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Scientists 3D printed skin and bone samples upside down to see if astronauts on Mars could use the technology in low-gravity environments.
Mars

"Brand new skin could be bioprinted instead of being grafted from elsewhere on the astronaut’s body."

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers have created a two-in-one device that purifies salty or contaminated water while simultaneously producing solar power.
Solar Power

It uses waste heat from solar panels to remove impurities from water.

By Kristin Houser

Amazon and Microsoft are bidding for a $10 billion Pentagon contract for a wartime cloud computing system, but lawsuits over favoritism slowed the process.
Military

The tech companies are fighting over a $10 billion Pentagon contract.

By Dan Robitzski

German researchers have created a new sytem that enables a fully autonomous landing on any airplane runway, not just ones at larger airports.
Self-Driving Vehicles

The C2Land system doesn't need help from the ground to safely land a plane.

By Kristin Houser

Amazon has officially filed an application with the Federal Communications Comission (FCC) to launch some 3,236 broadband satellites.
SpaceX

“The goal here is broadband everywhere."

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists who were melting permafrost ice to look for ancient microbes were surprised to see a pile of 41,000 year-old worms wake up and wiggle around.
Biology

"If they survived 41,000 years, I have no idea what the upper limit is."

By Dan Robitzski

Solar Foods is using renewable energy and the carbon dioxide polluting our air to create an environmentally friendly alternative protein.
Food

Solar Foods is creating edible protein "out of thin air."

By Kristin Houser

Researchers in Japan developed a tiny microchip valve that can be powered by a living cells and a naturally occuring chemical.
Robots and Machines

Behold the first microchip valve entirely powered by living cells.

By Victor Tangermann

As NASA scrambles to get ready for Artemis, its upcoming crewed mission to the Moon slated for 2024, China may take the lead.
Moon

The next moonwalking astronauts may be from China.

By Dan Robitzski

NASA just awarded SpaceX with a launch services contract to launch NASA's Imaging X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) mission in 2021.
Science & Energy

NASA's Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer could give us unprecedented views of black holes and neutron stars.

By Victor Tangermann

Watch as a glider-style drone composed of five mini-drones inspired by tiny seed pods bursts apart in mid-air to deliver its payloads.
Drones

Watch it burst apart during its descent.

By Kristin Houser

IBM recently patented a new kind of smartwatch that unfolds eight times to form a full-sized touchscreen wearable tablet.
Future Society

Finally, my "Spy Kids" cosplay is complete.

By Dan Robitzski

NASA just turned off a heater on the Voyager 2 space probe in order to conserve dwindling energy supplies as the spacecraft explores interstellar space.
Space

NASA turned off Voyager 2's heater to conserve energy.

By Dan Robitzski

Scientist have created an AI glass that can recognize images without any need for sensors, circuits, or even a power source.
Artificial Intelligence

And it doesn’t need electricity to work.

By Kristin Houser

Worrying reports of Samsung Galaxy Fold review units showing small bulges and broken displays are coming in.
Devices

Things are not looking good for the $1980 smartphone.

By Victor Tangermann

When the ESA launches LISA, a constellation of gravitational wave-detecting satellites, it will likely be able to spot new exoplanets across the galaxy.
Science & Energy

The tool could probe binary star systems for undiscovered worlds.

By Dan Robitzski

We need to create a World Carbon Bank to incentivize developing nations to go green, according to Harvard University economist Kenneth Rogoff.
Climate Change

It could incentivize nations to transition to greener energy sources.

By Kristin Houser

Next year, astronauts on the International Space Station will attempt to bake cookies in space. It's part PR stunt, part lesson in zero-g manufacturing.
Science & Energy

That's just how the cookie crumbles.

By Dan Robitzski

Chameleon Theory provides an alternative explanation for galaxy formation and the universe's expansion from Einstein's General Relativity.
Energy

Chameleon Theory provides a possible alternative to General Relativity.

By Dan Robitzski

Officials from the FBI, ICE, and other government agencies are using facial recognition tech to scan databases of DMV photos.
Artificial Intelligence

"It’s really a surveillance-first, ask-permission-later system."

By Kristin Houser