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Data collected by NASA and ESA's Solar and Heliospheric Observatory reveals that Earth's gaseous layer extends up to 391,000 miles away from Earth.
Moon

"The Moon flies through Earth's atmosphere."

The EPA has proposed a rule change that would trade a cautious approach to regulating low-doses of chemicals for one that's far more flexible. 
Health & Medicine

"This is industry’s holy grail."

"I think we will be feature complete — full self-driving — this year," Tesla CEO Elon Musk said in a podcast on Tuesday.
Self-Driving Vehicles

"I am of certain of that."

Indian police just swore in KP-Bot as a sub-inspector. The robot police officer will work behind the front desk and direct visitors as needed.
Robotics

RoboCop, meet KP-Bot.

Earlier this month, Google inadvertently revealed that its home security device, Nest, contained a secret microphone. Now it says secrecy was a "mistake."
Google

"That was an error on our part."

Vampire Clinic That Sold Young Blood to the Wealthy Closes Shop
Health & Medicine

Ambrosia no longer offers its controversial blood transfusions.

The Bangladeshi government is scrubbing the internet of porn. But it's also monitoring people's personal social media accounts for provocative images.
Future Society

The government is leering at celebs' social profiles and telling them to delete lewd pics.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk shared his thoughts on Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies during a podcast interview with ARK Invest.
Elon Musk

Tesla's CEO talked crypto during a new interview.

As of March 1, drivers in Queensland, Australia will be able to include one of five emoji in their license plates — a startling break from tradition.
Advanced Transport

How do you do, fellow kids?

A new tool called the TreePol spectropolarimeter could someday scan for extraterrestrial life without picking up any false positives.
Off-World

Scientists think they could use it to spot aliens on distant worlds.

New research has uncovered a stellar stream comprising 4,000 stars flowing through the Milky Way remarkably close to the Earth.
Science & Energy

This stellar stream has been hiding in plain sight.

A robot just physically examined the radioactive fuel at the damaged Fukushima Nuclear Reactor. It's the first step toward an ongoing cleanup mission.
Robotics

It's like a Roomba — for nuclear waste.

WHO Says UN Should Reclassify Marijuana as Less Dangerous
Health & Medicine

The drug shouldn't be in the most restrictive category, says the WHO.

President Donald Trump signed Space Policy Directive 4 (SPD-4) today, organizing all military space functions under a new Space Force.
Space Force

The plans still require Congressional approval.

QuadrigaCX has about two weeks left to its stay to raise the money it owes before anyone can sue, but a judge just appointed law firms to its customers.
Bitcoin

The Nova Scotia Supreme Court appointed law firms Miller Thomson and Cox & Palmer.

The benefits of lab-grown meat will depend on scientists' ability to produce it sustainably, and right now, we don't know if that's even possible.
Future Society

Growing meat isn't automatically cleaner than raising it.

When employers provide fitness trackers, they're privy to all sorts of private medical information that they can potentially use to determine layoffs.
Health & Medicine

"It's quite possible there will be effects on whether you are retained, promoted, demoted — who is first to be laid off."

Rather than attempt to interpret emoji and emoticons in online communications, some courts simply choose to ignore the symbols.
Future Society

A lawyer warns about the rise of "emoji law."

The FDA released a statement today warning that longevity companies advertising transfusions of young people's blood are likely scams.
Health & Medicine

FDA Commissioner: "we’re concerned that some patients are being preyed upon by unscrupulous actors"

Using the Netherlands-based Low Frequency Array (LOFAR), astronomers have added another 300,000 galaxies to our map of the universe.
Science & Energy

A new telescope delivers with its very first survey of the sky.