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Health & Medicine

Scientists Gene-Edited HIV to Cure “Bubble Boy” Disease

"The children are cured... they are home, living normal lives, attending daycare."

Future Society

In New “Chucky” Trailer, Killer Doll Terrorizes With IoT Gadgets

It's 2019, so in this horror movie your smart home gadgets are trying to kill you.

Future Society

North Korea Says It Tested a New Weapon But Won’t Say What It Was

Weird flex but okay!

Future Society

Facebook “Unintentionally” Uploaded 1.5 Million Email Contacts

Reminder: your personal data is not safe with Facebook.

Future Society

Someone Listed a T-Rex on eBay, and Paleontologists Are Furious

Bidding starts just under $3 million.

Artificial Intelligence

Experts: To Solve AI’s Bias Problem, Hire Fewer White Men

The industry's "diversity crisis" is partially to blame for its racist, sexist AIs.

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.

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."

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.

Drones

This Attack Helicopter Can Launch Drones From Midair

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

Falcon

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

Otherwise, everything went just fine.

NASA

NASA Announces Plan to Keep Astronaut in Space for 328 Days

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

Nuclear Fusion

Scientists Generated Nuclear Fusion With a Tabletop Device

There's just one catch.

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?

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."

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.

Health & Medicine

New CRISPR Tech Could Cure Herpes

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

Boston Dynamics

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

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

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.

Future Society

Venture Capital Firms Are Pouring Money Into Astrology

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