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British clothing design firm Vollebak devised a futuristic hoodie that could help astronauts sleep while drifting through space inside a cramped spacecraft.
Space

This Futuristic Space Hoodie is a “Self-Contained Microhabitat”

The cocoon-like design was inspired by the protective exoskeleton of the woodlouse.

By Victor Tangermann

Niantic, the company behind Pokémon Go, announced that it partnered up with Qualcomm to develop new augmented reality (AR) glasses.
Virtual Reality

The Company Behind Pokémon Go Is Making AR Glasses

Niantic is collaborating with Qualcomm on a new augmented reality wearable.

By Dan Robitzski

A measles outbreak in Samoa has left 60 people dead, the vast majority of them children under the age of four, prompting a nationwide vaccination campaign.
Developments

Nation’s Entire Gov Shuts Down to Focus on Measles Outbreak

Thousands are ill and dozens of children have already died.

By Kristin Houser

MIT researchers have found that they could teach test subjects how to manipulate their own alpha brain waves, thereby improving attention at a given task.
Neuroscience and Brain

MIT Says New Technique Lets You Hack Your Own Brain Waves

By suppressing alpha waves in their brain, subjects were able to improve their focus.

By Victor Tangermann

23Mofang, a Chinese DNA test startup offering similar reports to 23andMe, makes scientifically-questionable claims in its results, raising privacy concerns.
Gene Editing

Chinese 23andMe Knockoff Gives Different Results From 23andMe

"It's a gimmick. It's so ridiculous."

By Dan Robitzski

An Uber office in Rhode Island had separate bathrooms for the company's drivers and its employees, a move Uber says it "regrets."
Advanced Transport

Uber Admits It Didn’t Let Drivers Use Employee Bathrooms

"This was a mistake and we regret it."

By Kristin Houser

An American biotech firm claims it can slow or reverse human aging through gene-hacking, but the entire premise is scientificially questionable.
Gene Editing

Gene-Hacking Company Says It Can Slow Your Aging for $1 Million

"I think of this as a study where many things could go wrong."

By Dan Robitzski

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

Trolls Immediately Attack Vatican Minecraft Server

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

India’s Space Chief: We Found Our Lander Months Before NASA

"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 Sues Google for Allegedly Stealing Its Music Lyrics

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

19 Newly Discovered Galaxies Appear to Be Missing Dark Matter

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

Experts Horrified by Leaked CRISPR Baby Study

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

DARPA Scientist: Engineers Must Stop Making Autonomous Weapons

"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

Scientists Mystified: Sun’s Magnetic Field Appears to be Flipping

"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

Watch NASA’s New Footage of a Comet Exploding

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

SpaceX Is Sending Super-Muscular Mice to the Space Station

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

SpaceX’s Satellite Constellation Could Hide Killer Asteroids

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

New Analysis: Marijuana Seems to Be Linked to Testicular 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

China Is Using Blood From Minorities For Genetic Research

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

China Just Completed the World’s Largest 3D-Printed Structure

It's more than 1,640 feet long.

By Kristin Houser