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For the first time, NASA built a complete map of the surface of a neutron star, giving astronomers a new resource as they try to understand the cosmos.
Science & Energy

Stare Into the Brutal Maw of This Barbarous Neutron Star

NASA managed to map a neutron star's surface for the first time.

Nonprofit New Story has unveiled the first 3D-printed houses in what will eventually be a community boasting 50 of the unique homes.
3D Printing

These Adorable 3D-Printed Houses Could Solve Homelessness

Each took just 24 hours to build using a massive 3D printer.

The Milky Way might be home to two black holes and not just one — and researchers have a plan for detecting Sagittarius A*'s "hidden friend."
Science & Energy

Our Galaxy Might Have — Two! — Black Holes at Its Center

And scientists think they know how to find out for sure.

The AI research firm AI Now called for the ban of untested and biased technologies like facial recognition and emotion-detecting algorithms.
Facial recognition

Report: Facial Recognition Should Be Banned From Everyday Life

Researchers: the tech "should not be allowed to play a role in important decisions about human lives."

Russia is launching a center devoted to monitoring meteors, comets, and asteroids to ensure they don't collide with Earth.
Science & Energy

Russia Is Working on Its Own Plan to Blow up Killer Asteroids

To thwart incoming asteroids, Russia is considering everything from rockets to solar sails.

Chinese company Futurus's new heads-up display screen for cars takes advantage of the entire windshield and not just a small part of it.
Advanced Transport

A Startup Wants to Turn Your Car’s Windshield Into a Giant Screen

What could possibly go wrong?

For the last six months, a highly-automated dairy farm has been floating off the coast of the Netherlands, providing city slickers with fresh milk.
Future Society

35 Cows Live on a Floating Dairy Farm Staffed by Robots

"The entire process is completely automated."

In a filing with the California Air Resources Board, Tesla said Cybertruck will be a “Class 2B-3” medium-duty vehicle, rated for a payload of 3,500 pounds.
Tesla

Tesla: Cybertrucks Could Weigh Up To 10,000 Pounds

The Cybertruck could weigh as much as an elephant.

A true mad scientist bred 97 different kinds of broccoli and mapped their DNA. The verdict? all of them were "delicious."
Biology

A Researcher Grew 97 Kinds of Broccoli and Sequenced Their DNA

Tag yourself, I'm the nightmare vegetable.

A pair of physicists have come up with a solution to the time travel paradox that requires a very large — but not infinite — number of parallel histories.
Physics

Paradox-Free Time Travel Possible With Many Parallel Universes

Would you step through a wormhole to a different timeline to kill Hitler?

Following a bone marrow transplant, a man's semen now contains only his donor's DNA — a strange case that could affect the future of forensic science.
Gene Editing

After Bone Marrow Transplant, Man’s Semen Contains Only Donor’s DNA

His strange situation could affect the future of forensic science.

Twelve former content moderators have filed a lawsuit against Facebook and a contracting firm alleging that the work caused psychological trauma.
Future Society

Former Content Moderators Sue Facebook for Giving Them PTSD

"You would wake up, and you’re remembering the video of someone machine-gunning people in the Middle East somewhere..."

A new deepfake shows Trump announcing to the world that Jeffrey Epstein didn't kill himself. And the technology is getting good enough to be convincing.
Artificial Intelligence

Watch a Deepfaked Trump Say Epstein Didn’t Kill Himself

"Jeffrey Epstein did not kill himself."

A new study reveals that extreme weather events have been linked, almost without fail, to the worsening effects of climate change.
Climate Change

Study: Many Extreme Weather Events Were Caused by Climate Change

The link between the climate and worsening weather is growing clearer.

A viral video uploaded on Wednesday by college student Erica Church shows her physics professor David Wright jovially pull off some amazing tricks in class.
Future Society

Adorable Physics Prof Finally Gets His Viral Moment of Fame

Oh, and he's 69 years old.

Larry Page, Google co-founder and former CEO, has been quietly funneling millions of dollars into charities that fund flu vaccine research and distribution.
Google

The Co-Founder of Google Is Quietly Trying to Cure the Flu

Larry Page is funding research toward a universal vaccine.

Geneticist George Church created an FAQ for his in-development DNA dating app to address comparisons to the notorious eugenics movement.
Future Society

Geneticist Says His DNA Dating App Isn’t *Really* Eugenics

"The point is to improve carefully vetted options rather than ideological coercion."

NASA researchers have created a "treasure map" detailing where they believe water ice exists just below the surface of Mars.
Mars

NASA Releases “Treasure Map” for Water Ice on Mars

"You wouldn't need a backhoe to dig up this ice. You could use a shovel."

New radar maps and digital models reveal a massive underground valley beneath Greenland, including a thousand-mile-long "Dark River."
Science & Energy

Scientists Discover “Dark River” Under Greenland

New maps reveal a vast underground river.

The rats that survive eradication attempts could have sickly offspring — or they could produce "super rats" that are even harder to kill.
Evolution

Our Attempts to Kill Rats Are Making Them Evolve at Super Speed

And we don't know if their offspring will be sickly or "super."