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By connecting satellites with ultra-thin tethers, engineers could safely steer them back to Earth with a space propulsion system, no fuel required.
Off-World

The US Is Testing a Space Propulsion System That Doesn’t Use Fuel

"In other words, it is the sailing ship of space."

SpaceX has released an amazing video that shows half of a nose cone (or fairing) from a Falcon Heavy rocket plummet back own to Earth.
SpaceX

Watch a Piece of a SpaceX Rocket Careen Back Down to Earth

That same piece will be reused as early as next week.

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk elaborated on his extremely ambitious plans to establish a sustainable settlement on Mars by sending 1,000 Starship rockets.
Starship

Elon Musk: I Can Build a Martian City With 1,000 Starships

It will take 20 years to send 100 million tons of cargo to the Red Planet.

A Canadian space launch startup has partnered with commercial space services company to develop a way to reuse old rocket parts in space.
Off-World

This Startup Wants to Turn Space Junk Into Orbital Hotels

Rockets' upper stages could be turned into space stations.

Researchers have created an unsinkable metal by using lasers to etch an air-trapping pattern onto an aluminum structure's surface.
Science & Energy

Watch a Piece of Metal Refuse to Sink in Water

Where was this tech when they were building the Titanic?

In September 2020, Italy will begin making it mandatory for students to learn about climate change in school for 33 hours per year.
Climate Change

Italy Will Soon Force Public Schools to Teach Climate Change

"The 21st century citizen must be a sustainable citizen."

In China, minors are no longer allowed to play video games between 10 p.m. and 8 a.m., or for more than 90 minutes total on weekdays.
Health & Medicine

China Bans Minors From Playing Video Games After 10 PM

Kids are also limited to just 90 minutes of game play on weekdays.

Researchers from the Stanford University School of Medicine found that stem cells-derived heart muscle cells adapted to microgravity really quickly.
Space

Something Strange Happened to Human Heart Cells in Space

The study could "benefit astronaut health during long-duration spaceflight."

Elon Musk says he's "looking into" making a Tesla feature that turns off proximity sensors while people wait in drive-through lanes.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Alarmed That Teslas Beep Constantly in Drive-Thru Lanes

Apparently the cars' parking sensors go hogwild in drive-through lanes.

The likelihood of human extinction in any given year is as high as one in 14,000, but people don't seem to see the loss of humanity as uniquely tragic.
Future Society

Scientists: Human Extinction Is Extremely Likely

And people don't seem all that bothered by the possibility.

A Redditor designed a hat to thwart facial recognition by literally putting on a picture of Chinese President XI Jinping's face which blocks their face.
Future Society

This Ingenious Hat Blocks Facial Recognition

One easy trick to defeat the surveillance state.

Geneticist Chris Mason has an unusual idea for helping future astronauts survive the trip to Mars: gene-hack them with tardigrade DNA that blocks radiation.
Mars

This Scientist Wants to Gene-Hack Hybrid Humans to Survive Mars

He wants to splice tardigrade DNA into humans so they can survive Mars.

Boeing just sent NASA its proposal for a crewed lunar lander that could ferry astronauts to the Moon by 2024 via NASA's planned "Lunar Gateway."
Moon

Here’s How Boeing is Planning to Get Astronauts to the Moon

Could Boeing's "Fewest Steps to the Moon" approach really get us to the Moon by 2024?

The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation announced the country's first ever plans to send astronauts to the surface of Mars.
Mars

China Unveils Plan to Send Astronauts to Mars

"Sending astronauts there will give man better opportunities to look for traces of life on Mars."

Researchers from the University of Cambridge believe a nueral network could solve the three-body problem much faster than existing computer software.
Science & Energy

This Neural Network Quickly Solves a Major Astronomical Problem

The so-called "three-body problem" has been puzzling astronomers for centuries.

Hollywood legend James Dean will rise from the dead to make a computer-generated appearance in in an upcoming film, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Future Society

Hollywood Legend James Dean to be Reconstructed in CGI for Movie

"The family views this as his fourth movie, a movie he never got to make."

The self-driving Uber that struck and killed an Arizona woman in March 2018 wasn't programmed to know that people could jaywalk.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Self-Driving Uber That Killed Woman Didn’t Know Jaywalkers Exist

It was only programmed to detect humans in crosswalks.

China is actively selling killer drones to the Middle East, and one company is working to market its fully-autonomous robots.
Drones

China Is Selling Autonomous Killer Drones to the Middle East

The era of killer robots is here.

U.K. Health Minister Matt Hancock envisions a future where every child born in the country gets a genome sequence to scan for rare diseases.
Gene Editing

UK Plans to Give All Children Full Genome Sequence at Birth

"We will give every child the best possible start in life by ensuring they get the best possible medical care as soon as they enter the world."

Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced on Twitter that the electric company's long-awaited pickup truck, or "cybertruck," will be unveiled on November 21.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Confirms Tesla “Cybertruck” Debut Date

Is this the cyberpunk "Blade Runner" pickup truck we've been waiting for?