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NASA

A NASA Astronaut Got a Blood Clot In Space

"My wife answered and then passed the phone to me with the comment, 'Stephan, a phone call for you from space.'"

Climate Change

UK Royals’ “Earthshot Prize” Aims to Save the Planet by 2030

The multimillion pound project will search for answers to Earth's biggest problems.

Science & Energy

This Tiny Particle Accelerator Fits on a Microchip

Honey, I shrunk the particle accelerator.

Physics

Astrophysicist Says He Knows How to Build a Time Machine

But his peers are far from convinced that it'll work.

Developments

FDA Bans All Vape Pod Flavors Except Tobacco and Menthol

No more mango Juul pods.

Moon

NASA Proposed Sending Japanese Astronauts to the Moon

Will NASA return astronauts to the Moon by 2024 with Japan's help?

Robot Dogs

A Japanese Cafe Is Hosting Playdates, Parties for Robot Dogs

The events are so popular, the owner of the café has to turn people away.

Cancer

Google’s New AI is Great at Spotting Breast Cancer in X-Rays

Could this AI reduce our dependence on human radiologists?

Gene Editing

China Quietly Confirms Birth of Third Gene-Edited Baby

He Jiankui is headed to prison for creating three — not two — gene-edited babies.

Off-World

China Successfully Launches Powerful Long March 5 Rocket

The same rocket will attempt to carry a rover to Mars next year.

SpaceX

People Keep Mistaking SpaceX’s Satellites for Alien Spacecraft

Local news stations in Montana received reports of "strange lights."

Environment

Japan’s Radioactive Water Will Go Into the Ocean or Atmosphere

It has to dump the Fukushima water somewhere.

Advanced Transport

You Can Now Buy a Knockoff Cybertruck for $10,800

It's definitely not a Russian five-door hatchback from the '80s.

Military

The Coolest (and Scariest) Military Tech of 2019

This year birthed some of the most mind-bending military tech we've ever seen.

Science & Energy

LEGO Bricks Are Excellent Insulators at Cryogenic Temps

The bricks could replace the much more expensive materials currently used to build scientific equipment.

Off-World

The Most Mind-Blowing Space Stories of the 2010s

The last decade, more than nearly all before, changed our understanding of the cosmos, and ability to reach them. This was how it happened.

Future Society

Russia Becomes First Nation with an Operational Hypersonic Weapon

The new class of nuke can travel 27 times the speed of sound.

Self-Driving Vehicles

Volkswagen Unveils Robot That Autonomously Charges Electric Cars

This robot could turn any parking spot into a charging one.

Future Society

Editor’s Picks: The Futurism Team’s 10 Favorite Tech and Science Stories of 2019

We had some fun in 2019. These were our favorite moments.

Future Society

The Decade in Dumbasses: The Idiots, Morons, and Rubes Who Made the 2010s Insufferable

Cheers to the people who made this decade feel like a century.