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In a filing with the FCC, SpaceX revealed that it's requesting permission to fly its recent Starship prototype on a flight to an altitude of 12.4 miles.
Starship

SpaceX Is Planning a Miles-High Starship Flight as Early as March

It'll reach an altitude about halfway to the edge of space.

By Victor Tangermann

The U.S. Army is working with chemists to develop fabrics that can absorb and neutralize nerve agents for use in future military uniforms. 
Military

The US Army Is Developing Fabrics That Neutralize Nerve Agents

It plans to use the cloths to create tomorrow’s military uniforms.

By Kristin Houser

A handheld device that "prints" sheets of artificial skin directly onto the wounds of burn victims is one step closer to actual use in burn clinics.
Prosthetics and Devices

Handheld Device “Prints” New Skin Directly Onto Wounds

And it just passed a test on pigs with flying colors.

By Kristin Houser

Chinese authorities are using high-tech tools to track and limit the 2019-nCoV coronavirus outbreak such as lasers that can spot people with fevers.
Developments

China Deploys Infrared Sensors to Detect Infected Citizens in Public

This seems a bit totalitarian.

By Dan Robitzski

Elon Musk revealed that his secretive brain-computer interface startup Neuralink is working on an "awesome" new version of the company's prototype.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Says Upcoming Version of Neuralink is “Awesome”

"The potential is truly transformational for restoring brain & motor functions."

By Victor Tangermann

NASA astronaut Jessica Meir snapped an out-of-this-world selfie during an International Space Station spacewalk in January.
NASA

NASA Astronaut Snaps Epic Selfie in Space Station Reflection

She used one of the space station's solar panels as a mirror.

By Kristin Houser

Google says a "technical issue" caused its Takeout service to send backups of users' videos to strangers in November 2019.
Future Society

Google Accidentally Sent Users’ Private Videos to Strangers

The company says a "technical issue" caused the glitch.

By Kristin Houser

We still don't know who won the Iowa caucus because the Iowa Democratic Party's (IDP) use of an app to report results was an epic fail.
Future Society

Iowa Tried to Use an App for an Election. It Was a Disaster.

The Iowa Democratic Party blamed the debacle on a "coding issue."

By Kristin Houser

Surgeons Gave This Adorable Cat Four Amazing 3D-Printed Paws
3D Printing

Surgeons Gave This Adorable Cat Four Amazing 3D-Printed Paws

Four titanium legs gave poor little Dymka a new lease on life.

By Victor Tangermann

Li Wenliang, a doctor in Wuhan, China, was censored after he warned med school classmates about the coronavirus. Now he's sick in the hospital.
Viruses

After China Censored This Wuhan Doctor, He Caught the Coronavirus

Li Wenliang was one of the first to warn about the outbreak. Then he caught it himself.

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists believe they've identified a case where someone infected another person with the coronavirus 2019-nCoV before ever displaying symptoms.
Viruses

New Research: People Without Symptoms Can Spread Coronavirus [UPDATED]

If true, the finding presents a dire threat to international effort to contain the outbreak.

By Dan Robitzski

In a grim milestone, the coronavirus has now taken more American lives than Al Qaeda did on the September 11 terror attack in 2001.
Viruses

Scientists Warn: You Can Catch Coronavirus More Than Once

"For those patients who have been cured, there is a likelihood of a relapse."

By Dan Robitzski

A team of French researchers have grown yarn from human skin cells that could be used by surgeons as simple sutures or assembled into skin grafts.
Developments

This Horrific “Yarn” Is Made From Human Flesh

"We can sew pouches, create tubes, valves and perforated membranes."

By Victor Tangermann

When the FBI raided the home of a man suspected of hacking Nintendo servers, they found a folder directory containing child pornography on his electronics.
Hacking

Idiot Hacks Nintendo Servers, Gets Caught With Child Pornography

He faces up to five years in prison for the hacking — and 20 for the child pornography.

By Kristin Houser

Tesla CEO Elon Musk is hosting a "super fun AI party/hackathon" at his home where guests will work alongside Tesla's AI/Autopilot team.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Is Hosting a “Super Fun” Hackathon at His House

"Don’t care if you even graduated high school."

By Kristin Houser

As of Monday, the death toll for the 2019-nCoV coronavirus is now higher than that of the 2002 SARS outbreak, though its fatality rate is much smaller.
Viruses

Coronavirus Has Now Killed More People in China Than SARS Did

In three weeks, the coronavirus has killed more people in China than SARS did in nine months.

By Dan Robitzski

The Wuhan coronavirus is now "basically...a pandemic," the director of the Mayo Clinic’s Vaccine Research Group recently told CNBC.
Viruses

Mayo Clinic Doctor: Coronavirus Is “Basically at a Pandemic Now”

"It's very, very transmissible."

By Kristin Houser

esla recently released a new hidden feature called "Dyno Mode" that disables a host of safety features — and people already abusing it.
Tesla

Idiots Are Driving Teslas In Mode That Disables Safety Features

They think it'll make their cars drift better.

By Victor Tangermann

Doctors in Bangkok have been treating coronavirus patients with a mix of HIV and flu drugs, potentially giving health officials a new tool for the outbreak.
Viruses

Doctors Are Treating Coronavirus With Cocktail of HIV, Flu Drugs

"This is not the cure, but the patient’s condition has vastly improved."

By Dan Robitzski

Researchers identified a major flaw in the U.S. government's plan to store nuclear waste: groundwater can eat away at storage containers and cause leaks.
Nuclear Fusion

Nuclear Waste Storage Containers Break Down When Exposed to Water

The US government's plan to store nuclear waste has a critical flaw.

By Dan Robitzski