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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."

Amazon Prime Air, the retail giant's drone delivery company, was designated an "air carrier" by the Federal Aviation Administration today.
Drones

Amazon Gets Permission to Start Making Drone Deliveries

Ready for takeoff.

On Friday, Elon Musk held a prototype product demo for Neuralink. But experts in the crowd remain unimpressed by his bold, unsubstantiated claims
Neuroscience and Brain

Neuralink’s Demo Didn’t Impress Experts

The Neuralink demonstration was all flash with no substance, they say.

Veterans are spending several thousand dollars to go on special ayahuasca retreats in central America to treat a variety of mental disorders.
Health & Medicine

Veterans Are Taking a Psychedelic Plant to Fight PTSD

"It seemed to almost rewire my brain."

On Friday evening, SpaceX and Tesla CEO used a live event to release a number of rare updates about his secretive other startup, Neuralink.
Prosthetics and Devices

Elon Musk: We’ve Already Implanted Neuralink in Live Pigs

"In a lot of ways, it’s kind of like a Fitbit in your skull, with tiny wires."

In order to learn how cells can navigate large distances within our bodies, scientists plopped them into increasingly-complex mazes.
Biology

Researchers Forced Living Cells to Navigate Tiny Mazes

The tiny puzzles revealed how cells navigate our bodies.

After its first successful flight test of a Starship prototype earlier this month, SpaceX is planning to try again on Sunday.
Starship

SpaceX Is Planning to Fly Its Starship Prototype This Weekend

If you missed the last one, here's your chance.

A NASA satellite from 1964 is going to re-enter the Earth's atmosphere for an extremely fiery retirement at some point this weekend.
Science & Energy

A NASA Satellite From the 1960s Is About to Die

You had a good run, OGO-1.