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A new genetic trick allowed researchers to use bacteria to manufacture super-strong spider silk faster than spiders do themselves.
Biology

Genetically-altered bacteria churn out high-strength silk faster than spider farms.

By Dan Robitzski

A futuristic restaurant plans to collect samples of diners' bodily fluids so it can create meals hyper-personalized to meet their nutritional needs.
Future Society

Every meal is tailored to meet the nutritional needs of the person eating it.

By Kristin Houser

Right now there are 45 experimental projects in Europe working to generate hydrogen fuel using renewable sources of electricity.
Wind

It would mean cleaner fuel for cars and energy stores for windless days.

By Dan Robitzski

A fascinating new story looks at the growing market for mice that have been gene-edited to mimic human disease ranging from prostate cancer to diabetes.
Health & Medicine

Pick a disease, any disease.

By Jon Christian

Russia's weapon maker Almaz-Antey built a drone that can fire a semi-automatic 12 caliber shotgun. Video footage shows the thing in action.
Drones

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a shotgun with wings!

By Dan Robitzski

A Chinese prison's new surveillance system will monitor inmates constantly to prevent escape attempts — but perhaps at the cost of prisoners' mental health.
Artificial Intelligence

They'll make escape impossible — but the trade-off might be inmates' mental health.

By Kristin Houser

Australia wants to mine water from the surface of the moon and use it to supply crewed missions to Mars or even deeper into space.
Moon

"If you can produce water in space for less than it costs to get there, then you're ahead."

By Dan Robitzski

The Animal-AI Olympics will see AI agents completing in tasks mimicking ones often used to test the intelligence of animals.
Artificial Intelligence

"A perfect score will require a breakthrough in AI, well beyond current capabilities."

By Kristin Houser

The U.S. Military Is Hiring Hackers to Kill Small Drones
Drones

The Navy wants a crack team of hackers to counter drone swarms.

By Dan Robitzski

A Nobel Prize winning scientist says that high-intensity lasers could one day render nuclear waste harmless in just a few minutes.
Nuclear Fusion

"The idea is to transmute this nuclear waste into new forms of atoms which don’t have the problem of radioactivity."

By Jon Christian

Tencent researchers figured out that Tesla's Autopilot mode can be fooled into steering into oncoming traffic just by placing three stickers on the road.
Tesla

Tencent figured out how to trick Autopilot with three small stickers.

By Dan Robitzski

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine has told the agency's employees that India's satellite destruction test has put the ISS in danger.
NASA

The missile test was "a terrible, terrible thing," the leader of NASA said.

By Kristin Houser

Australia has proposed a new bill that would punish social media companies that don't do enough to prevent the weaponization of their platforms.
Future Society

It would punish social media companies for allowing terrorists to exploit their platforms.

By Kristin Houser

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg penned an op-ed for The Washington Post asking governments to create new rules for the internet.
Future Society

He wants lawmakers to share more of the responsibility for keeping netizens safe.

By Kristin Houser

A new astronomical study found out where the methane on Mars is coming from, and once again confirmed that it's there at all.
Mars

Mars' methane eluded atmospheric surveys, but now we know where it came from.

By Dan Robitzski

The goal is to look past the space debris to see its event horizon.
Science & Energy

They're promising a "groundbreaking result" from the Event Horizon Telescope.

By Jon Christian

An airplane wing created from hundreds of identical cube-like structures has the ability to change shape automatically depended on the phase of flight.
Advanced Transport

It automatically adjusts to whatever shape is optimal for the current phase of flight.

By Kristin Houser

The U.S. Army is currently upgrading its Stryker tanks with laser weaponry that it says could disable drones and incoming RPGs.
Military

The laser system can autonomously track targets and jam drone communications.

By Dan Robitzski

Listen Up, Entrepreneurs: It’s Time to Launch Your Clean Water Solution
Climate Change

It's time to put clean water solutions into action.

By Rachelle Dragani

It sounds like an April Fools prank, but scientists say that music by dubstep star Skrillex can keep mosquitoes from biting.
Health & Medicine

Yeah, it sounds like an April Fools' Day joke.

By Jon Christian