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Viruses

According to New Research, Kids Spread COVID-19 Like Crazy

Just in time for school.

Moon

Blue Origin Engineers Deliver Full-Scale Prototype Moon Lander to NASA

The vision of returning American astronauts to the Moon by 2024 is looking more real than ever.

Science & Energy

Florida Is Releasing Almost a Billion Gene-Hacked Mosquitoes

Environmental advocacy groups are furious.

Artificial Intelligence

DARPA Is Testing F-16s Flown by AI in Virtual Combat

"A lot of them killed themselves on accident."

Robotics

These Robots Can Store Energy in “Fat Reserves,” Like Humans

"Robots could have 72 times more power capacity if their exteriors were replaced with zinc batteries."

Artificial Intelligence

Air Force Pilots Are About to Do Battle With Autonomous Drones

The Air Force wants drones to face a "human, manned system in some sort of air-to-air."

Bacteria

Scientists Find Bacteria That Devours Cancer-Causing Pollutants

They say they could use it to clean up toxic waste sites.

Tesla

Tesla Competitor Claims Its Car Will Be the “Fastest Charging” EV Ever

About 300 miles of range in just 20 minutes of charging.

Science & Energy

Scientists Made Mice Glow in the Dark to Study Mitochondria

They made mice glow like fireflies. But actually.

Science & Energy

Tesla Designer Reinvents the Chocolate Chip

This "who needs this?" moment may be the best illustration of Silicon Valley yet.

Future Society

Amazon’s Constellation of 3,236 Satellites Has Astronomers Very, Very Freaked Out

"To me, honestly, it feels like putting a bunch of planes up and then not having air traffic control."

Advanced Transport

Flying Cars Are Actually, Finally Becoming a Reality in Japan

The dream of the flying car is still alive.

Science & Energy

Scientists Built a Tiny Treadmill for Microscopic Water Creatures

“This is a completely new way of studying life in the ocean.”

Science & Energy

NASA Is Tracking a “Dent” in the Earth’s Magnetic Field

Vicious solar storms are deforming the Earth's magnetic field — especially in this one spot.

Future Society

Facebook Only Catches 16 Percent of Medical Misinformation Posts

Countless users are seeing dangerous, unchecked misinformation on their feeds.

Developments

Watch a Guy Selling a Fake COVID-19 Cure Get Absolutely Destroyed

"You have no medical background, you're not a scientist. Yet you’re claiming this substance, which has not been studied in any meaningful way, can cure COVID."

Health & Medicine

Scientists Use Gene-Hacking to Seemingly Cure Herpes in Mice

"I hope this study changes the dialog around herpes research and opens up the idea that we can start thinking about cure, rather than just control of the virus."

Climate Change

MIT Professor: I Fear Imminent Human Extinction

"We need dramatic change, not yesterday, but years ago."

Biology

Scientists Just Watched Bacteria Evolve in Real Time

It's hard to argue with evolution when you can see it happening right in front of you.

Prosthetics and Devices

Oh Great, Now Your Smartphone Can Tell If You’re Drunk

Notifications could remind people they're too impaired to drive.