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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.

Universal Basic Income

A California City Just Launched a Basic Income Trial

Stockton, California will pay 130 residents for 18 months.

Off-World

After Backlash, Pepsi Says It Never Planned a Space Billboard

PepsiCo keeps changing its story about its plans for a space billboard.

Robotics

NASA is Building Inflatable Robot Astronauts

King Louie's air chambers can rapidly inflate to act like muscles.

Artificial Intelligence

An AI Invented a Weird Sport Called “Speedgate”

"Face the ball to be the ball to be above the ball."

Future Society

Taco Bell Competitor Embraces Plant-Based “Meat” in its Tacos

Del Taco is cashing in on the fake meat craze.

Elon Musk

Elon Musk’s Question for Super-Smart AI: What’s Outside the Simulation?

Elon Musk chooses the red pill.

Future Society

Scientists: Tech Is Giving Humanity a Shorter Attention Span

We're constantly on the hunt for something new.