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A class of exoplanets thought to resemble gas giants like Neptune may actually be rocky worlds covered in thick, heavily irradiated oceans.
Science & Energy

“Mini-Neptune” Exoplanets May Actually Be Covered in Radioactive Oceans

This'd be a crummy place for a vacation.

The same company that announced a partnership with KFC to create the world's first 3D printed chicken nugget successfully printed human cells in space.
Prosthetics and Devices

The Same Company 3D Printing KFC’s Meat Nuggets Is Printing Human Tissue in Space As Well

Wait, what's going on here?

Uber drivers in the U.K. are suing the company for access to access to its logs on their performance, as well as info on how it's used.
Advanced Transport

Uber Drivers Are Suing to Learn How the Company’s Algorithm Works

They say Uber is violating their digital privacy.

With help from a Russian 3D printing startup, American fast food chain KFC wants to craft the "world's first laboratory-produced chicken nuggets."
3D Printing

KFC Is Working on 3D Printed, Lab-Grown Chicken Nuggets

"In the future, the rapid development of such technologies will allow us to make 3D-printed meat products more accessible."

NASA's Curiosity rover encountered a strangely-colored rock on Mars and did what any smart robot would do: blasted it with a laser to see what was inside.
Mars

NASA’s Mars Rover Spent the Weekend Shooting a Weird-Looking Rock With a Laser

"We’re uncovering an ancient world that offered life a foothold for longer than we realized."

Science & Energy

Curiosity Stream Is a Streaming Smörgåsbord of High-Quality Science-Focused Programs

It's the streaming service for people who love to learn.

Doctors managed to "delete" opioid addictions from the brains of lab mice by shining an implanted fiber optic light that prevented withdrawal.
Brain

Scientists Hack Mouse Brains to “Erase” Opioid Addiction

This may lead to a way to prevent relapses.

According to new models, climate change may soon get so bad that working outside will put people at risk of organ failure.
Climate Change

Scientists: Climate Change Will Get So Hot Your Organs Shut Down

And the UN says your air conditioner will only make things worse.

The Department of Homeland Safety has been circulating a memo about how masls could block facial recognition since Black Lives Matter protests began.
Future Society

Government Leak: Cops Terrified Masks Will Block Facial Recognition

Just in case you needed another reason to wear one.

NASA is expecting to start returning SpaceX Crew Dragon pilots Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley to Earth from the ISS on August 1.
NASA

NASA Just Picked a Date for SpaceX to Bring Back Its Astronauts

The mission isn't over yet.

UK authorities issued a warning on Thursday, claiming that Russian hackers with ties to the Kremlin have been targeting coronavirus vaccine research.
Hacking

State-Backed Russian Hackers Are Targeting Coronavirus Vaccine Research

"We strongly reject these groundless accusations against us."

A company called HawkEye 360 is about to launch a cluster of satellites that hunt down pirates, smugglers, and poachers around the world.
SpaceX

SpaceX Is Launching a Fleet of Pirate-Hunting Satellites

"We’ve seen dark ship activity all over the globe."

Scientists Discover “Vantablack” Deep-Sea Creatures
Science & Energy

Scientists Discover “Vantablack” Deep-Sea Creatures

"It’s like looking at a black hole."

Geologists are using new techniques like precise GPS measurements to figure out what's driving apart three tectonic plates in Ethiopia.
Science & Energy

Geologists Say a New Ocean Is Opening up in Africa

The theory is that massive, superheated rocks are bubbling up from deep inside the planet — and remaking the surface forever.

National security contractor Sierra Nevada Corporation has won a Pentagon contract to turn its Shooting Star cargo spacecraft into a space outpost.
Off-World

The Pentagon Is Quietly Working on a Military Space Station Outpost

"The possible applications for Shooting Star are really endless."

VR Sex
Virtual Reality

Ready or Not, Inexpensive VR Sex Is Going Mainstream

Realistic VR sex has reached a price point almost anyone can afford.

A massive new study strongly links high blood iron levels with a longer lifespan, giving hope to new longevity treatments.
RX and Medicine

Scientists: Blood Iron Levels Strongly Correlated With Long Lifespan

The discovery might explain a link between diet and disease.

German electric car subsidies are so high, that leasing a Renault Zoe EV is essentially free right now. Demand is sky-rocketing.
Advanced Transport

Subsidies Mean This Electric Car Is Literally Free in Germany

"We did expect an increase in sales with the subsidies, but this run really struck us."

Faulty Studies Mean Everything You Know About Nutrition Is Wrong
Studies

Faulty Studies Mean Everything You Know About Nutrition Is Wrong

We deserve better nutrition research.

Scientists grew stermatogonial stem cells — the precursors to sperm — in a lab for the first time, potentially unlocking new fertility treatments.
RX and Medicine

For the First Time, Scientists Grow Human Sperm Stem Cells in Lab

It could be a game changer for transgender parenthood.