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By analyzing data from Cassini spacecraft's last flyby in 2017, scientists found that Saturn's largest moon Titan has an entire lake district.
Moon

They're not made out of the fresh water we're used to back on Earth, though.

In a rare find, scientists found what they think are fragments of a comet sealed away deep inside of a meteorite that struck Antarctica.
Off-World

It's a rare opportunity to study the origins of the solar system.

Chinese scientists want to achieve fusion power generation by the year 2040, according to Reuters.
Energy

But it still takes a lot more energy to kickstart the reactors than we actually generate from them.

A dairy farm has outfitted 50 cows with 5G-connected smart collars that allow the animals to be milked whenever they want.
Future Society

The cow just approaches a robotic milking system, and the collar tells it what to do.

New NASA research shows that meteoroid strikes are digging up and vaporizing the Moon's already-scarce stores of surface water.
Moon

The Moon's thin layer of water is getting vaporized and kicked out into space.

The Stratolaunch, the world's biggest airplane, just completed its first test flight, putting us one step closer to cheaper launches into space.
Advanced Transport

Its wingspan is greater than the length of a football field.

Inspired by "Frozen," scientists built an apparatus that detects subatomic particles when they collide with supercooled water. It may help spot dark matter.
Physics

Let It Go: Dark matter may trigger supercooled water to freeze.

A Harvard physicist has proven that wormhole travel is possible, but rather than being a shortcut, it'd be a longer path between two points in space.
Quantum Physics

"It takes longer to get through these wormholes than to go directly..."

Musk tweeted that he was "thinking about adding giant stainless steel dragon wings to Starship" that could allow it to keep cool during re-entry.
Starship

Was it a "Game of Thrones" joke? We're not entirely sure.

China is building new highways with dedicated self-driving car lanes to help usher in widespread autonomous technology. The first will be done next year.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Can’t get self-driving cars on the road without building infrastructure.

Scientists at Tel Aviv University have created 3D printed "cardiac patches" and a small heart that includes vessels, collagen, and biological molecules.
3D Printing

They say it could one day render organ donation obsolete.

A language professor created the black hole's name, Pōwehi, by combining two words from an 18th-century Hawaiian chant called the Kumulipo.
Science & Energy

You have to admit it's pretty metal.

PepsiCo says it's struck a deal with a Russian startup called StartRocket to display an enormous energy drink advertisement in the night sky.
ESA

Pepsi says it'll use an artificial constellation, hung in the night sky next to the stars, to promote an energy drink.

Andrew Yang envisioned as a hologram
Future Society

Holographic politicians... a vision of 2020.

Facebook-owned virtual reality company Oculus just shipped tens of thousands of Touch controllers bearing hidden messages.
Privacy

"Big Brother is watching."

SpaceX will provide launch services for NASA's DART mission, which is designed to test a plan for preventing an asteroid from hitting Earth.
NASA

Elon Musk's space company will provide launch services for DART.

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Prosthetics and Devices

Tattoos, unlike social media, are written in ink.

One of the scientists behind an experiment that gave monkeys human DNA, thereby making them smarter, has defended the controversial study to CNN.
Science & Energy

"We will continue our exploration."

A self-driving car company's operations lead shared what it's like to be the safety driver keeping an eye on an autonomous vehicle.
Self-Driving Vehicles

"I would keep a hand on the steering wheel and hover a foot over the pedals, mimicking manual driving."

An employee shares his experience working with Walmart robots, which are supposed to make his job easier but instead add to his workload.
Artificial Intelligence

This worker alleges that the bots need constant babysitting — and have a "dangerous" design flaw.