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German startup Lilium has released the first video of its five-seater air taxi flying horizontally, which the company says it can do at 62 miles per hour.
Advanced Transport

Watch a Five-Seater Air Taxi Soar Over a Beautiful Countryside

Next up: high speed operations.

The ozone hole above Antarctica is the smallest it's been since scientists first began observing it in 1982, according to NASA and the NOAA.
Science & Energy

Good News: The Ozone Hole Is Smaller Than We’ve Ever Seen It

But human efforts to heal the hole had nothing to do with it.

People in the Phillipines are selling organs on Facebook, supplying an illegal human organ trafficking ring in exchange for some desperately-needed cash.
Developments

People Are Selling Human Organs on Facebook

Desperate for cash, people are advertising their own kidneys on Facebook.

The China Lunar Exploration Program has released a new photo of the mysterious "gel-like" and "colored" substance found by its Moon rover.
Science & Energy

China Releases New Pic of Weird Substance Its Moon Rover Found

Could the strange "colored, gel-like" substance be glass formed by a meteor impact?

New details have emerged on the partnership between the US Army and a UFO research group founded by former Blink-182 member Tom DeLonge.
Future Society

The US Army Is Spending $750K to Partner With UFO Research Group

It's official: the US military has partnered with a group that says it's obtained alien artifacts.

Over the past six months, hundreds of endangered species, especially the Helmeted Hornbill, have illegally gone up for sale on Facebook.
Science & Energy

Traffickers Are Using Facebook to Sell Endangered Bird Skulls

Can the environment survive social media?

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk just sent a tweet out using satellite internet provided by a network of Starlink satellites launched by the space company.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Just Tweeted Using SpaceX Satellite Internet

SpaceX's Starlink-powered internet service could launch as soon as next year.

A team of scientists at the University of Richmond, Virginia have taught rats how to drive tiny cars around a track to get to a food reward.
Science & Energy

Scientists Taught Rats How to Drive Tiny Cars

Well, this is absolutely adorable.

The AI systems now used to grade essays on standardized tests in 21 states are deeply flawed, according to a new Motherboard investigation.
Artificial Intelligence

21 States Are Using AI to Grade Essays on Standardized Tests

And the systems are doing a terrible job.

Your brain is hardwired to prevent you from considering your fear of your own death, according to a new study set for publication in the journal NeuroImage.
Neuroscience and Brain

New Research Explains Why We Don’t Live In Constant Fear of Death

Think happy thoughts.

A famous supernova has a cloudy, cotton candy-like appearance. Finally, scientists think they may have an idea of where its bizarre clumps came from.
Science & Energy

Here’s Why the Remains of This Supernova Look Like Cotton Candy

Cosmic annihilation never looked so good.

The Trump administration is planning to force almost all future asylum seekers and migrants to have their DNA taken and added to a database.
Future Society

Trump Admin to Require DNA Samples From Asylum Seekers

The data would be added to an already massive FBI database.

Militants for the terrorist group Islamic State, also known as ISIS, are using the social media video app TikTok to spread propaganda.
Future Society

ISIS Is Using TikTok to Spread Propaganda

Some of the posts were backed by catchy songs and adorned with pink hearts.

When deployed its remote-controlled robot tanks in Syria, the Russian military ran into all sorts of problems like delayed signals and inadequate sensors.
Robotics

Russia’s Semi-Autonomous Robot Tanks Were Utterly Useless in Syria

These killer robots were a glitchy mess.

To help teens battle their smartphone addiction, South Korea's government now funds more than a dozen detox camps every year.
Health & Medicine

Phone-Addicted Teens Are Now Enrolling in Detox Camps

They're taking a 12-day breather from their phones.

20 year-old Austin Grabas from Edmonton, Alberta turned himself in after vandalizing a Tesla Model 3 by keying it in a parking lot last week.
Tesla

Pickup Truck Driver Turns Himself In After Vandalizing Tesla

This is why you don't mess with a Tesla.

OpenAI build an AI-powered robot hand that can solve a Rubik's cube more often than not, even when they started messing around with it.
Robotics

Watch a Robot Hand Solve a Rubik’s Cube

Look ma, one (robot) hand!

Customers using Amazon to buy food have reported receiving spoiled, expired products, and the company isn't always quick to grant a refund.
Food

Amazon Keeps Delivering Moldy, Spoiled Food to Customers

For sale on Amazon: moldy beef jerky, "rancid smelling" coffee creamers, and Hostess brownies more than a year past their expiration date.

Researchers managed to extend the lifespan of lab mice significantly, making them live longer by cultivating embryonic cells without genetic modification.
Gene Editing

Scientists Made Mice Live 12% Longer by Hacking Their Telomeres

Amazingly, the mice were also less likely to develop tumors and other age-related effects.

Scientists used stem cells to grow a living mouse embryo in a lab without using any sperm or egg cells whatsoever for the first time.
RX and Medicine

Scientists Grew Living Mouse Embryos Using Only Stem Cells

This may be the first-ever animal created without sperm or eggs.