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A Native American tribe in Washington state just got a major internet upgrade, getting early access to SpaceX's Starlink satellite internet.
Future Society

SpaceX Gives Native American Tribe Early Access to Starlink Internet

"It seemed like out of nowhere SpaceX just came up and catapulted us into the 21st century."

By Victor Tangermann

Mercedes-Benz has teased a new electric car concept called Vision EQXX with a whopping 750 miles of range on a single charge.
Advanced Transport

Mercedes-Benz Says Its Electric Car Will Have Whopping 750 Mile Range

The company wants to develop "the longest-range and highest-efficiency electric car the world has ever seen."

By Victor Tangermann

A startup called Bolt Threads is using a special kind of fiber made from mycelium, the underpinning of mushrooms, to create "Mylo," a leather-like material.
Science & Energy

Adidas, Lululemon Say They’ll Make Clothes Out of Mushroom Leather

Move aside, pleather — mushroom leather is here.

By Victor Tangermann

The galaxy Dragonfly 44, which scientists said had a baffling 10,000-to-one ratio of dark matter to visible matter, may not be so unique after all.
Physics

Scientists: That “99.9% Dark Matter” Galaxy Is Actually Perfectly Normal

"Our work shows that this galaxy is not so singular nor unexpected."

By Dan Robitzski

NASA's four-wheeled rover called DuAxel can split into two separate two-wheeled rovers, and is intended to explore hard to reach places in faraway places.
Mars

NASA Shows Off Transforming Rover for Exploring Steep Cliffs on Mars

Watch it split in half — and continue the mission.

By Victor Tangermann

Google’s Parent Company Is Building a Farming Robot
Robotics

Google’s Parent Company Is Building a Farming Robot

Is "computational agriculture" the future of the food industry?

By Victor Tangermann

A coronavirus patient caught the disease on two separate occasions, and the second time around was even more severe than the first.
Viruses

Reinfected Patient’s Second Case of COVID-19 Was Even More Severe

"Our findings signal that a previous infection may not necessarily protect against future infection."

By Dan Robitzski

A new colonoscopy robot sounds terrifying, but it might actually make for a smoother ride than having a human doctor steer the endoscope.
RX and Medicine

Researchers Built a Powerful Robot Arm to Do Colonoscopies

What could possibly go wrong?

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists built tiny sensors that can safely detach and fall to the ground after a moth carries it to some hard-to-reach destination.
Robots and Machines

Scientists Want to Use Moths to Blanket the Earth in Tiny Sensors

An army of moths would drop sensors like tiny drones.

By Dan Robitzski

Columbia University astronomer David Kipping argues that there's about a 50-50 chance we are living inside a simulation, but we don't know for sure.
Science & Energy

Columbia Professor: There’s a 50% Chance We’re Living in a Simulation

He did the math.

By Victor Tangermann

The European Space Agency's Space Debris Office is warning that the risk of space debris explosions in orbit is on the rise.
Off-World

Space Debris Trackers Warn of “Explosions in Orbit”

"The biggest contributor to the current space debris problem is explosions in orbit."

By Victor Tangermann

Through fortunate timing, the space probe BepiColombo is passing Venus tonight, just a month after scientists first found signs of potential life there.
Science & Energy

A Spacecraft Is Going to Hunt Life in Venus’ Clouds This Week

"The closer we get, the better the signal."

By Dan Robitzski

Tesla is releasing a "Full Self-Driving Beta" to some owners who are "expert and careful drivers" some time next week, according to CEO Elon Musk.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Musk: Tesla Is Rolling Out a Beta of “Full Self-Driving” Next Week

"Almost at zero interventions between home and work."

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists traced the Atlantic Ocean's temperatures over the last 2,900 years. It just had its hottest decade since then, and it's getting worse.
Climate Change

The Atlantic Ocean Had Its Hottest Decade in Three Millennia

Temperatures have been spiking beyond the typical cyclical rise and fall.

By Dan Robitzski

Israeli security researchers have figured out how to trick self-driving cars into slamming on the brakes by flicking an image of a stop sign on a billboard.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Hackers Use Billboards to Trick Self-Driving Cars Into Slamming on the Brakes

"The attacker... injects a few frames into a digital billboard, and the car will apply the brakes or possibly swerve, and that's dangerous."

By Jon Christian

A team of scientists developed new wearable sensors that can be manufactured directly onto someone's skin — without burning the recipient in the process.
Prosthetics and Devices

New Wearables Can Be Printed Directly Onto Skin

Just in time for "Cyberpunk: 2077."

By Dan Robitzski

There's Twitter drama unfolding at the Russian space agency Roscosmos, where former cosmonauts attacked the agency director who responded as a robot.
Science & Energy

Russian Cosmonauts Are Fighting a Robot on Twitter

There's some Twitter beef unfolding around Russia's space agency.

By Dan Robitzski

There's a growing body of evidence, the New York Times reports, that COVID adversely affects the memory and concentration of some patients.
Neuroscience and Brain

Doctors Say Many COVID Survivors Have Memory Loss, Brain Fog

"I feel like I have dementia."

By Jon Christian

Facebook, a company that's been around since 2004, announced on October 12, 2020 that it will prohibit posts that deny or distort the Holocaust.
Future Society

Facebook Waited Until October 12, 2020 to Ban Holocaust Denial

Zuckerberg defended Holocaust deniers' right to post just two years ago.

By Dan Robitzski

Astar about 215 million light-years from Earth got too close to a black hole, and got devoured in a process that scientists call "spaghettification."
Physics

Watch a Black Hole Suck Down an Entire Star Like a Spaghetti Noodle

"The idea of a black hole 'sucking in' a nearby star sounds like science fiction. But this is exactly what happens in a tidal disruption event."

By Jon Christian