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Robotics

Google’s Parent Company Is Building a Farming Robot

Is "computational agriculture" the future of the food industry?

RX and Medicine

Researchers Built a Powerful Robot Arm to Do Colonoscopies

What could possibly go wrong?

Science & Energy

Columbia Professor: There’s a 50% Chance We’re Living in a Simulation

He did the math.

Off-World

Space Debris Trackers Warn of “Explosions in Orbit”

"The biggest contributor to the current space debris problem is explosions in orbit."

Self-Driving Vehicles

Musk: Tesla Is Rolling Out a Beta of “Full Self-Driving” Next Week

"Almost at zero interventions between home and work."

Climate Change

The Atlantic Ocean Had Its Hottest Decade in Three Millennia

Temperatures have been spiking beyond the typical cyclical rise and fall.

Self-Driving Vehicles

Hackers Use Billboards to Trick Self-Driving Cars Into Slamming on the Brakes

"The attacker... injects a few frames into a digital billboard, and the car will apply the brakes or possibly swerve, and that's dangerous."

Prosthetics and Devices

New Wearables Can Be Printed Directly Onto Skin

Just in time for "Cyberpunk: 2077."

Science & Energy

Russian Cosmonauts Are Fighting a Robot on Twitter

There's some Twitter beef unfolding around Russia's space agency.

Physics

Watch a Black Hole Suck Down an Entire Star Like a Spaghetti Noodle

"The idea of a black hole 'sucking in' a nearby star sounds like science fiction. But this is exactly what happens in a tidal disruption event."

Viruses

Scientists Are Testing a 99-Year-Old Tuberculosis Vaccine on COVID-19

There's evidence that the vaccine can fight other infections too.

Science & Energy

This May Be the First Lab-Grown Meat to Actually Hit the Market

"It will likely be a restaurant in Singapore that serves this up to consumers for the first time in history."

Future Society

Peloton — Yes, the Exercise Bike — Is Fighting Hate Speech on Its Platform

Peloton is cracking down.

Climate Change

A Melting Antarctica Could Raise the Sea Level More Than Expected

Simpler models were off by several inches.

Physics

Researchers: Some Black Holes May Contain a “Fractal Universe”

"It would be a mini fractal universe, repeating endlessly from large scales to small."

Self-Driving Vehicles

Waymo Ditches Human Safety Drivers in Its Self-Driving Taxis

"As of yesterday, we've returned with 100% fully driverless for the near term."

Medical

Humans Are Evolving a New Artery

"This is micro evolution in modern humans…"

Future Society

Microsoft Says Its Employees Can Work From Home Forever

"The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged all of us to think, live, and work in new ways."

Science & Energy

This Sporty Car Is Made Almost Entirely From Recycled Waste

"We want to show that waste is a valuable material, even in complex applications like a car."

Off-World

Watch an Astronaut Show You How to Poop in Space

It's still "one of the most frequent questions we get about life on Space Station."