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In order to equip future Martian settlers, scientists suggest altering their DNA to give them the traits they need to survive.
Mars

"And are we maybe ethically bound to do so?"

By Dan Robitzski

A Texas courtroom is experimenting with the videoconferencing software Zoom, which it's using to hold a jury trial this week.
Future Society

The future of law is unfolding on videochat.

By Dan Robitzski

New Zealand-based robotics company Rocos just shared a video of how Boston Dynamics' dog-like robot Spot could give agriculture workers a hand.
Robot Dogs

A robotics company wants farms to use robot dogs for work that's "often dull, dirty, or dangerous."

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule just arrived at NASA's Kennedy Space Center ahead of its first crewed test flight dubbed Demo-2 on May 27.
Crew Dragon

SpaceX is about to make history.

By Victor Tangermann

A growing number of biostatistical models predicting the future U.S. coronavirus death toll agree: there will likely be 110,000 fatalities by June 6.
Viruses

That's nearly 30,000 more fatalities in less than a month.

By Dan Robitzski

A new animation by JAXA planetary scientist James O'Donoghue shows just how slow the speed of light is on a cosmic scale.
Physics

Even at the Universe's theoretical speed limit, a trip to Mars seems tedious.

By Dan Robitzski

A delightful new video shows Apollo astronauts falling over in their bulky spacesuits, unaccustomed to the Moon's weak gravity.
Moon

It's a goofier aspect of space travel.

By Jon Christian

There are a lot of caveats here, so don't get too excited, but new results for an experimental COVID vaccine look promising.
Developments

If all goes well — a huge if — it could be widely available by the end of the year.

By Jon Christian

A new medical device that looks and spins like a fidget spinner can test for and diagnose a urinary tract infection in under an hour.
Medical

It's almost exactly like a fidget spinner — except full of human urine.

By Dan Robitzski

NASA's new Artemis Accords serve as a set of guidelines for both governments and private companies to peacefully operate in space.
NASA

These rules for space exploration would be great — if there was any way to enforce them.

By Dan Robitzski

After the Senate voted to reauthorize the Patriot Act, House Democrats have one last shot to introduce an amendment that would preserve American's privacy.
Future Society

Nancy Pelosi could re-introduce a privacy safeguard into the Patriot Act.

By Dan Robitzski

This startup is selling a gigantic air-filtration helmet that it says will filter out the COVID-causing SARS-CoV-2 virus. Does it work?
Viruses

Would you wear this in public?

By Jon Christian

As schoolchildren stay home during formative periods of their childhood, scientists are predicting they'll face educational setbacks for years.
Future Society

The damage will likely be defined by class differences.

By Dan Robitzski

The newly-minted US Space Force launched a secretive Boeing spacecraft this weekend, loaded with military and NASA equipment.
Space Force

This slow-motion footage is pretty impressive.

By Jon Christian

Police in China, Italy, Dubai, and multiple other countries are now wearing thermal cameras embedded in their helmets to scan for fevers.
Viruses

Greetings, citizen.

By Dan Robitzski

Therapeutics firm Sorrento claims to have found the first ingredient for its "cocktail" of antibodies that could protect against the coronavirus.
Developments

Could this antibody cocktail act as a "protective shield" against infection?

By Victor Tangermann

Scientist Discovers Gross New Fungus on Twitter
Biology

"As far as we know, this is the first time that a new species has been discovered on Twitter."

By Victor Tangermann

A new study by researchers suggests that the body builds a robust antiviral immune response after fighting the coronavirus. Good news for a vaccine.
Developments

"These findings are really good news for vaccine development."

By Victor Tangermann

A team of engineers and physicists is 3D printing a nuclear reactor, which they say will help speed up the pace at which the slow-paced industry innovates.
3D Printing

"We know all these concepts work. The problem is we can't build them fast and cheap enough."

By Dan Robitzski

A team of researchers managed to create the most thoroughly-intermixed human-mouse chimera hybrids to date, thanks to a weird stem cell-manipulating trick.
Biology

They want to use them to farm human organs.

By Dan Robitzski