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NASA

Congress Bars NASA From Working With China. That’s Likely a Mistake.

"America's leadership in the world is not as strong as it used to be."

Prosthetics and Devices

NASA Is Using Fitbits to Prevent COVID Spread Among Astronauts

Fitness trackers could help NASA detect COVID-19 early.

Developments

Mutated COVID Virus Evolved Inside One Person, Scientists Believe

The virus appears to have mutated inside a single host.

Future Society

Ridiculous, Gigantic Laptop Has Seven Screens That Pop Out

Is this really necessary?

Science & Energy

Astronomers May Have Spotted a New Planet Around the Nearest Star

The search for extraterrestrial life is heating up — in the closest star system to Earth.

Future Society

Lawyer Accidentally Logs Into Court With Zoom Filter Turning Him Into Kitty Cat

"I’m here live. I’m not a cat."

Drones

DARPA Wants Fighter Planes to Launch Drones That Then Launch Missiles

It's like a deadly Russian nesting doll.

Hacking

Hackers Apparently Stole the “Cyberpunk 2077” Source Code

How very on brand.

Off-World

Radio Telescope Is So Powerful It Can See the Surface of Other Worlds

Get ready for close-up surface images of distant planets in our Solar System.

Hacking

Hacker Infiltrates Water Treatment Plant, Attempts to Poison City

This could have gone very badly.

RX and Medicine

Biologist Deliberately Infects Himself With 50 Hookworms

"Here's the story of how I volunteered to be infected with 50 parasitic worms."

Off-World

Did Jeff Bezos Step Down at Amazon to Focus on a Space Empire?

"Blue Origin is the most important work I'm doing."

Medical

Pressing a Tiny Patch Onto Your Skin Could Replace Medical Blood Tests

"Blood is a tiny fraction of the fluid in our body."

Bitcoin

Tesla Reveals Plan to Sell Cars With Bitcoin

Elon Musk's car company just bought $1.5 billion worth of Bitcoin.

Climate Change

Activists Oppose Upcoming Test of Geoengineering Technology

"There is no justification for testing and experimenting with technology that seems to be too dangerous to ever be used."

Tesla

Xbox Exec Suggests “Tesla x Halo” Collaboration

Make it happen, Elon!

Exobiology

Avi Loeb and the Great Unknown

The Harvard professor who thinks an alien probe visited our star system in 2017 has a message for the academic community.

Quantum Physics

Scientists Are Investigating If Time Warps Near a Nuclear Reactor

Here's why physicists placed two atomic clocks at different distances from a nuclear reactor.

Future Society

“No Chance Is a Corporation Going Near My Brain”: Futurism Mailbag

This is what Futurism readers had to say about the week's news. Did your comment make the cut?

SpaceX

SpaceX Has Plans to Start a Starlink Phone Service

SpaceX wants to get into the voice call business.