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Scientists finally detect helium hydride, a combination of helium and hydrogen, thought to be the first molecule to form in the universe.
Science & Energy

Astronomers Finally Found the Universe’s First Type of Molecule

Decades of hunting has paid off.

When India blew up a satellite, it introduced a lot of debris into orbit. Lockheed Martin's experimental Space Fence is keeping an eye on it.
Off-World

India Blew up a Satellite. Now A “Space Fence” Is Tracking Its Debris

Lockheed Martin's experimental tech is monitoring the satellite fragments.

The legal industry isn't ready for AI-generated music, leading to all sorts of new questions about copyrights in the age of creative machines.
Artificial Intelligence

Expert: AI-Generated Music Is A “Total Legal Clusterf*ck”

What happens when an AI is trained to mimic just one artist's style?

The Mueller Report, heavily redacted, describes a number of high-tech Russian operations designed to undermine and sway the 2016 Presidential election.
Bitcoin

The Mueller Report Confirms We’re Living in a Cyberpunk Dystopia

Forget partisan politics. This is a dark vision of the future of digital espionage.

Scientists have a new plan to try and spot dark matter by searching for particular particles once the Large Hadron Collider's upgrades are complete.
Physics

When the Large Hadron Collider Turns on, It May Trap Dark Matter

Physicists are getting ready to look for a new, slow-moving particle.

When the Notre Dame blaze got too dangerous for humans to continue battling, the Paris Fire Brigade called in a firefighting robot named Colossus.
Robotics

See the “Colossus” Firefighting Robot That Helped Save Notre Dame

When the fire got too dangerous for humans to battle alone, the Paris Fire Brigade called in Colossus.

The Boring Company's Loop project connecting Washington, D.C., and Baltimore has moved one step closer to breaking ground.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk’s “Loop Project” Is One Step Closer to Breaking Ground

It's not the East Coast hyperloop Musk envisioned, but it's a start.

It sounds like the premise to a young adult novel: a totalitarian government sends its kids to a special facility to train them for life at a Mars colony.
Mars

China Is Sending Teens to a Simulated Mars Colony

The teens will wear mock space suits while they explore the Mars-esque landscape of the Qaidam Basin.

In 2013, scientists were in the middle of studying the black hole at the center of the galaxy when a neutron star flared up and blocked their view.
Black Holes

A City-Sized Star Is Blocking the View of Our Galaxy’s Black Hole

Hey, down in front!

Samsung will investigate emerging reports that the Galaxy Fold smartphone's screen is breaking. It's officially still going on sale on April 26.
Robots and Machines

Samsung: Please Don’t Peel Protective Layer Off Our Folding Phone

Early versions of Samsung's folding phones are breaking. But they're still going on sale later this month.

Researchers say they've cured 10 infants born with SCID-X1, also known as "bubble boy" disease, using an HIV-assisted gene therapy.
Health & Medicine

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

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

The new trailer for the upcoming Child's Play movie shows creepy doll Chucky commandeering a smart lawnmower, a thermostat, and a drone.
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.

North Korea just announced a new missile test and made demands for ongoing disarmament negotiations with the U.S., calling for the removal of Pompeo.
Future Society

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

Weird flex but okay!

Facebook admitted yesterday that it "unintentionally uploaded" email contacts of some 1.5 million new users since May 2016.
Future Society

Facebook “Unintentionally” Uploaded 1.5 Million Email Contacts

Reminder: your personal data is not safe with Facebook.

Alan Detrich, the man who found a baby t-rex fossil on his property, decided that he wants to sell it off. The fossil is currently up for auction on eBay.
Future Society

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

Bidding starts just under $3 million.

The creation of biased AIs is linked to the tech industry's overwhelmingly white, male workforce, according to a new report.
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.

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.

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."

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.

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.