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SpaceX

SpaceX Won’t Admit That Its Crew Capsule Exploded

There was almost certainly an explosion during a SpaceX test this weekend. Why does the company refuse to use that word?

Tesla

Experts: Tesla’s Plans to Launch a Robotaxi Network Are Nonsense

One million autonomous robotaxis on the road in 2020? A prominent analyst called the idea "half baked."

Moon

New Research: The Moon Is Covered With Miles-Deep Cracks

The lunar surface is more perilous than scientists ever believed.

Artificial Intelligence

Amazon Is Forcing Its Delivery Drivers to Take Selfies

The idea is to use facial recognition to prevent fraud.

Future Society

Washington Is One Signature Away From Legalizing Human Composting

"It’s the most efficient and environmentally sound method of burial."

Future Society

Someone Used a Gun to Try to Steal a Domain Name

Maybe he should've just gone with the .net.

Drones

NASA’s “Hive” Drones Can Deploy Swarms of Tiny Robot Cicadas

The tiny robots fly around to scan the weather.

Agriculture

CRISPR Co-Inventor: We’ll Be Eating Gene-Edited Food In Five Years

Get ready for gene-edited grub.

3D Printing

Fortunately, There Are Incredible 3D Scans of Notre Dame

The good news: we have a highly-detailed digital template for how to rebuild.

Facial recognition

Japanese Taxis Are Using Facial Recognition to Target Ads to Riders

Cameras in the back seat guess your age and gender — and then use them to serve you with advertisements.

Future Society

Sri Lanka Temporarily Bans Social Media Following Terror Attacks

The government hopes to stem the spread of fake news about the bombings.

Science & Energy

Scientists: New Device Appears to Defy the Laws of Thermodynamics

It sounds suspiciously like a perpetual motion machine, but things are more complicated than that.

SpaceX

Update: Vid Appears to Show SpaceX Capsule Exploding During Test

SpaceX won't say whether the video is real.

NASA

NASA Is Gearing up to Visit a Shattered, Volcanic Asteroid

NASA is getting ready to visit a leftover fragment from the core of a destroyed planet.

Biology

Scientists Create Material With “Artificial Metabolism”

It isn't quite alive, but it isn't quite not-alive either.

Artificial Intelligence

IBM Pulls the Plug on Drug-Discovering Watson AI

It's starting to look like IBM's high hopes for Watson Health were misplaced.

Future Society

The Government Wants to Make an Example out of Mark Zuckerberg

Federal regulators are meeting behind closed doors to discuss how to handle Zuck.

Military

China’s Military Built an Autonomous Amphibious Landing Vehicle

This weird autonomous vehicle is designed for combat missions on land and sea.

Boston Dynamics

Boston Dynamics Unveils SpotMini You’ll Actually Be Able to Buy

What the company hasn't unveiled: a price.

Climate Change

Puerto Rico Will Stop Burning Coal Next Year

The goal is switch to 100 percent renewable energy by 2050.