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At least six of the smaller galaxies orbiting the Milky Way were stolen from one of its other satellites, according to new research.
Science & Energy

Our Ravenous Galaxy Keeps Stealing Smaller Galaxies

At least six of the Milky Way's satellites used to belong to another galaxy.

By Kristin Houser

Astrobiologist Samantha Rolfe says that Elon Musk's plans to colonize Mars are more of a "moral catastrophe" than a noble aspiration.
Starship

Astrobiologist: Elon Musk’s Starship Is a “Moral Catastrophe”

Musk doesn't seem concerned about cross-planetary contamination.

By Dan Robitzski

The Hong Kong government has announced a ban on any face masks or paints that are "likely to prevent identification" during public demonstrations.
Artificial Intelligence

Hong Kong Bans Surveillance-Thwarting Face Masks

But enforcing the ban might not be so easy.

By Jacob Banas

A Yahoo software engineer hacked 6,000 people's accounts in a systematic, far-reaching hunt for nudes and other sexually-explicit media.
Science & Energy

Yahoo Engineer Admits He Hacked User Accounts to Hunt for Nudes

Some of his 6,000 targets were his personal friends.

By Dan Robitzski

Early observations of the interstellar object 2I/Borisov suggest that the comet's home solar system might not be that different from our own.
Solar Power

Interstellar Object’s Home Solar System May Resemble Our Own

This comet seems strangely familiar.

By Kristin Houser

A Dutch sex worker website has been hacked, with the thief getting away with the email addresses and other data of more than 250,000 users.
Hacking

Sex Worker Website Hacked, Details on 250,000+ Users Now for Sale

And the hacker is asking a bizarrely low price for the data.

By Kristin Houser

In an unusual stunt, former Paralympian and bronze medal winner James Brown glued himself to the top of a British Airways plane at a London airport.
Climate Change

A Climate Protester Just Glued Himself to the Top of an Airplane

“I hate heights, I’m s***ing myself."

By Victor Tangermann

Nobel Prize-winning astronomer Didier Queloz is "convinced" that aliens exist — and that we could find signs of extraterrestrials before 2050.
Off-World

Scientist Wins Nobel Prize, Then Announces Belief in Aliens

"I can’t believe we are the only living entity in the universe."

By Kristin Houser

Professor Lewis Dartnell, professor at the University of Westminster, has an ingenious plan as to how to build a human colony on the Moon.
Moon

Check Out This Beautiful Design for a Moon Habitat

This "Moontopia" looks incredibly cozy — except for one glaring problem.

By Victor Tangermann

At an event, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg reiterated that the social network is still hoping to one day release a brain-controlled wearable
Meta

Mark Zuckerberg: Wearables Will Soon Read Your Mind

Would you let Facebook implant a neuron-reading device in your brain to control "another extra hand?"

By Victor Tangermann

Today, Pitchfork reports that a material shortage of has thrown a roadblock into the production of cassette tapes.Yes, you read that right: cassette tapes.
Future Society

It’s Almost 2020 and There’s a Cassette Tape Shortage

Yes, you read that right: cassette tapes.

By Tag Hartman-Simkins

A tabloid called Express publishes at least one article about killer asteroids almost every single day. Futurism investigates!
Science & Energy

This Awful Tabloid Predicts a Killer Asteroid Almost Every Day

Is this the worst science journalism on the internet?

By Dan Robitzski

Researchers have discovered a way to use the powerful gene-editing system CRISPR-Cas13 in the fight against RNA-based viruses.
Gene Editing

Researchers Turn CRISPR Into a Virus-Killing Machine

It could help us fight everything from Ebola to the flu.

By Kristin Houser

France is assembling a "red team" of sci-fi writers to help it predict what sorts of technologies it might face on the battlefield of the future.
Future Society

France Is Hiring Sci-Fi Writers to Predict Future Military Threats

They'll "propose scenarios of disruption" to help the military prepare for them.

By Kristin Houser

Rwandan tech company Mara Group just released the first entirely-African-made smartphones, marking the country's progress as a tech hub.
Robots and Machines

This Is the First-Ever Smartphone Made Completely in Africa

Mara Group's new Android OS phones are made entirely in-house.

By Dan Robitzski

Experts argue the prevalence of "vape lung" in the U.S. comes from the country's tendency to treat public health concerns as moral issues, unlike the UK.
Developments

Here’s How the UK Avoided A “Vape Lung” Epidemic

The British government has a more measured system.

By Dan Robitzski

Researchers have created an insulin pill that could deliver the protein directly into the small intestines of people with diabetes.
Prosthetics and Devices

Don’t Like Shots? Swallow This Pill Full of Microneedles Instead

It can deliver drugs directly into the small intestine, pain-free.

By Kristin Houser

Big tech companies have by and large avoided the blackouts in California, as they're powered by more robust transmission lines.
Energy

The CA Blackouts Are Oh-so-Coincidentally Not Affecting Big Tech

They get to be on the more resilient grid that won't start wildfires.

By Dan Robitzski

As the International Space Station approaches its inevitable retiring, NASA is encouraging private companies to build their own.
NASA

NASA Has a Plan to Encourage Private Space Stations

NASA has $561 million for private space station projects burning a hole in its pocket.

By Dan Robitzski

The idea of colonizing exoplanets if Earth becomes uninhabitable is "completely crazy," according to Nobel Prize-winning astrophysicist Michel Mayor.
Exoplanets

Nobel-Winning Astrophysicist Says We’ll Never Colonize Exoplanets

He calls the idea of trading in Earth for a new home "completely crazy."

By Kristin Houser