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The first human CRISPR trial in the U.S. has officially begun, with a UPenn team using the technology to treat two cancer patients.
Prosthetics and Devices

We're about to see what CRISPR can do against cancer.

By Kristin Houser

Incredibly Tough NASA Sensor May Have Survived Moon Lander Crash
Moon

Scientists are planning to hunt down the missing device.

By Dan Robitzski

By extending astronaut Christina Koch's space mission to 328 days, NASA hopes to glean new insights into the impact of longterm spaceflight on humans.
NASA

And the mission could help us finally send humans to Mars.

By Kristin Houser

A 1.5-meter device called a Z-pinch generated nuclear fusion, but not for long enough to be useful. Still, it shows that small-scale fusion is possible.
Nuclear Fusion

There's just one catch.

By Dan Robitzski

Andrew Yang’s Goal: Steer Us Away From a Bleakly Dystopian Future
Universal Basic Income

Is the presidential hopeful the answer to a rapid decline in financial security and mental health?

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceIL has announced plans to build Beresheet 2, a sequel to the spacecraft behind the company's first failed Moon landing.
Moon

"We're going to build a new spacecraft. We're going to put it on the Moon."

By Kristin Houser

Harvard astronomers found evidence that 'Oumuamua isn't the only interstellar visitor we've had in recent years. Others may have crashed into the Earth.
Off-World

The Harvard professor who says 'Oumuamua might have been an alien ship says something like it hit Earth a few years ago.

By Dan Robitzski

Cornell scientists developed a new type of gene-hacking technology that acts like a DNA "shredder." It could be used to cure diseases like herpes.
Health & Medicine

CRISPR-Cas3 can target and erase viruses in human cells — including, potentially, herpes.

By Dan Robitzski

Watch a Pack of Boston Dynamics’ Creepy Robot Dogs Pull a Truck
Boston Dynamics

Spotmini isn't just nimble, it's super powerful, too.

By Victor Tangermann

Siberian scientists conducted an autopsy of a 42,000-year-old foal of an extinct horse, and found that it's so well-preserved they may be able to clone it.
Biology

An ancient foal may have been so well-preserved that viable cells from it can be cloned.

By Dan Robitzski

A mysterious group of individuals hid the keys to $1 million worth of bitcoin in a twisted game with no rules, CoinDesk reports.
Bitcoin

Psst... want a million dollars in bitcoin?

By Victor Tangermann

Recently, venture capital firms have invested heavily in astrology apps and companies that are benefitting from cultural popularity.
Future Society

Astrology apps are a hot commodity in the venture capital world.

By Dan Robitzski

Stockton, California, is in the early stages of its experimental trial of a universal basic income trial. A small group of people is getting $500 per month.
Universal Basic Income

Stockton, California will pay 130 residents for 18 months.

By Dan Robitzski

After an outpouring of anger about the project on social media, PepsiCo no longer says it plans to launch a space billboard.
Off-World

PepsiCo keeps changing its story about its plans for a space billboard.

By Jon Christian

NASA is paying a team of scientists to build an inflatable robot that can move and grasp things by selectively inflating chambers that act like muscles.
Robotics

King Louie's air chambers can rapidly inflate to act like muscles.

By Dan Robitzski

An AI Invented a Weird Sport Called “Speedgate”
Artificial Intelligence

"Face the ball to be the ball to be above the ball."

By Victor Tangermann

The fast-food chain Del Taco just announced a new partnership with Beyond Meats to start selling plant-based meat alternatives starting April 25.
Future Society

Del Taco is cashing in on the fake meat craze.

By Dan Robitzski

In an interview with MIT researchers Lex Fridman, Tesla CEO and visionary Elon Musk reiterated his belief that we're all living inside a simulation.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk chooses the red pill.

By Victor Tangermann

A new study took the first steps toward figuring out which part of the brain is responsible for giving people nightmares and negative emotions during sleep.
Neuroscience and Brain

A certain part of the brain is associated with feeling angry while asleep.

By Dan Robitzski

The collective attention span of humanity is getting shorter as the internet and technology bring us a near-constant supply of new information.
Future Society

We're constantly on the hunt for something new.

By Kristin Houser