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A team of scientists built a neural net that connected artificial brain cells to living biological ones, which signalled back and forth over the internet.
Neuroscience and Brain

Artificial and Biological Neurons Just Talked Over the Internet

An international neural net remotely connected real and artificial brain cells.

By Dan Robitzski

Northrop Grumman's "Mission Extension Vehicle-1" (MEV-1) docks with a Inteslat 901, a communication satellite that's been in orbit for a lengthy 18 years.
Off-World

World’s First: Spacecraft Docks to Commercial Satellite In Orbit

This 18-year-old communications satellite just got a new lease on life.

By Victor Tangermann

A team of astronomers at the NASA-funded Catalina Sky Survey suspect there's a small asteroid that caught itself in our planet's gravity, like a moon.
Science & Energy

Astronomers: Our Planet Might Have Another Moon, Except It’s Tiny

Okay, we'll admit that it's a bit smaller than the regular Moon.

By Victor Tangermann

Juul is pitching a Bluetooth-enabled vape that won't let you puff until you've connected it to an app and uploaded a government-issued ID.
Prosthetics and Devices

Juul Wants to Age-Lock Its Vapes

This sounds like a terrible episode of "Black Mirror."

By Jon Christian

U.S. President Donald Trump appeared to confuse the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 with Ebola, a completely separate deadly disease.
Viruses

Trump Appears to Confuse Coronavirus With Ebola

Then he accidentally spelled it "caronavirus."

By Jon Christian

Special modified human stem cells were able to control blood sugar levels in a demonstration involving diabetic mice by secreting insulin.
Studies

Diabetic Mice “Cured Rapidly” Using Human Stem Cells

These insulin-secreting cells cured mice from severe diabetes "within two weeks."

By Victor Tangermann

On Monday, the Pentagon announced the official adoption of a series of new principles for ethical use of artificial intelligence in warfare, the AP reports.
Ethics

These Are the Pentagon’s New Ethics “Principles” for AI in Warfare

Skynet, here we come.

By Foster Kamer

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is developing a nuclear-powered rocket to move cargo around Earth's orbit.
Moon

DARPA’s Working on a Nuclear-Powered Rocket for Easy Moon Access

A literal moonshot.

By Jon Christian

The ongoing coronavirus outbreak that's spread around the world over comes with a lot of confusing terminology and vocab, so we wrote a glossary.
Viruses

Here’s a Glossary for the Ongoing Coronavirus Outbreak’s Vocab

There are a whole lot of acronyms floating around right now. Here's a guide to keep them straight.

By Dan Robitzski

The baby boomers of America are using marijuana at ever-increasing rates, according to a new study published February 2020.
Studies

Study: Boomers Smoking Weed at Unprecedented Rates

We get it, Dad. Put down the bong.

By Foster Kamer

Space Force Lt. General David Thompson clarifies what, exactly, the new military branch does, and how it plans to work with private companies.
Science & Energy

Space Force Working “Pretty Closely With Elon Musk and SpaceX”

This Space Force lieutenant seems pretty interested in SpaceX's satellite constellations.

By Dan Robitzski

A team of astronomers at Penn State just confirmed the existence of G 9-40b, a gigantic super-Earth only roughly 90 light years from Earth.
Exoplanets

This Gigantic Neptune-Sized Exoplanet is Incredibly Close

In galactic terms, at least.

By Victor Tangermann

According to a new report, the internet was intentionally shut off more than 200 times in 33 countries in 2019, affecting tens of millions of people.
Future Society

Governments Shut Down the Internet Hundreds of Times in 2019

Citizens protesting in the streets? Better shut down the web!

By Victor Tangermann

The pharma company Moderna Inc. just shipped a batch of experimental coronavirus vaccine to federal researchers, and tests could begin by April.
Viruses

Drugmaker Ships First Batch of Experimental Coronavirus Vaccines

"Nothing has ever gone that fast."

By Dan Robitzski

Iran health ministry confirmed today in an interview that the country's deputy health minister Iraj Harirchi has tested positive for COVID-19.
Developments

Iranian Health Minister Plays Down Virus Outbreak, Then Catches It

This might be why he kept mopping his brow during a press conference this week.

By Victor Tangermann

A new study reveals a bizarre link: on days that solar storms mess with the magnetic field, more gray whales beach themselves.
Solar Power

Solar Storms May Cause Whales to Crash Into Beaches

This scientist says that "whales are stranding a lot more often when the sun is doing crazy stuff."

By Dan Robitzski

A team of scientists built a vaccine that protected mice from SARS. Now they think it could help in the fight against COVID-19.
Viruses

This Years-Old Vaccine May Protect Against COVID-19

"It may require some tweaking, but it's stable."

By Dan Robitzski

Six new studies were published today, detailing some of the discoveries made by NASA's InSight Mars lander, including evidence of a strange glow in the sky.
Mars

NASA Lander Detects Strange Glow In Sky of Mars

Mars is glowing up. Literally.

By Victor Tangermann

MIT is working on self-driving technology that allows cars to "see" through the ground up to a depth of ten feet below the surface of the road.
Self-Driving Vehicles

MIT Tech Lets Self-Driving Cars “See” Under Surface of Road

In poor visibility, your car could look for landmarks — under the surface of the road.

By Victor Tangermann

The French Health Ministry announced that France no longer has confirmed cases of the coronavirus COVID-19: one patient died but all the others recovered.
Developments

French Officials Say Country Has Eliminated COVID-19 Outbreak

There are no longer any confirmed cases of the coronavirus in France.

By Dan Robitzski