest fires.
Drones

Leaked Memo: Trump’s Chinese Drone Ban Made Wildfire Season Worse

Firefighters will have to risk their lives while the drones are grounded.

A NASA satellite that launched in 1964 — over half a century ago — just burned up as it reentered the Earth's atmosphere.
NASA

Amazing Footage Shows Ancient NASA Satellite Burning Up During Reentry

It breaks apart in a fiery streak across the sky.

Scientists mapped the physical structure of the coronavirus' genetic code at an unprecedented level of detail in hopes that they can find ways to stop it.
Viruses

Scientists Create 3D Map of Entire Coronavirus Genetic Structure

It's a tangled mess of what they call a "long, noodle-like molecule" that folds in on itself like "molecular origami."

SpaceX  is planning to start assembling a prototype of the massive Super Heavy rocket booster for Starship as soon as "this week" according to Elon Musk.
Starship

Elon Musk: SpaceX Is Starting Work on Starship Super Heavy Booster

"This is uncharted territory," Musk admitted.

According to a leaked FBI bulletin obtained by The Intercept, criminals are hacking into internet-connected smart doorbells track law enforcement.
Future Society

Oops: FBI Says Criminals Are Using Ring Cameras to Spy on Cops

Well, this is ironic.

Cryptographer Seny Kamara urges his peers in computer science to assume responsibility for how their work is used, especially against marginalized groups.
Future Society

Computer Scientist: We Can’t Ignore How Our Work Hurts Marginalized Groups

Cryptography experts need to stop turning a blind eye to how their work affects people

The team behind NASA's Curiosity Mars rover have uploaded a fascinating GIF video of a dust devil rolling over the Red Planet's Gale crater.
Mars

NASA Shows Off GIF of a Dust Devil on Mars

No enhancements necessary.

COVID-19 scientists are running out of primates to test their experimental vaccines on, meaning important research can't be conducted.
Developments

Scientists Are Running Out of Primates to Test Vaccines On

The government missed its opportunity to create a "strategic monkey reserve."

Trump's newest medical advisor is pushing the White House to embrace a "herd immunity" strategy to tackle the coronavirus pandemic.
Developments

A White House Advisor Is Pushing a Reckless Herd Immunity COVID Strategy

The advisor recently made appearances on Fox News arguing that isolating everyone is "prolonging the problem."

Videos of police violence are important for holding the powerful accountable, but they're linked to PTSD and depression symptoms in Black and Latinx teens.
Health & Medicine

Police Brutality Videos Are Giving Teens PTSD Symptoms

"It's this difficult balance of needing the videos, but also protecting your own mental health."