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A Roman Catholic priest launched a Vatican-themed Minecraft server that he hoped would be a haven from online toxicity. It was attacked immediately.
Future Society

Luckily, the priest who launched the server had a trick up his sleeve.

By Dan Robitzski

The chief of India's space agency claimed their orbiter had spotted Vikram, the perished lunar lander, months before NASA announced it had found it.
Future Society

"We had already declared that on our website, you can go back and see."

By Victor Tangermann

Music website Genius is suing Google and its lyrics partner, LyricFind, for $50 million for allegedly copying lyrics directly from its site.
Future Society

Genius set a trap to catch Google, and Google fell right into it.

By Kristin Houser

Astronomers discovered 19 new galaxies that appear to be missing their dark matter. The discovery challenges our models of how galaxies form.
Science & Energy

They throw a wrench in the theories for how galaxies are formed.

By Dan Robitzski

A Chinese court has sentenced researcher He Jiankui to three years in prison for creating the world's first gene-edited babies.
Gene Editing

The paper accompanying the controversial experiment went unpublished — until now. 

By Kristin Houser

DARPA-funded scientist Christoffer Heckman argues that some sort of new guidelines are needed to keep engineers from building autonomous weapons.
DARPA

"But I am also concerned about the risks that new technologies pose, especially if they are exploited by malicious people."

By Dan Robitzski

Four new papers reveal new findings from NASA's Parker Solar Probe that could rewrite the way we understand the way stars are born, evolve, and die.
Science & Energy

"Getting data at the source is already revolutionizing our understanding of our own star."

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's exoplanet-hunting satellite TESS captured footage of a comet suddenly exploding in a bizarre phenomenon called a comet outburst.
Science & Energy

It's grainy, but epic.

By Dan Robitzski

The latest space supply mission to the ISS will include “mighty mice,” rodents genetically engineered to grow larger muscles than normal.
SpaceX

The rodents could help astronauts stay healthy in microgravity.

By Kristin Houser

Detecting killer asteroids could become more difficult for astronomers as SpaceX adds more satellites to its Starlink constellation.
SpaceX

If you can't see a dangerous space rock, how can you stop it?

By Kristin Houser

A comprehensive new analysis of 50 years' worth of medical data has linked heavy, frequent marijuana use with an increased risk of testicular cancer.
Cancer

Bad news, stoners.

By Dan Robitzski

China is taking DNA samples from its persecuted Uigher population to develop a troubling new form of genetic surveillance.
Gene Editing

The country is taking DNA from its persecuted Uigher population.

By Dan Robitzski

Chinese construction company Winsun has finished building a 3D-printed river revetment more than 500 meters (1,640 feet) long.
3D Printing

It's more than 1,640 feet long.

By Kristin Houser

Astronomers developed a new trick that will help them determine whether so-called Earth-like exoplanets actually have their own atmospheres.
Science & Energy

Enhance! Enhance!

By Dan Robitzski

The Department of Homeland Security is proposing regulations that would require all travellers to have their faces scanned when entering or leaving the U.S.
Future Society

The plans are already being met with sharp criticism.

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers used eye-tracking tech on people looking at breasts in the hopes the data would lead to better breast surgery outcomes.
Studies

A hundred people stared at breasts — for science.

By Kristin Houser

New studies suggest that planet-wide dust storms and gigantic plumes called dust towers could have sucked up the planet's surface water.
Science & Energy

Massive dust towers might have helped dry out the planet's surface.

By Dan Robitzski

Hackers stole the personal data of women who bought plus-size clothing, selling the records to online advertisers who can now target the victims.
Science & Energy

They were auctioning the personal data off to online advertisers.

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists recreated the bizarre activity of brain cells in tiny new chips, potentially leading to a new generation of artificial medical devices.
Neuroscience and Brain

Brain-inspired circuitry just took a huge leap forward.

By Dan Robitzski

Infamous drug lord Pablo Escobar's brother Roberto Escobar is now selling a folding phone he claims is practically unbreakable.
Robots and Machines

The Escobar Fold 1 costs $349, and you can't return it or get a refund.

By Kristin Houser