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Elon Musk has announced that the mysterious computer-brain interface startup Neuralink he co-founded is about to update us on its progress on August 28.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Teases Major Neuralink Reveal

Is Neuralink about to drop an "awesome" update?

Someone found a new way to use deepfakes to spread disinformation online: using the tech to make up a fake journalist from scratch.
Artificial Intelligence

Someone Used Deepfake Tech to Invent a Fake Journalist

"Absolutely we need to screen out impostors and up our defenses."

Watch a 3D Printer Spit Out an Entire Two-Story House
3D Printing

Watch a 3D Printer Spit Out an Entire Two-Story House

"Printing this building is mainly a statement."

Google is investing heavily in new kinds of wearable technology, including high-tech tattoos that turn your body into a touchpad.
Google

Google Is Working on Tattoos That Turn Your Body Into a Touchpad

Google wants your skin.

A team of researchers have developed a special wall-mounted, noise-cancelling technology that can keep out the noise — even when windows are open.
Future Society

Noise Cancelling Window Gadget Can “Mute” Street Sounds

It's like a pair of noise-cancelling headphones for your entire apartment.

Three historic joysticks used to control NASA's Apollo 11 command module have just sold for more than $780,000 at an auction, going against NASA's wishes.
NASA

Someone Just Sold Apollo 11’s Joysticks, Against NASA’s Wishes

Houston, we have an auction!

"Bunny Ebola," a deadly hemorrhagic disease that infects rabbits, is spreading through domestic and wild populations in the U.S.
Developments

A “Bunny Ebola” Epidemic Is Sweeping Through America’s Rabbits

Bleeding, inflammation, and organ failure are coming for our precious bunnies.

A second stage of a Russian rocket that launched a mysterious spacecraft  reentered the Earth's atmosphere over the weekend, burning up like a comet.
Off-World

Texas Residents Spot Disintegrating Russian Rocket Booster in Sky

Rocket parts, raining from the sky.

An app called Sonde One claims to spot signs of respiratory disease just by analyzing your voice. But it's careful to clarify that it can't really diagnose.
Prosthetics and Devices

This App Claims It Can Hear COVID-19 in Your Voice

"We've heard that the nasal swabs return a disturbing number of false negatives."

NASA scientist Max Coleman has been trying to figure out if its possible to grow radishes in lunar soil analogues in his kitchen.
NASA

NASA Experiment: Radishes Could Probably Grow in Lunar Soil

"We're trying to show astronauts can use horticulture to grow their own food on the Moon."

A class of exoplanets thought to resemble gas giants like Neptune may actually be rocky worlds covered in thick, heavily irradiated oceans.
Science & Energy

“Mini-Neptune” Exoplanets May Actually Be Covered in Radioactive Oceans

This'd be a crummy place for a vacation.

The same company that announced a partnership with KFC to create the world's first 3D printed chicken nugget successfully printed human cells in space.
Prosthetics and Devices

The Same Company 3D Printing KFC’s Meat Nuggets Is Printing Human Tissue in Space As Well

Wait, what's going on here?

Uber drivers in the U.K. are suing the company for access to access to its logs on their performance, as well as info on how it's used.
Advanced Transport

Uber Drivers Are Suing to Learn How the Company’s Algorithm Works

They say Uber is violating their digital privacy.

With help from a Russian 3D printing startup, American fast food chain KFC wants to craft the "world's first laboratory-produced chicken nuggets."
3D Printing

KFC Is Working on 3D Printed, Lab-Grown Chicken Nuggets

"In the future, the rapid development of such technologies will allow us to make 3D-printed meat products more accessible."

NASA's Curiosity rover encountered a strangely-colored rock on Mars and did what any smart robot would do: blasted it with a laser to see what was inside.
Mars

NASA’s Mars Rover Spent the Weekend Shooting a Weird-Looking Rock With a Laser

"We’re uncovering an ancient world that offered life a foothold for longer than we realized."

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Science & Energy

Curiosity Stream Is a Streaming Smörgåsbord of High-Quality Science-Focused Programs

It's the streaming service for people who love to learn.

Doctors managed to "delete" opioid addictions from the brains of lab mice by shining an implanted fiber optic light that prevented withdrawal.
Brain

Scientists Hack Mouse Brains to “Erase” Opioid Addiction

This may lead to a way to prevent relapses.

According to new models, climate change may soon get so bad that working outside will put people at risk of organ failure.
Climate Change

Scientists: Climate Change Will Get So Hot Your Organs Shut Down

And the UN says your air conditioner will only make things worse.

The Department of Homeland Safety has been circulating a memo about how masls could block facial recognition since Black Lives Matter protests began.
Future Society

Government Leak: Cops Terrified Masks Will Block Facial Recognition

Just in case you needed another reason to wear one.

NASA is expecting to start returning SpaceX Crew Dragon pilots Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley to Earth from the ISS on August 1.
NASA

NASA Just Picked a Date for SpaceX to Bring Back Its Astronauts

The mission isn't over yet.