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A humanoid robot TV news anchor dubbed Alex just read the news on Russia 24, a state-owned television channel, yesterday.
Robotics

Russia Built a Grotesque Robot Newscaster and Put It on TV

A robot TV anchor accused a mayoral candidate of kicking a homeless cat.

By Victor Tangermann

Using CRISPR gene editing tools, MIT scientists turned a human cell into a tiny computer that could be used to detect diseases and churn out treatments.
Health & Medicine

Scientists Used CRISPR to Turn a Cell Into a Biological Computer

"Imagine a microtissue with billions of cells, each equipped with its own dual-core processor."

By Dan Robitzski

A team from Yale created a system that let them breathe new life into pig brains that had been removed from the animals' skulls.
Science & Energy

Yale Scientists Kept Decapitated Pigs’ Brains Alive for 36 Hours

What is dead may never die — until you unhook it from the BrainEx system.

By Kristin Houser

After conducting an internal investigation into three professors who knew about He Jiankui's CRISPR baby research, Stanford let its faculty off the hook.
Prosthetics and Devices

Stanford Declines to Punish Faculty For CRISPR Babies

They knew about it beforehand, but did nothing to stop it.

By Dan Robitzski

Astronomers have discovered that one subregion of the Milky Way is far more efficient at star formation than the others — and they don't know why.
Science & Energy

Scientists Find Mysterious Star-Forming Factory In Milky Way

Everything is star-stuff — but especially this place!

By Kristin Houser

This Attack Helicopter Can Launch Drones From Midair
Drones

This Attack Helicopter Can Launch Drones From Midair

Swarming drones could pour out of this helicopter to do its bidding.

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX successfully landed three Falcon Heavy boosters last week. But stormy weather had a different plan for them, and one fell into the water.
Falcon

SpaceX Landed a Falcon Heavy Booster. Then It Fell Into the Sea.

Otherwise, everything went just fine.

By Dan Robitzski

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

The US Has Officially Started Using CRISPR on Humans

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

Incredibly Tough NASA Sensor May Have Survived Moon Lander Crash

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

NASA Announces Plan to Keep Astronaut in Space for 328 Days

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

Scientists Generated Nuclear Fusion With a Tabletop Device

There's just one catch.

By Dan Robitzski

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

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

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

After Failed Moon Landing, Israel Vows to Try Again

"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

An Interstellar Rock Like ‘Oumuamua May Have Hit Earth In 2014

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

New CRISPR Tech Could Cure Herpes

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

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

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

Scientists Plan to Clone Extinct Horse Using 42,000-Year-Old Blood

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

Someone Hid $1 Million In Bitcoin and Left Clues to Find It

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

Venture Capital Firms Are Pouring Money Into Astrology

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

A California City Just Launched a Basic Income Trial

Stockton, California will pay 130 residents for 18 months.

By Dan Robitzski