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Mars

SpaceX Will Build Starlink-Like Constellation Around Mars, Its President Says

"Once we take people to Mars, they're going to need a capability to communicate."

Neuroscience and Brain

As Japan’s Population Ages, a Rare Brain-Eating Disease Is Becoming More Common

As the prions gradually eat away at neurons, they create sponge-like holes in the brain.

Starship

SpaceX President: Starship Could Help Pick Up Space Junk

Starship could pick up "dead rocket bodies," she says, to help with Earth's space debris problem.

Science & Energy

Scientists Discover “Lost” Tectonic Plate With Ominous Name

*Spooky tectonic plate noises*

Science & Energy

Researchers: Claim of Life Molecules on Venus May Have Been an Error

A team of Harvard-Smithsonian researchers has some disappointing news.

Boston Dynamics

Oh No: Boston Dynamics Will Start Selling Arms For Its Robodogs

Even robot dogs have the right to bear arms.

Hacking

Hacker Says He Got Into Trump’s Twitter Account

He says Trump had a weak password and no two-factor authentication.

Climate Change

Researcher: Electric Cars Aren’t the Answer to Climate Change

Private vehicles are a problem regardless of their fuel source.

Advanced Transport

Videos of GM’s Driverless Cars Show Several Near-Crashes

They're months old, but it's troubling to see this on public streets.

Artificial Intelligence

MIT Invents AI to Decipher Ancient Languages

Countless languages haven't been spoken in millennia, but AI could uncover their mysteries.

Science & Energy

Scientist: Please Stop Laughing at My Research About Placing Earthworms on Loudspeakers

Hear him out!

Robotics

Scientists Drive Tiny Robot Around Inside Living Butthole

Its inventors say that a living colon is "rough terrain."

RX and Medicine

Study: Microdosing LSD Improves Mood and Cognition

Here are the doses they tried.

Advanced Transport

The All-Electric Hummer Can Turn All Four Wheels and Drive Sideways

Is this the Cybertruck killer we've been waiting for?

Robots and Machines

Engineers Create Plasma-Powered Lightsaber That Can Cut Metal

An elegant weapon, for a more civilized age.

Science & Energy

Scientists Finally Built a Room-Temperature Superconductor

The scientist behind it says to get ready for a "society where you'll never need things like batteries again."

Quantum Physics

Physicists Just Stored and Transported Light Itself

"We stored the light by putting it in a suitcase so to speak, only that in our case the suitcase was made of a cloud of cold atoms."

Elon Musk

Elon Musk Slashes Tesla Model S Price to $69,420

Nice.

Military

SpaceX Is Building a Military Rocket to Ship Weapons Anywhere in the World

SpaceX is promising the Pentagon one-hour weapon delivery around the globe.

NASA

For the First Time In Its History, NASA Successfully Collects Sample From Asteroid

"We did it."