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Astronomers found out that a potentially-habitable exoplanet can't support an atmosphere, ruling it and similar worlds out in the search for alien life.
Science & Energy

We can safely rule out an entire class of exoplanets.

By Dan Robitzski

NASA’s Robotic Refuelling Mission 3 just successfully demonstrated the first of three tools designed to refuel NASA spacecraft in space.
NASA

The ability to refuel in space could allow us to travel to distant worlds.

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX's Starman test dummy just completed its first orbit around the Sun in a Tesla Roadster, a journey that took 557 days.
SpaceX

The strange space traveler is still on the move.

By Kristin Houser

A new experiment looking for dark energy came back with nothing, helping scientists narrow down future searches for the mysterious force.
Energy

Now scientists can rule out several explanations for how it works.

By Dan Robitzski

Young people are sprucing up their résumés with bitmojis, logos, and other embellishments, and it's leaving a bad taste in the mouths of some recruiters.
Future Society

"I wanted to do something that stood out."

By Kristin Houser

Elon Musk's proposal for terraforming Mars through sustained nuclear blasts would require detonating 3,500 bombs every day, with no margin for error.
Mars

If we ever settle Mars, it won't be because of endless nuclear explosions.

By Dan Robitzski

According to researchers from Imperial College London, the party drug MDMA could be an effective treatment for alcohol addiction.
Neuroscience and Brain

"It’s the perfect drug for trauma-focused psychotherapy.”

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists found a less intensive, more effective cure against the most dangerous strain of tuberculosis, which infects 10 million every year.
RX and Medicine

Patients need to take five pills every day for six months.

By Dan Robitzski

The New York Police Department is growing a massive DNA database of thousands of genetic profiles, The New York Times reports.
Future Society

A 12-year-old had a sample of his DNA collected from a straw after talking to the police.

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists believe they spotted the supernova of the largest star to ever detonate, giving them a glimpse into the universe's past.
Science & Energy

It took scientists years to believe what they saw.

By Dan Robitzski

Researchers from Harvard's Wyss Institute developed a pair of stride-enhancing, wearable robotic shorts to make walking easier.
Prosthetics and Devices

Harvard's stride-enhancing shorts could put an extra spring your step.

By Jacob Banas

Elon Musk tweeted "Nuke Mars!" on Thursday, likely to double down on his ill-advised dream of terraforming the Red Planet through nuclear strikes.
Mars

He's tweeting again.

By Dan Robitzski

Virgin Galactic revealed on Thursday what its spaceport at its new New Mexico home looks like — a beautiful vision of the airport's space successor.
Advanced Transport

This is where you'll wait to board a rocket to space — if you can afford it.

By Victor Tangermann

Facebook announced that it plans to extend its fact-checking program to Instagram, but it's not clear that checking memes will accomplish anything.
Future Society

But it's not clear that it'll help.

By Dan Robitzski

In an attempt to convince its two billion users that it truly cares about their privacy, Facebook is opening a number of pop-up privacy check-up cafes.
Privacy

After all, it's up to you to protect your data — not Facebook.

By Victor Tangermann

During its debut flight, Norway's electric plane crash-landed into a lake. The country still hopes to electrify all domestic aircraft by 2040.
Advanced Transport

"This is not good for the work we do."

By Dan Robitzski

An army of clearly-fake "Amazon FC Ambassador" accounts once more flooded Twitter to brag about a job that offers great perks like "using a real bathroom."
Science & Energy

"Actually, we aren't robots!"

By Dan Robitzski

Amazon confirmed that those bizarre "fulfillment center ambassadors" on Twitter are actually real employees, not the bizarre chatbots that they sound like.
Future Society

Amazon is paying people to tweet about their numerous bathroom breaks.

By Dan Robitzski

DARPA's Subterranean Challenge is kicking off today, and robotics teams from across the nation are mapping underground environments with robots.
Robotics

"If there is life in the solar system, these are the most likely places to harbor it."

By Victor Tangermann

Now there's an AI assistant to help DJs pick songs for their sets in real time. It's unclear what, exactly, is left for the DJ to do.
Artificial Intelligence

It's like going to a concert where someone just plugged in their iPod Shuffle.

By Dan Robitzski