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Geneticist George Church is creating a DNA-based dating app that matches people based on their likelihood of not passing genetic diseases to offspring.
Future Society

Famous Geneticist’s Dating App Would Match Users Based on DNA

He thinks it could lead to the elimination of all genetic diseases.

By Kristin Houser

Future studies researcher Roey Tzezana says workplace automation will mean the destruction of the middle class and the "end of the world as we know it."
Future Society

Futurist Predicts “The End of the World as We Know It”

"This figure is the end of the world for the average people."

By Dan Robitzski

Videos captured by TMZ show Tesla CEO Elon Musk driving the Cybertruck, and swiping a traffic pylon while exiting a Malibu restaurant's parking lot.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Drives Cybertruck to Restaurant, Hits Traffic Cone

Oops.

By Victor Tangermann

The Tennessee Aquarium's electric eel, Miguel Wattson, can control the lights on a Christmas tree next to his tank through his shocks.
Science & Energy

Watch an Electric Eel Light up a Christmas Tree

Miguel Wattson is one festive fish.

By Kristin Houser

Scientists built a new remote acoustic survey tool to track wild frog populations. The best part is they decided to name it the FrogPhone.
Biology

Scientists Built a “FrogPhone” to Remotely Survey Frog Habitats

Finally, a phone for calling wild frogs.

By Dan Robitzski

The Centers for Disease Control has released a list of vaping brands EVALI sufferers said they used prior to contracting the lung disease.
Chemistry

CDC: These Are the Brands Linked to the Vaping Epidemic

EVALI sufferers used one brand far more than any other.

By Kristin Houser

Scientists have a new guess for what triggers white dwarf stars to blow up in supernovae: tiny black holes made of dark matter growing in their cores.
Science & Energy

New Theory: Dark Matter Black Holes Are Detonating Stars

The triggers build up at the star's core before exploding.

By Dan Robitzski

A woman developed a rare disease called "cobalt lung" after vaping marijuana for just six months, according to a new case study.
Chemistry

Doctors Think Vaping Gave This Woman a Rare Lung Disease

"This is the first known case of a metal-induced toxicity in the lung that has followed from vaping."

By Kristin Houser

Oregon startup Silo Wellness created a nasal spray that delivers precise amounts of the magic mushroom compound psilocybin with each pump for microdosing.
Chemistry

This Startup Made a Nose Spray for Microdosing Psilocybin

"Legalization is inevitable."

By Kristin Houser

Scientists found that a single-celled organism could live off of materials from meteorites, which could help in our hunt to find alien life in space.
Science & Energy

Organism That Eats Meteorites Could Help Us Find Alien Life

It could help us identify the "fingerprints" of life on other planets.

By Kristin Houser

Elon Musk spent $100 million to buy seven homes in Los Angeles' pricey Bel-Air neighborhood in recent years, along with an estate near Tesla's HQ upstate.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Keeps Buying Mansions in a Particular Neighborhood

One neighbor thinks he's trying to connect them with an underground tunnel.

By Dan Robitzski

Over the last two years, almost 6,000 Uber passengers reported sexual assault. While the company has taken steps to stop it, it also downplays the problem.
Future Society

Uber Gets Thousands of Sexual Assault Complaints per Year

The ride-sharing company has a miserable year in review.

By Dan Robitzski

According to a New Scientist exclusive, the first ever pig that had a small proportion of Its cells derived from a monkey was born in a lab in China.
Developments

First-Ever “Pig-Monkey Chimeras” Born in Chinese Lab

The goal is to grow human organs inside animals.

By Victor Tangermann

For the first time ever, scientists have discovered a giant exoplanet orbiting a white dwarf — the extremely dense remains of an exploded dead star.
Science & Energy

Scientists Find Dead Star Roasting Its Giant Exoplanet

"Such a system has never been seen before."

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists observed surprisingly complex behavior from a single-celled organism that strongly resembles active decisionmaking.
Biology

This Single-Celled Creature Is Weirdly Smart

The tiny critter appears to be making complex decisions.

By Dan Robitzski

SoftBank Robotics has opened the Pepper PARLOR, a cafe where robots work alongside human staff to serve and entertain customers.
Robotics

Cafe Staffed by Robots Opens in Japan

Bots take customers' orders, provide entertainment, and even clean the cafe's floors.

By Kristin Houser

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